Water Based Recreation

Overview of Recreation and Leisure

Facilities

1. Areas of Sports Compound

2. Sport Shooting Ranges
3. Golf Courses
4. Race Courses
5. Ski Resort
6. Motor Race Circuits
7. National Parks
8. Camping Sites
9. Holiday Resorts
Under Water
Sports
Snorkeling:
It majorly is a sea based activity and
is practiced at the surface. It is
usually equipped with a mask, fins
and a short tube which is also
called the snorkel.
Scuba Diving:

This is a total under water activity. The

diver is equipped with scuba or a self-
contained breathing apparatus. The
diver is supposed to move under water
using fins that come along with the
apparatus but also a propulsion device
can be used to give the push and
direction necessary. Scuba diving is
carried on in deep seas and is used to
experience and watch under water life,
the flora and fauna and to explore them.
Water Polo:

Water polo is a team sport and is

played in four quarters and two
teams. Each team consists of six
players and a goalie. The sport is
highly challenging yet enjoyable as
it is played under water.
Water Aerobics

The word water aerobics is self

explanatory. It is aerobics
practiced under water; mostly in
shallow waters like swimming
pool. It is a fitness driven
activity and carried out in
groups in aquatic centers.
Freediving, breath-hold
diving, or skin diving is a
form of underwater diving that
relies on breath-holding until
resurfacing rather than the use of
breathing apparatus such as scuba
gear.
Y-40 “TheDeep
pool Joy” first opened
June on 5 2014
and was
designed by architect
Emanuele Boaretto. It is
40 metres (131 ft) deep,
making the
it pool in deepest the
contains world.4,300 It cubic
metres (1,136,000 US
gal) of thermal water kept
at a temperature of 32-34
°C (90-93 °F).
Spearfishing is a method
of fishing that has been used
throughout the world for
millennia. Early civilizations
were familiar with the custom of
spearing fish from rivers and
streams using sharpened sticks.

Currently spearfishing makes

use of elastic
powered spearguns and slings, or
compressed gas pneumatic
powered spearguns, to strike the
hunted fish
Underwater orienteering is
an underwater sport that uses
recreational open circuit scuba
diving equipment and consists of
a set of individual and team
events conducted in both
sheltered and open water
testing the competitors
competency in underwater
navigation.
Water Sports On The Surface
Surfing:

The most carried out

recreational activity is
The surfer is supposed to surfing.
ride on
the forward deep face of moving
water. The waves are meant to be
in such a direction that they carry
the surfer to the shore.
Rafting:

This sport is usually done in rivers

using inflatable rafts. This is a
team activity and requires a lot of
endurance to tackle the rough
edges of the waters beneath. It is
basically a type of leisure sport.
Cagayan de Oro Whitewater
Rafting

Cagayan de Oro City is home to

some of the most scenic and
exhilarating whitewater rafting
and dubbed as the “adventure
capital” in the Philippines.
Canoeing:

Canoeing is basically a paddle sport

in which the group sits facing each
other in opposite directions. The
deck is called the canoe. A single
bladed paddle is provided to propel
the direction. It was earlier used as
a means for transportation but is
now considered as water based
sport and a recreational event.
Kayaking is a watersport that involves
paddling using a double-bladed oar and a
small boat known as a kayak. The boats
come in a variety of sizes and types,
depending on their intended use, but
most kayaks feature an enclosed deck that
covers the legs. The boat sits low in the
water and usually only accommodates a
single paddler, but tandem kayaks hold
two people and some boats hold three
people.
Parasailing:

It is also known as
'parascending’ or 'parakiting’.
In this a person is usually towed by
a vehicle when attached to a canopy
shaped like a kite or a parachute. It
is not at all like paragliding since
the person has little or no control
over the parachute. It is basically
just a fun activity.
Water Skating:

It majorly involves a skate board

which can be glided over the
surface. It’s an adaptation of
wakeboard which contains a board
manufactured from fiber glass.
This is an extensive and
famous sport but a tad bit
dangerous and should be
watched under professional
supervision.
Flyboarding

Flyboarding is an extreme water

sport in which athletes compete
using equipment called
flyboards. A flyboard can be
best described as a personal
water craft fitted with a water
jetpack/hoverboard
Wind Surfing

Wind Surfing combines elements

of surfing and sailing. The
equipment used here is a surfboard
with a sail fixed on a movable
mast. The surfer has to move with
the waves to control the board and
at the same time manage the sail
according to the winds.