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Liquid24
Joined: 31 May 2005
Location: Bristol, UK
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 Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 5:51 am Post subject: Long Sandy Beaches - are there any? |
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| Hoping to go to SK in September and would love to live and work near or by the sea, as my main hobby at home is Kitesurfing. Does anyone know where in Korea I would be best suited to go? Or bit of a long shot has anyone seen anyone kitesurfing (big kite and surfboard give it away!)? |
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Rock
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 6:29 am Post subject: |
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| Haeundae is a sandbox. Maybe check out Jeju if you want to experience a real beach. There's also a nice beach in an enclave north of Haeundae. I think it's a beach called Songjong, more real and natural. |
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captain kirk
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 6:53 am Post subject: |
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Saw a Korean guy kitesurfing off a sand beach 30 kilometers south of Ulsan. First time I'd ever seen that; it sure looked fun.
Haendae in Pusan is 1.2 kms of sand, and a little north of that one is another beach 1km long. I've seen guys using surfboards there.
There are sand beaches all along the East Coast. PM me with your address and I'll mail you a tourist map which has the beaches marked.
Cheju has sand beaches, as well. |
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just because
Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964
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| Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 7:29 am Post subject: |
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The beaches here are not big enough for kite surfing...you need quite a lot of beach with minimal people and here that just doesn't happen in the time the weather is nice enough. Also the lifeguards here would freak out...the can't handle people just wading out 50 metres, i couldn't even imagine what they would do or think if they saw you kite surfing 
My friends used to kite surf a bit and it sure takes a lot of forearm strength.... |
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sistersarah
Joined: 03 Jan 2004
Location: hiding out
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| Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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| i like the east coast. especially the samcheok area. it's quiet and i visited two really nice big beaches (maengbong and yonghwa, i believe). |
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Grotto
Joined: 21 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 1:33 am Post subject: |
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Samcheok, Donghae and of course Gangneung have great beaches,
I believe Gangnueng has the longest beach in Korea |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 2:00 am Post subject: |
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| Grotto wrote: |
| I believe Gangnueng has the longest beach in Korea |
Pretty sure ���� in ���� is longer. |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 4:36 am Post subject: |
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| Grotto wrote: |
Samcheok, Donghae and of course Gangneung have great beaches,
I believe Gangnueng has the longest beach in Korea |
I'm there this weekend.. very long and very sandy.
1.8km beach.. Gyeongpo Beach. |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 4:44 am Post subject: |
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| Tiger Beer wrote: |
I'm there this weekend.. very long and very sandy.
1.8km beach.. Gyeongpo Beach. |
In which case it's longer than ���� -- but I hate the gritty dirt there -- ���� has nicer sand. |
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PEIGUY
Joined: 28 Mar 2004
Location: Omokgyo
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| Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 6:43 am Post subject: |
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| Tiger Beer wrote: |
| Grotto wrote: |
Samcheok, Donghae and of course Gangneung have great beaches,
I believe Gangnueng has the longest beach in Korea |
I'm there this weekend.. very long and very sandy.
1.8km beach.. Gyeongpo Beach. |
So was I, it was a good beach minus the Korean Military consentine wire further up teh beach but otherwise good.. water was awesome for swimming! minus the Jet Ski's and Water Boats |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 7:01 am Post subject: |
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| Rock wrote: |
| Haeundae is a sandbox. Maybe check out Jeju if you want to experience a real beach. There's also a nice beach in an enclave north of Haeundae. I think it's a beach called Songjong, more real and natural. |
Yes, a sandbox...but you can barely see it under all the people there. Luckily, very few people seem to go to the beaches in August. The water is still lukewarm, but it's apparently freezing cold to Koreans. |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 8:28 am Post subject: |
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| PEIGUY wrote: |
| it was a good beach minus the Korean Military consentine |
If we're talking about barbed wire no-entry zones then I'd once again think that ���� is longer.
I'm not big on beaches in general, but I might stop by there next week for a day or two. |
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bossaco
Joined: 13 Feb 2005
Location: jongro-gu
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| Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 1:05 am Post subject: |
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| try gangneung on the east coast... or if you want to go somewhere nearer, then ammyondo in chungnam should be your destination |
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