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On the water
With about 25 marinas, more than 30 sailing and surfing schools, 15 kilometres of the Schwentine water hiking trail and about 10 deep-sea fishing grounds in the immediate vicinity of the coast, Ostholstein is a real paradise for water sports enthusiasts. Be it sailing, surfing, fishing or paddling: Here, not only will you find favourable weather conditions, but also optimal conditions in terms of infrastructure, service offerings and training.
Our focus in water tourism
Surfing
Surfing is more than just a sport: Surfing is an attitude towards life – pure freedom in harmony with nature, the waves and the endless horizon. Therefore, it is not surprising that with the optimal conditions in the north, more and more tourists are drawn to the coasts for surfing. To ensure that the surfing areas remain attractive for guests and that the industry is invigorated in the long term, committed companies decided to join forces in 2020 and officially founded the Surfing division at the Wassertourismus in Schleswig-Holstein e.V. (WiSH). This is intended to advance lobbying and marketing work and enable sustainable and nature-compatible water sports on the coasts.
We actively support the current 16 members in the tourism marketing of the popular disciplines of windsurfing, kiting, stand-up-paddling and surfing as well as in the realisation of joint funding projects.
Fishing
Fishing on the deep-sea coasts or directly in the surf means one thing in particular in the area between the seas: Experience of nature, recreation, cultural heritage. However, fishing tourism on the Baltic coast in Schleswig-Holstein has increasingly had to contend with regulations, such as the bag limit, in recent years. To counteract these challenges and stabilise fishing tourism, fishing tourism companies from Flensburg to Lübeck have come together and officially founded the fishing division at the Wassertourismus in Schleswig-Holstein e.V. (WiSH) in 2019. The aim is to strengthen fishing and fishing tourism on the coastal waters and inland of Schleswig-Holstein through joint lobbying and marketing work and to develop it further in cooperation with EGOH.
Sailing
The BalticSailing port cooperation currently consists of 15 marinas and yacht harbours on the Baltic Sea coast of Schleswig-Holstein. With the aim of promoting the development and marketing of coastal tourism, the network was founded back in 2004 in connection with the INTERREG project "BalticSailing" and has an established presence and its own division of the Wassertourismus in Schleswig-Holstein e.V. (WiSH) today.
Paddling
Starting at Lake Eutin, the Schwentine meanders along for about 55 kilometres through the beautiful lake scenery of Holstein Switzerland to the Kiel Fjord. Nature as far as the eye can see, as well as countless resting places, bathing bays and excursion possibilities along the route make the river a dream area for paddlers.
To ensure that the Schwentine aquatic trail can continue to develop in harmony with nature and for the benefit of tourism, a “development concept for environmentally compatible attractiveness and sustainable quality assurance of the Schwentine aquatic trail" was drawn up under the project sponsorship of the district of Plön. The final report was published in 2020 and includes the results of the inventory, concrete proposals for measures and recommendations for optimising the canoe infrastructure at the local level, information on funding opportunities and examples of best practice. We are part of a steering committee of different stakeholders and coordinate the implementation of measures in the Ostholstein district.
