Paddleboarding spots in Shetland Islands
55 launch spots across Shetland Islands
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SeaSkerries put-in
Shetland Islands, ScotlandThis slipway lies on Bruray in the Out Skerries archipelago, about 6km northeast of Whalsay off Shetland's east coast. It sits close to the Skerries Bridge linking Bruray to Housay, on the sheltered channels that form the islands' harbour.
SeaSkeld put-in
Shetland Islands, ScotlandA slipway at Skeld on the south side of West Mainland Shetland, in the Sandsting area, launching onto Skelda Voe. Skeld comprises the two small settlements of Easter Skeld and Wester Skeld, about a mile apart, and takes its Old Norse name Skjolðr, meaning shield or shelter.
SeaNorby slipway
Shetland Islands, ScotlandThis slipway is at Norby, a small settlement in Sandness on Shetland's west Mainland, on a coast that faces the Sound of Papa and the island of Papa Stour about a mile offshore. A slipway in the neighbouring Melby area was formerly used by the Papa Stour ferry before the crossing moved to West Burrafirth further south.
SeaCatfirth slipway
Shetland Islands, ScotlandThis slipway launches onto Catfirth, a voe on the east coast of Shetland Mainland in South Nesting whose entrance is partly sheltered by the island of Little Holm. The firth's depth and shelter once made it home to RAF Catfirth, a First World War flying-boat base that operated from 1917 to 1919.
SeaSandsayre Pier, Leebitton
Shetland Islands, ScotlandSandsayre Pier at Leebitton, on the south Mainland near Sandwick, is the departure point for the seasonal boat crossing to the island of Mousa across Mousa Sound, a trip of about 15 minutes. The pier dates from around the 1850s, has an old boatshed converted into a visitor centre, and Mousa Sound is regarded as one of the better places in Britain to see harbour porpoise.
SeaNorth Haven pier, Fair Isle
Shetland Islands, ScotlandNorth Haven is a natural cove on the northeast coast of Fair Isle and the island's main harbour, used by the Good Shepherd IV ferry that connects Fair Isle to Shetland Mainland. The Shetland Islands Council small-ports guide describes it as a well-sheltered, easily accessible pier with an 80-metre berth and roughly 3.6 metres of water alongside.
SeaNorth Haven pier, Fair Isle
Shetland Islands, ScotlandNorth Haven is a natural cove on the northeast coast of Fair Isle and the island's main harbour, used by the Good Shepherd IV ferry that connects Fair Isle to Shetland Mainland. The Shetland Islands Council small-ports guide describes it as a well-sheltered, easily accessible pier with an 80-metre berth and roughly 3.6 metres of water alongside.
SeaSandsayre Pier and Slipway
Shetland Islands, ScotlandSandsayre Pier is the named departure point at Leebitton, Sandwick, for the seasonal Mousa Boat, a passenger ferry that makes the roughly 15-minute crossing of Mousa Sound to the island of Mousa and its Iron Age broch. The pier also hosts a local sailing club's races and regatta.
SeaSandness put-in
Shetland Islands, ScotlandThis slipway lies on the A971 near Sandness on Shetland's West Mainland, launching onto Papa Sound, the strait that separates the Sandness peninsula from the island of Papa Stour a mile to the northwest. Papa Sound opens north into St Magnus Bay.
SeaSaltness put-in (Symbister)
Shetland Islands, ScotlandThis is the same Saltness-side slipway on Symbister Voe as the adjacent node/2128071383, a few metres away, marking one physical launch point on the peninsula opposite Symbister village.
SeaPunds put-in (Toab)
Shetland Islands, ScotlandThis slipway sits on the Pool of Virkie, a tidal bay on the south coast of Shetland Mainland, in the small hamlet of Punds between Toab and Virkie. It shares the shore with the Ness Boating Club marina and lies close to Sumburgh Airport at the southern tip of Mainland.
SeaPrince Olav Slipway
Shetland Islands, ScotlandPrince Olav Slipway is a working slipway on Scalloway's Main Street, built during the Second World War as part of the Shetland Bus base used by William Moore & Son to repair the small Norwegian boats that ran agents and supplies across the North Sea to occupied Norway. It launches directly onto Scalloway's sheltered harbour.
SeaPort Arthur put-in (Scalloway)
Shetland Islands, ScotlandThis slipway sits in the Port Arthur quarter of Scalloway, a fishing port on the west side of Mainland Shetland whose sheltered harbour was known to Hanseatic traders as Schaldewage. The launch faces the harbour itself rather than open water, close to the town's Main Street.
SeaOrdale put-in (Baltasound)
Shetland Islands, ScotlandThis slipway sits on the shore of Balta Sound near Hagdale, the sheltered inlet that gives Baltasound its name, on the east coast of Unst. Baltasound, Unst's largest settlement, lies a short distance to the south.
SeaOllaberry put-in
Shetland Islands, ScotlandOllaberry is a village on Ollaberry Bay, on the west shore of Yell Sound in Northmavine. A slipway and small beach sit by the pier here, with the island of Lamba about a mile offshore and views across the sound toward Yell.
SeaUrafirth slipway
Shetland Islands, ScotlandThis slipway sits in the hamlet of Urafirth, on Ura Firth near Hillswick in Northmavine, on Shetland Mainland's rugged north-west coast. It gives access to the sheltered water of the firth off the A970.
SeaLerwick put-in
Shetland Islands, ScotlandA slipway at Freefield on the south side of Lerwick, launching onto Bressay Sound, the sheltered stretch of water separating the town from Bressay island.
SeaLerwick put-in
Shetland Islands, ScotlandA slipway at Gremista on the northern edge of Lerwick, launching onto Bressay Sound, the natural harbour between the Shetland Mainland and the island of Bressay that has made Lerwick a working fishing and ferry port.
SeaLeebitten put-in (Sandwick)
Shetland Islands, ScotlandThis slipway sits at Leebitton (also spelt Leebitten), part of Sandwick on Shetland's South Mainland, and connects the road network to the pier used by the seasonal passenger ferry to Mousa. A local sailing club based at Leebitton also races traditional Shetland model boats from here.
SeaHousetter put-in
Shetland Islands, ScotlandHousetter is a small settlement on the shore of Colla Firth, near North Roe in Northmavine and a few miles north of Ollaberry. This way is the same slipway as the neighbouring Housetter node, mapped as a short car-accessible ramp.
SeaHam put-in
Shetland Islands, ScotlandThis slipway is at Ham Voe on the east coast of Foula, the island's only beach and its main harbour. Foula has little natural shelter for boats, so local craft, including the mail boat, are normally hauled out of the water; a hidden reef, the Hoevdi Grund or Shaalds o' Foula, lies a few kilometres east between Foula and the Shetland Mainland with tidal streams reported up to 12 knots.
SeaGrindiscol put-in
Shetland Islands, ScotlandA slipway on the west coast of Bressay near the hamlet of Ham, close to the named hamlet of Grindiscol, launching onto Bressay Sound opposite Lerwick.
SeaGraven put-in
Shetland Islands, ScotlandGraven is a small settlement on the B9076 near Brae, in Delting, with a slipway and a boatyard crane by the shore. The nearest charted water is the Voe of Scatsta, a bay just south-west of the settlement.
SeaGraven put-in
Shetland Islands, ScotlandThis is a second slipway at Graven, on the B9076 near Brae in Delting, about 150m from the other Graven entry in this batch. It sits on the coastline close to the Voe of Scatsta.
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