Blue Horizons Local Activities
Clare's rugged west coast is a glorious retreat for the avid golfer. There are nine 18 hole world class courses with in a twenty mile radius.
| Lahinch golf club | 5 minutes |
| Spanish point golf club | 5 minutes |
| Doonbeg | 15 minutes |
| Kilkee golf club | 20 minutes |
| Kilrush golf club | 25 minutes |
| Ennis golf club | 30 minutes |
| Woodstock golf club | 30 minutes |
| Dromoland | 35 minutes |
| Shannon golf club | 40 minutes |
Surfing
There are only a few coastal areas left in Europe where the possibility of finding perfect, empty waves still exists and Clare is one of those spots.
Surfing Shops:
Lahinch surf Shop
Surfing lessons can be had at:
Greenroom surf school
Lahinch surf school
Lahinch
Great little surfing town with a thriving and friendly surf community with surf shops, surf schools and some fine pubs. The surf breaks are within walking distance of the town, and face west. They all require a biggish swell to break - other spots in the area can be six to eight feet when Lahinch is two to three feet. A great place to learn.
Spanishpoint
A series of three right-handers which break along the edge of a long southwest-facing point. Easterly winds blow offshore. Outside point picks up any swell going and the waves jack up quickly out of deep water. It's a very exposed spot, and damn gnarly when it's big, so it's not surfed all that often. Middle Point can produce long fast waves with the occasional barrel on a clean swell. Inside Point needs a big swell to work, it's usually ridden at mid tide, and gets progressively hollower towards low tide.
Crabisland
A heavy right-hand barrel which jacks up out of deep water and breaks in front of Crab Island . It picks up any swell going but gets blown to bits if the wind is anything but a light easterly. A daunting spot to surf as the paddle-out from Doolin harbour takes about 20 minutes. Be warned this is a powerful wave which can snap boards and bodies with ease. Holds waves up to eight feet, Best around mid tide.
Doughmore
A consistent west-facing beachbreak, often best during the summer months. Access can be tricky, however, so have a chat with the locals first to check out the situation. It works on all tides.
Doolin point
A great right hander and without the long swim.
Bartra
A lovely left point break.
Hegerties
Another left but beware the rips in here.
Post box
This very hollow and short ride is a pro only zone.
Doonbeg castle
A shelterd left reefbreak which needs a big sewll to break. Southwesterlies blow offshore. It works from mid- to high-tide.
Kilard
A sheltered beachbreak, also offshore on a southwesterly wind. works from low- to mid-tide.
Aileens/Aill na Serracht
This newly surfed giant wave right under the Cliffs of Moher is a tow in heaven, or hell, depending on you getting away with it or not. Pros only.
Cliffs Of Moher
The west 's no . 1 attraction - The Cliffs are 8kms long 214 m high, it is here that one can most easily get a feel for the wildness of the terrain over which the Celts wandered. The tower was built by Cornelius O'Brien, a descendant of Brian Boru, the High King of Ireland, as an observation point. From here one can easily view the Cliffs, the Aran Islands , and Galway Bay as well as the Twelve Pins and the Maum Turk mountains to the North in Connemara and Loop Head to the South. The Cliffs of Moher is one of Ireland 's most important bird-watching sites with over 20 nesting species and 30,000 breeding pairs of seabirds.
This portal tomb dates back 5000 years and is a testimony to our ancestors that's its still standing.
The Burren
Undoubtedly the jewel in the crown of the Irish environment, given the wealth and diversity of its natural and cultural heritage. With its unique expanse of exposed rock stretching over endless hills it is a walker's paradise.
Aillwee cave
Irelands premier show cave, a must see.
Sea world
An aquarium and pool complex in Lahinch town.
The Aran islands
These three rural Gaelic speaking islands lay just off the Clare coast and are reached by a short ferry trip from Doolin. At the end of which you will step ashore and back in time.
Fishing
Ireland is famous for its fishing, and Clare is not the exception. Choose from off shore trips, beach or cliff, river, estuary or lake angling. Clare has it all.
Dolphin watching
There are only three places in Europe where resident dolphins live and the Shannon estuary is one of them.