Paddleboarding spots in Na h-Eileanan Siar
100 launch spots across Na h-Eileanan Siar
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SeaCeannairidh put-in (Am Bàgh Mòr)
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandA slipway on Bàgh Mòr, a bay on Grimsay looking across to Eaval on North Uist. Baymore (Am Bàgh Mòr) is one of Grimsay's two main settlements, and the point sits close to Ceann na h-Àirigh, the community's former Free Church, now a heritage and visitor centre.
SeaCeallan put-in
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandA slipway at the southern edge of Kallin Harbour, Grimsay, part of the same working fishing harbour that serves the island's lobster, prawn and scallop boats.
SeaCeallan put-in
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandA further slipway within Kallin Harbour on Grimsay, the shellfish fleet's base at the island's south-eastern tip, close to the harbour's stone pier.
SeaCeallan put-in
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandAnother concrete slipway within Kallin Harbour, Grimsay's shellfish-fishing harbour on the island's south-eastern tip, roughly 40 metres from the harbour's other launch points.
SeaCarnach put-in (Caolas Scalpaigh)
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandCarnach is a small settlement at Caolas Scalpaigh, the Kyles of Scalpay, on the Harris shore opposite Scalpay island. The strait here is deep and steep-sided with rapid tidal flows, which is why a bridge was built across it in 1997 rather than a causeway.
SeaCarnach put-in (Caolas Scalpaigh)
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandThis is a second put-in at Carnach, Caolas Scalpaigh, the Kyles of Scalpay, on the Harris shore opposite Scalpay island. The strait here is deep and steep-sided with rapid tidal flows, which is why a bridge was built across it in 1997 rather than a causeway.
SeaCaolas Liubharsaigh put-in
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandA slipway in the scattered township of Caolas Liubharsaigh on South Uist's tidal east coast, launching onto the strait (caolas) that gives the settlement its name. The township includes a ruined schoolhouse and looks out toward the hill Hecla.
SeaCaolas Fhlodaigh put-in
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandA concrete slipway at Kyles Flodda, on the North Ford causeway route between North Uist and Grimsay. It launches onto Caolas Fhlodaigh, the tidal kyle around the island of Flodaigh that gives the hamlet its name.
SeaCabharstaigh put-in
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandThis slipway sits at Cabharstadh (Caversta), a small settlement in the Pairc district on the south shore of Loch Erisort, opposite Keose. The headland Rubha Cabharstaidh, with the ruins of a blackhouse settlement, lies at the end of the Caversta road nearby.
SeaBuaile nam Bodach slipway (Northbay)
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandThis slipway sits at Buaile nam Bodach, a small settlement on North Bay (Bàgh a Tuath), a broad inlet on Barra's north-east coast roughly 7 km from Castlebay. North Bay offers an alternative mooring in southerly or westerly winds, though its pier has only limited facilities, and the A888 gives road access past Barra's tidal airport at Traigh Mhòr nearby.
SeaBuaile Fainis slipway
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandA concrete slipway at Buaile Fainis, a cove on the Atlantic coast of Uig on the Isle of Lewis, close to the deserted township of Mealista where the public road effectively ends beyond Brenish. The surrounding coastline is remote heather moorland scattered with small lochs.
SeaBrèibhig put-in (Am Bac)
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandThis slipway is at Brèibhig (Breivig) pier in the village of Back, on the shore of Broad Bay on Lewis's east coast. It is a working fishery pier with a slipway and crane, though the entrance channel has restricted visibility behind the outer sea wall and the harbour can pick up swell after prolonged northerly winds.
SeaBrèascleit put-in
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandA concrete slipway at Breasclete, a crofting village on the east shore of East Loch Roag, about 12 miles west of Stornoway and close to the Callanish Stones.
SeaOtternish slipway
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandThis slipway sits at Otternish on North Uist, at the mainland end of the causeway to Berneray, on the shore of the Sound of Harris. Otternish was the ferry terminal for Berneray before the causeway opened in 1998, and the Sound here runs for about eight nautical miles between North Uist and Harris.
SeaBhalasaigh put-in (Tacleit)
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandA slipway on the south coast of Great Bernera at Tacleit, a crofting township about half a mile northwest of the Bernera bridge. It launches onto Loch Roag, the sea loch that surrounds Great Bernera and links the island to the Lewis mainland by a single-span bridge opened in 2021.
SeaBaile an Truiseil put-in
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandThis slipway serves Ballantrushal Shore, a pebble beach on the open Atlantic coast at Ballantrushal (Baile an Truiseil) on Lewis's West Side. The village takes its name from the nearby Clach an Trushal standing stone, said to be the largest prehistoric standing stone in Scotland.
SeaVatersay Bay slipway (Bàgh Bhatarsaigh)
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandThis slipway serves Vatersay Bay, the sheltered inlet on the east side of Vatersay village also known as East Beach, where a fishing pontoon and slipway have recently been completed. A long sandy beach backs the bay, and the community hall behind it has public toilets year round plus a summer cafe and showers. A second, unserviced beach lies a short walk west over the dunes.
SeaAn t-Òb put-in
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandA slipway on Ferry Road in Leverburgh (An t-Òb), on the south coast of Harris where the Sound of Harris opens towards the Atlantic. The Caledonian MacBrayne ferry to Berneray leaves from close by, following a buoyed channel through the sound's reefs and skerries.
LochAn t-Achadh Mòr put-in
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandThis put-in is on Loch Achmore, a freshwater loch by the inland village of Achmore (An t-Acha Mòr) in the Lochs area of Lewis, about 11 km south-west of Stornoway. Stornoway Angling Association manages the loch for brown trout fishing and notes it can be fished from a boat, with better results away from turbid water.
SeaAn Rubha put-in (Sheshader)
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandThis slipway lies on the Point (An Rubha) peninsula near Sheshader (Seisiadar), on the coast south-east of Stornoway across the Braighe isthmus. The specific bay or inlet it opens onto could not be confirmed from available sources.
SeaAn Rubha put-in (Port nan Giùran)
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandThis slipway is a second launch point on the Broad Bay shore near Port nan Giùran (Portnaguran), on the north coast of the Point (An Rubha) peninsula east of Stornoway, roughly 500 metres from another mapped slipway (way/1250475771) in the same stretch of coast.
SeaVatersay Causeway slipway
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandThis slipway sits beside Cabhsair Bhatarsaigh, the causeway that has linked Vatersay to Barra since 1991, and launches onto the Sound of Vatersay, the strait Gaelic speakers call An Caolas. The sound is only 250 metres wide but runs to 11 metres deep with strong tidal currents at all states of the tide, since it connects the Atlantic to the Sea of the Hebrides. The slipway has a concrete surface and permissive access, with trailer launching, water, power and council-card diesel available on site.
SeaAn Caolas slipway
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandThis slipway lies about a kilometre south of the Vatersay Causeway, on the same stretch of shore within the small settlement of An Caolas, and launches onto the Sound of Vatersay, the tidal strait between Barra and Vatersay. Reverse geocoding places it on Cabhsair Bhatarsaigh, the causeway road, within An Caolas rather than the causeway crossing itself.
SeaAn Cadha put-in (An Tairbeart)
Na h-Eileanan Siar, ScotlandThis is the service track to the An Cadha slipway, a small shoreline settlement on East Loch Tarbert between Tarbert and Direcleit. East Loch Tarbert is the sea loch on whose isthmus Tarbert itself stands. Tarbert's harbour and marina, with further slipway and quay access, lie a short distance north.
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