Water sports
Sports fans know the Black Forest is perfect for hiking, mountain-biking, Nordic walking and paragliding. But what about water sports? You will be surprised by what our holiday region has to offer when it comes to water sports!
Sailing, driving boats, diving, fishing, paddling, surfing, canoeing through Black Forest fir woods, wakeboarding and waterskiing on the Rhine River. The holiday region of the Black Forest, with its 11,400 square kilometres, offers various opportunities for aquatic athletes.
There are numerous flooded gravel pits on the western border which invite you to swim and surf. High up in the forest, there are storage lakes like the Schluchsee Lake where you can practice almost every kind of water sports. Only motorboats are not allowed, as the environment is too precious to permit them. The area around the lake is very lively all summer long. There are swimming spots with sandy beaches around the impressive 500 hectares lake. Moreover, there is a heated outdoor swimming bath with access to the lake in the city of Schluchsee. There are sailing and surfing schools as well as boat rentals.
The Titisee Lake with its 190 hectares is the second biggest lake in the Black Forest and a popular destination due to the sailing and surfing schools, the rental boats and the beach.
A number of other lakes in the northern and southern Black Forest invite you to do water sports surrounded by Black Forest fir trees. The Schwarzenbach Storage Lake near Baden-Baden and the Nagold Dam near Freudenstadt are certainly worth a trip. In addition, the Nagold Lake features a surfing school.
River hikers will find their personal challenge on the rivers Nagold, Neckar, Donau (Danube) in the east, on the Rhine River in the west and on a few rivers in the south. Paddlers love the enchanting creeks of the cut-off course of the Rhine River with their humid lowland forests and gnarly trees bending over the water. Waterskiing and wakeboarding is possible on the Rhine River and on a few flooded gravel pits in the Upper Rhine Valley (the Oberheintal).