All (70)
Beach & Ocean (35)
Lakes & Rivers (23)
Pools (9)
Backyard (9)
Other (9)
Backyard Pool | Beach Parties |
Beach Soccer | Beach Sunrises / Sunsets |
Beach Tanning | Beach Volleyball |
Beach Walks | Beachcombing |
Boat Tours | Boating |
Bodyboarding | Bodysurfing |
Bucket Relay Race | Canoe Camping |
Canoeing | Deep-sea Fishing |
Diving | Fishing |
Floating | Ice Swimming |
Jet Skiing | Jumping Off a Dock |
Jumping Off a Raft | Kayaking |
Kiddie Pool | Kitesurfing |
Misting Systems | Paddleboarding |
Parasailing | Picnicking By Water |
Playing In Waves | Pool Bars at Resorts |
Rafting | Reading on the Beach |
River Tubing | Rowing |
Running Through a Sprinkler | Sailing |
Sandcastles | Scuba Diving |
Sea Kayaking | Slip & Slide |
Snorkeling | Splash Pads |
Surfing | Swimming |
Synchronized Swimming | Tide Pooling |
Underwater Hockey | Underwater Photography |
Wakeboarding | Water Aerobics |
Water Baloons | Water Features of Urban Parks |
Water Festivals | Water Fights |
Water Fountains | Water Obstacle Course |
Water Parks | Water Polo |
Water Skiing | Water Slides |
Water Tag | Waterfalls |
Wave Jumping | Wave Pools |
Wave Watching | Whale Watching |
Windsurfing | Yacht Cruising |
Water as Sport
Water activities include a range of competitive team and individual sports such as rowing or surfing.
Water as Recreation
Active pursuits in the water that are pursued for joy, exercise or interest such as noncompetitive fishing or swimming.
Water as Adventure
Water environments are often vast, turbulent and powerful such that they are a source of adventure, exploration and epic experience. What qualifies as an adventure differs greatly from person to person. For one person, it could be jumping off the end of a dock into a calm lake and for another it could be sailing rough sea passages alone on a small sailboat.
Water as a Lifestyle
In many cases, people center their entire lifestyle around the water such as a surfer who is immersed in local surf culture or a family who lives on a sailboat.
Water as Nature
Water related nature pursuits such as multiple day canoe trips that involve camping deep in the wilderness.
Water as Leisure
People are naturally attracted to the beauty of water and the culture that emerges around water such as beach culture. As such, some water related activities don't actually involve getting in the water. For example, enjoying the poolside bar at a resort or suntanning at the beach.
Water to Escape The Heat
In some cases, it gets so hot outside in summer that feasible or enjoyable outdoor activities mostly involve water. Cities are increasingly building water features into urban parks to help people get outside in the midst of hot summers influenced by the effects of urban heat islands. Likewise, it is possible to play with water in your backyard on a hot day. Even if you don't have a pool, you can have a water fight.
