Paddleboarding spots in Moray
18 launch spots across Moray
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SeaStrauny Slipway
Moray, ScotlandStrauny Slipway sits on the shore of Findhorn Bay next to Findhorn village. The bay is a large tidal basin drained by the River Findhorn and the Muckle Burn, and its shallow water and lack of significant wave action make it popular for sailing and windsurfing.
SeaStotfield put-in (Lossiemouth)
Moray, ScotlandThis slipway opens directly onto the open coast at Stotfield, the older fishing settlement that lies northwest of Lossiemouth's centre and predates the harbour built at Branderburgh in 1837-39. Unlike the town's sheltered harbour basins, it launches straight onto the Moray Firth, with Lossiemouth's West Bay and Covesea Lighthouse further along the coast to the west.
RiverRandolph's Leap
Moray, ScotlandRandolph's Leap is a narrow gorge on the River Findhorn near Relugas and Logie House in Moray, designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest for its sheer rock banks, cliffs and waterfalls. It is marked on OpenStreetMap as a whitewater put-in and sits on a well-known paddling stretch of the Findhorn.
SeaPortknockie put-in
Moray, ScotlandPortknockie Harbour sits below the village in a small bay sheltered by the Green Castle headland on the Moray Firth coast. The current harbour dates from 1890 and was built for access at all states of the tide, reached from the village by a steep approach road. Bow Fiddle Rock, a wave-cut sea arch, is a short walk east along the coast path.
SeaHopeman put-in
Moray, ScotlandThis slipway is at Hopeman harbour, which sits between two sandy beaches on the Moray Firth coast. The harbour is now small and mainly used by pleasure vessels, with a marina installed by Moray Council in 2008.
SeaHopeman put-in
Moray, ScotlandThis slipway lies on the Moray Firth coast at Hopeman, close to the village's East Beach, which is backed by grassy sand dunes and includes rocky tide-pool areas further along the shore. Bottlenose dolphins are occasionally seen in the Moray Firth from this stretch of coast.
SeaGordonsburgh put-in (Buckie)
Moray, ScotlandThis is a third mapped slipway in Buckie Harbour's Gordonsburgh area, close to two other launch points on the same stretch of harbourside. It shares access to the working harbour basins built in 1877 on the Moray Firth.
SeaGordonsburgh put-in (Buckie)
Moray, ScotlandThis slipway sits in Buckie Harbour, historically called Cluny Harbour, on the Moray Firth coast in Buckie's Gordonsburgh district. The harbour was built in 1877 by the Cluny family and has several basins used by the local fishing fleet, so a paddler launching here shares the water with working boat traffic.
SeaFindhorn put-in
Moray, ScotlandThis slipway sits on the shore of Findhorn Bay close to the bay's entrance channel to the Moray Firth, near Findhorn village. The channel here is the bay's deepest point, around 10 metres, bounded by the sand spit known as the Bar.
SeaFindhorn Slipway
Moray, ScotlandThis slipway sits on the shore of Findhorn Bay in Findhorn village, Moray. The bay is a large tidal basin rather than a true bay, generally shallow at around 2 metres and reaching about 10 metres in its seaward channel, and it is used by sailors and windsurfers thanks to its sheltered, low-wave conditions.
SeaFindhorn put-in
Moray, ScotlandThis slipway sits close to the mouth of Findhorn Bay, on the west side of Findhorn village, near the bay's entrance channel to the Moray Firth. That channel is the bay's deepest point, around 10 metres, and is enclosed by a large sand spit known as the Bar.
SeaFindhorn Ecovillage put-in
Moray, ScotlandThis slipway sits by the Findhorn Ecovillage, on the shore of Findhorn Bay near Findhorn village. Findhorn Bay is a large tidal basin rather than a true bay, drained by the River Findhorn and the Muckle Burn, and its shallow, largely wave-free water is popular for sailing and windsurfing.
SeaBurghead put-in
Moray, ScotlandThis slipway sits on the Moray Firth coast just east of Burghead harbour, close to another mapped slipway on the same stretch of shore. Burghead itself is built on a peninsula with water on three sides.
SeaBurghead put-in
Moray, ScotlandThis slipway lies on the Burghead coastline a short distance east of the harbour, on the Moray Firth. Burghead occupies a peninsula surrounded by water on three sides, with its harbour pier facing across the firth towards Findhorn.
SeaBurghead put-in
Moray, ScotlandThis slipway serves Burghead harbour, on the peninsula that Burghead is built on, projecting into the Moray Firth with water on three sides of the town. Moray Council classes the harbour as primarily commercial, though it also accommodates leisure boats, and its North Quay was upgraded in 2007.
SeaBranderburgh put-in (Lossiemouth)
Moray, ScotlandThis slipway is in Lossiemouth's eastern harbour, converted into a yachting marina, in the town's Branderburgh district on the Moray Firth. The original harbour on this site dates to 1835, with a further basin added inside the North Pier in 1957; the adjoining northern harbour still holds a working fishing fleet and fish market.
RiverBefore Randolph's
Moray, ScotlandThis is a whitewater put-in on the River Findhorn, on the upstream side of the Randolph's Leap gorge near Relugas in Moray. It marks the approach to the narrow rock-walled Randolph's Leap section on a stretch used by whitewater paddlers.
RiverAfter Randolph's
Moray, ScotlandThis is a whitewater put-in on the River Findhorn, on the downstream side of the Randolph's Leap gorge near Relugas in Moray. The river here runs through a narrow rock-walled stretch that forms part of the Lower Findhorn paddling run.
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