The 2026/27 Hong Kong Windsurfing Circuit — the iQFOiL Championships — wrapped up its final races over the weekend of 7–8 November, closing out a season that ran from February and stopped at some genuinely lovely stretches of Hong Kong coastline. Sauce maker Lee Kum Kee backed the whole thing as Gold Sponsor, funding all five events and, in the association's words, helping build a platform for local athletes heading to international competition.
Windsurfing runs deep in Hong Kong sport: it delivered the city's first-ever Olympic gold medal back in 1996. This season's circuit covered Men's and Women's Open divisions plus U19, U17 and U15 youth categories, so the future of that legacy is being shaped on these very waters.
For travellers, the real takeaway is the venue list. Races were held at Clearwater Bay, Wu Kai Sha, Tolo Harbour, Cheung Chau and Stanley — five spots that double as some of the city's best coastal days out. Cheung Chau, a car-free island reached by a scenic ferry from Central, mixes seafood restaurants and a laid-back beach vibe with serious wind sports. Stanley offers a waterfront promenade and market on Hong Kong Island's south side. Clearwater Bay and the Tolo Harbour area around Sai Kung and Tai Po give you hill-and-sea scenery most visitors never see. Wu Kai Sha, near Ma On Shan, is a handy training ground for beginners.
The season may be done, but there's more on the calendar: the 2027 Hong Kong Dragon World Championship makes its Asia debut from 21–29 November 2026, and Lee Kum Kee — which also sponsors the Hong Kong, China Sailing Team, fresh off success at the 2025 Asian Games and National Games — will be behind that too. If you're in Hong Kong in late November, it's a free front-row seat to international dinghy racing.
Hong Kong's wind sports scene runs mostly on its winter monsoon, roughly October to March, when breezes are reliable and temperatures are comfortable. Even outside race weekends, the beaches above host casual windsurfing and sailing, with rental and lesson outfits at several of them. Pair a beach day with a ferry ride or a Sai Kung seafood lunch and you've got one of the city's better off-the-beaten-track itineraries — no race schedule required.
