Outdoor watersport participation 2015

The statistic displays the results of a survey on the leading outdoor watersport activities in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2014 to 2015, by number of participants. In 2015, it was found that approximately 3.2 million people in the UK participated any boating activity.

Leading outdoor watersport activities in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2014 to 2015, by number of participants (in 1,000)

Characteristic	2014	2015
Any activity	13,127	12,364
Spending general leisure time at the beach	7,299	6,393
Outdoor swimming	4,577	4,278
Coastal walking	4,364	4,668
Any boating activity	3,459	3,176
Canoeing	1,528	1,408
Angling*	1,030	2,355
Surfboarding	711	996
Motor boating/ bruising	522	421
Small sail boat activities	518	418
Cliff climbing	456	382
Canal boating	393	379
Rowing/ sculling	392	330
Power boating	381	297
Water skiing and wakeboarding	336	273
Yacht cruising	325	253
Leisure sub-aqua diving	305	350
Using personal watercraft	204	171
Small sail boat racing	197	109
Windsurfing	194	109
Coasteering	125	101
Yacht racing	106	94
Kitesurfing	99	36

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Release date

February 2016

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2014 to 2015

Number of respondents

12,739 respondents

Special properties

unweighted base.

Method of interview

Omnibus survey

Supplementary notes

* For 2015, angling was split into the following categories: freshwater angling (335), sea angling (694), sea angling from kayak (72), sea angling from a rental boat (229), sea angling from a charter boat (63), sea angling from rocks (284), sea angling from shore (304) and recreational sea fishing (104). The split for 2014 was unclearified.

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