Paddleboarding spots in Highland
186 launch spots across Highland
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SeaCorry put-in (Broadford)
Highland, ScotlandA concrete slipway at Corry, the hamlet on the northern shore of Broadford Bay near Broadford's hospital, one of two piers serving the bay. Broadford Bay is sheltered and looks out across the Inner Sound to Scalpay, Longay and Pabay.
SeaColbost Jetty
Highland, ScotlandColbost Jetty is a concrete slipway on the shore of Loch Dunvegan, a sea loch on Skye's Duirinish peninsula. The loch is sheltered enough to paddle in conditions that close out more exposed stretches of the coast, with seals and seabirds around its skerries.
RiverCoe (Upper)
Highland, ScotlandThe Coe (Upper) put-in is where the River Coe leaves Loch Achtriochtan in Glen Coe, at a car park beside the road. It starts a whitewater run of grade 3 water down to the Glencoe Visitor Centre, and needs sustained rain to hold enough flow to paddle.
SeaChurchton Bay ferry slipway (Raasay)
Highland, ScotlandThis is the all-tide slipway at Churchton Bay on Raasay's south-west shore, built in 2010 for the CalMac ferry that crosses the Sound of Raasay to Sconser on Skye. It stands beside Raasay House and the hamlet of Clachan, a short walk from the main village of Inverarish, and is a working ferry facility rather than a quiet put-in.
SeaCarbostbeg put-in
Highland, ScotlandThis slipway is part of Carbost Waterfront, a community-run pier and slipway on Loch Harport just north of the Talisker Distillery. It launches and recovers boats at all but low water springs, with parking for vehicles and trailers and visitor moorings alongside the renovated pier.
SeaCaolasnacon put-in
Highland, ScotlandThis slipway sits on the south shore of Loch Leven, a sea loch running between Kinlochleven and the Ballachulish narrows, next to the Caolasnacon caravan and camping park. The shingle shore here makes launching straightforward.
SeaCorpach slipway (Loch Linnhe)
Highland, ScotlandThis slipway is on the Loch Linnhe shore at Corpach, close to where the loch narrows into Loch Eil and near the Caledonian Canal's sea lock. It is not the Camusnagaul ferry landing itself, which lies a few kilometres south near Treslaig on the opposite shore.
SeaBualnaluib put-in (Aultbea)
Highland, ScotlandBualnaluib is a crofting hamlet on Loch Ewe's north-east shore, part of the same scattered township as Aultbea and Drumchork. The put-in is a slipway reachable by car, giving access to open water on the loch.
SeaBoor put-in (Poolewe)
Highland, ScotlandBoor is a small crofting settlement on the western shore of Loch Ewe, a short distance south of Poolewe. The put-in here is a slipway reachable by car. Poolewe itself has a further beach put-in with roadside parking, and Ewe Canoe operates guided trips on this stretch of the loch.
SeaBlaich put-in (Loch Eil)
Highland, ScotlandThis slipway is on the Loch Eil shoreline near Fassfern and Blaich, a small crofting village on the loch's south side about 6 miles west of Fort William on the A861.
RiverBighouse put-in (Melvich)
Highland, ScotlandA slipway on the east bank of the River Halladale at Bighouse, on the estate peninsula about half a mile east of Melvich, close to where the river meets Melvich Bay. This OSM way sits a few metres from node/9377480645 and appears to record the same slipway rather than a separate launch point. The Halladale is primarily known as a salmon river running through Strath Halladale to the north coast.
SeaBig Sand put-in
Highland, ScotlandBig Sand is a beach on the north shore of Loch Gairloch, a sea loch in Wester Ross, reached by a slipway and service track through the Sands Caravan and Camping site. The wide sand and shingle beach is used for paddleboarding, kayaking and windsurfing, and lies within a mile of Longa Island, with views to the Torridon hills and Skye across the loch.
SeaOld Dornie slipway (south)
Highland, ScotlandThis slipway lies a few hundred metres south-west of the main Old Dornie harbour near Polbain, on the same stretch of coast on the Coigach peninsula in Wester Ross.
SeaOld Dornie slipway
Highland, ScotlandOld Dornie is a small natural harbour on the Coigach coast near Polbain in Wester Ross, used as a landing for local boats. This slipway has vehicle access from the coast road and opens onto the open sea close to the Summer Isles.
SeaBankhead put-in (Portmahomack)
Highland, ScotlandA slipway on the Moray Firth shore at Bankhead, within the hamlet of Rockfield just north of Portmahomack on the Tarbat peninsula. The coast here forms part of the walking route between Rockfield and Tarbat Ness.
SeaBalgy put-in
Highland, ScotlandThis is a slipway on the north shore of Loch Torridon by the hamlet of Balgy, on the single-track road roughly midway between Torridon village and Shieldaig. The Falls of Balgy, a short walk up the River Balgy, lie on the same stretch of shore.
SeaBalgown put-in (Struan)
Highland, ScotlandThis slipway sits on Loch Beag, a small sea loch that forms an inlet of Loch Bracadale on Skye's west coast, close to the hamlet of Balgown just east of Struan village. It is a plain service slipway with no other facilities recorded nearby.
SeaBalblair put-in (Invergordon)
Highland, ScotlandA slipway at Balblair, a small hamlet on the shore of the Cromarty Firth just southwest of Invergordon. The firth is a long, sheltered arm of the Moray Firth that runs about 19 miles inland, guarded at its mouth by the twin headlands known as the Sutors.
SeaBadcall put-in
Highland, ScotlandThis slipway is on Badcall Bay in Lower Badcall, close to two other mapped launch points on the same short shoreline. Badcall's cluster of islands and sheltered bays makes it a base local paddlers use to explore the surrounding coast toward Scourie.
SeaBadcall put-in
Highland, ScotlandThis is the service track to a slipway on Badcall Bay in Lower Badcall, on the same short stretch of shore as two other mapped launch points a few dozen metres away. It launches beside a fish farm building on this scattered, island-studded stretch of the Sutherland coast.
SeaBadachro put-in
Highland, ScotlandBadachro Bay is a sheltered inlet on the south shore of Loch Gairloch in Wester Ross, screened by Eilean Horrisdale (Isle Horrisdale), with the village of Badachro on its shore. The slipway gives access to calm water suited to short paddles around the island via the Narrows, with longer routes across the loch to Gairloch pier for more experienced paddlers.
SeaArdroag put-in
Highland, ScotlandThis put-in serves Ardroag, a settlement on a small peninsula attached to Roag on Skye's Duirinish coast. It overlooks Pool Roag, an intertidal inlet connected to Loch Bracadale, known for wading birds such as shelduck, knot and greenshank.
SeaArdmair put-in
Highland, ScotlandArdmair sits on Loch Kanaird, a sheltered sea loch about 5km north of Ullapool on the A835, with Isle Martin lying just offshore. A slipway at Ardmair Point gives boat access to the bay, and the adjoining shingle beach is used by local operators as a put-in for trips towards Isle Martin and on to Ullapool.
SeaArdgour put-in
Highland, ScotlandThis slipway is on the Ardgour shore of Loch Linnhe close to the Corran Narrows, where the Corran Ferry crosses to Nether Lochaber near Fort William. The Ardgour Inn and Corran Lighthouse both stand close to the crossing.
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