Those who want practice surfing You can carefully, because if you plan to enjoy this aquatic sport in Barcelona, you can face fines of up to € 1,500. This is one of the consequences of the Coexistence Ordinance contemplating sanctions of between € 750 and 1,500 for those athletes who do not respect signaling on maritime conditions.
One of the necessary requirements to be able to surf is the one that there are waves, because logically of not having, practically it would mean this sport. And if we already have that the Mediterranean is usually not usually too moved, in addition to the restrictions existing in the summer time ... it seems that taking waves in the Barcelona beaches is almost impossible mission.
Of the usual 2,000 surfers of the Catalan coasts, some have already received a sanction for not respecting the indications of the urban Guàrdia when they recommended them to get out of the water due to waves.
Something with which surfers do not agree, because they respect the decision not
The president of the Spanish Surf Federation has met with the City Council to try to reach an agreementthat solves, or at least softened, the problem. It seems that one of the possible solutions is to federate, having to pay a quota of € 60 during the first year and only € 30 if it belongs to a club.
Restrictions to practice certain activities extend during Holy Week and September. Among them, you cannot carry animals such as dogs or cats or practice other nautical sports such as kitesurf .
Protests are foreseen at the end of February moved by some clubs in the area and surfers that support the cause. Here we leave you a video of the concentration in Barcelona last December on the occasion of this type of prohibitions:
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