Whether you're a water lover or a land-based traveler, Hörnum offers a wide range of sports for everyone. Discover the island's water sports center, where surfing, sailing, kitesurfing, or windsurfing are just some of the activities you'll find here. For golf enthusiasts, Germany's most beautiful golf course, with direct ocean views, offers a stunning backdrop. Cyclists can explore the south of the island on beautiful bike paths directly along the mudflats and through the dunes. For a more tranquil experience, try yoga on the beach or stand-up paddleboarding, where you can connect directly with nature.
Sports in Hörnum
Attention sports fans
Surfing, kiting, stand-up paddling
You will find an excellent surfing beach at the beach section "Kilometer 4", which is located near the Möskental bus stop. The shallow water surfing and kitesurfing area “Seagull’s Nest” is on the east coast of Hörnum.
Both complete beginners and seasoned professionals will get their money's worth here.
Surf courses
In Hörnum, you can learn all water sports at three surfing and sailing schools. The well-trained teams of licensed surfing instructors at the surfing and sailing school teach everything from complete beginners to advanced and returning surfers, from young to old. The shallow water bay on the east side of town, which is independent of the tides, is the perfect place to learn windsurfing, kitesurfing, and stand-up paddling – there are no waves south of the local beach. The best conditions for surfing are, of course, on the west side, where the "Inselkind" surfing school is located at beach section K4.
Sailing around the southern tip of Sylt
On Hörnum's west coast, the rough sea presents a constant challenge even for experienced sailors. On the east side, the calm Wadden Sea with its shallow waters offers ideal conditions for novices.
The Sylt sailing scene is at home on Hörnum's east beach. Here you will find not only the Sylt Catamaran Club anchored, but also the Sylt Yacht ClubThose who would like to learn to sail are welcome at South Cape Surfing at the right address. The surf and sailing school offers sailing courses for all ages and abilities.
Surf and sailing schools in Hörnum
South Cape Surfing
Südkap Surfing is known as Hörnum's water sports center. In small groups of up to six students per instructor, every water sport can be learned here: from windsurfing, kitesurfing, stand-up paddling, to sailing – in a traditional dinghy or on a catamaran. Whether enjoying the peace and quiet on a SUP or with the wind in your hands and salt on your face on a boat or surfboard – everyone will find their own personal version of freedom here.
Strandpromenade 1, 25997 Hörnum
+ 49 4651 / 9954410
info@suedkap-surfing.de
Inselkind Surf School
Angelo Schmitt's surf school is located directly on the popular K4 surf beach, about 4 km from the entrance to Hörnum. The offshore sandbanks are ideal for surfing and guarantee lots of fun on the water. Courses are held in small groups of 4 to 5 participants or as individual lessons. Norden Surfboard, which can also be rented at the Inselkind Shop in Westerland.
Parking lot K4, 25997 Hörnum
+ 49 173 / 2001120
angelo@norden-surfboards.com
Sylter Catamaran Club EV
Experienced sailing instructors gently introduce beginners to the basics of catamaran sailing in courses for young people and adults. Basic theoretical concepts as well as practical techniques are taught. All you need is a passion for water sports, a bit of fitness, and flexibility. Sailing takes place on the east side of Hörnum, in the triangular area between Sylt, Amrum, and Föhr, within sight of Hörnum Beach.
Hafenstraße, 25997 Hörnum
+ 49 0160 / 95937473
sccsylt@gmail.com
Golfing in Hörnum
Challenging greens in a stunningly beautiful setting
Germany's most popular golf course*
Budersand Sylt Golf Club, a typical 18-hole links course, is characterized by the barren Sylt dune landscape and lush heathland, alternating with swaying beach grass. This award-winning Sylt golf course is one of the best courses in Europe. In 2020, Budersand Golf Club was named Germany's best golf course by Golf Magazine with the German Golf Award. It also received first place in the "Most Popular Golf Course" category at the 2022 Golf Journal Travel Award. Budersand is a true links course, and that's how it plays. This means playing golf here always means playing with the weather, but it also means gaining new experiences: avoiding pot bunkers or even sinking into them; experiencing how immensely far the ball rolls on the hard fairway; feeling the crisp contact delivered by a well-hit iron; and feeling the inner joy when you hit the green in the right spot and the ball slowly rolls towards the flag.
The attached restaurant Strönholt is the perfect place for a post-round snack or a subsequent dinner overlooking the golf course and the North Sea. The Sascha Georgi Golf Academy, led by PGA Professional Sascha Georgi, guarantees the highest level of quality and enjoyment. Improve your game or get started in this newly discovered trend sport with the golf proficiency course.
The GC-BUDERSAND team and head greenkeeper Stefan Hansen look forward to your visit.
Golfing in a fantastic setting
In the scenic beauty between dunes and sea lies the Budersand golf course, a very special nature experience.
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Germany's only real links course
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opened in 2008
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18-hole course on 73 hectares
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Best German Golf Course 2020/21 (German Golf Award/ Golf Magazine)
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Germany's Most Popular Golf Course 2023 (Travel Awards / Golf Magazine)
The Budersand golf course in pictures
Cycling in Hörnum
On the best paths through the dune world
A well-developed, 200-kilometer-long network of cycle paths stretches across Sylt. A worthwhile destination for a bike tour from Hörnum is Rantum. The route leads idyllically through the dunes and along the mudflats. Halfway through, you'll pass Germany's most famous wooden shack, the Zanzibar.Host Herbert Seckler and his team offer one of the most sumptuous menus on the island – the huge wine cellar is also legendary.
Cycling tours from Hörnum:
Small Southern Tour - From Hörnum to Westerland
Great Southern Tour - From Hörnum via the Rantum Basin to the Tinnum Meadows
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16 km
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50 Minutes
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Start: Hörnum North
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Slightly
Through the Sylt dunes past the Zanzibar to Westerland
This tour continues straight from Hörnum via Rantum to Westerland. The pristine dune landscape between Hörnum and Rantum is best experienced by bike. Along the way lies the famous Zanzibar Island, but a detour to Rantum Harbor, which has become an insider tip in recent years, is also possible. A recommended destination for this tour is the Südwäldchen (South Forest) in Westerland, where, with luck, you might spot a few ducks and squirrels along the way.
The tour starts next to the "Tiroler Stuben" restaurant in Hörnum Nord. A beautiful bike path runs parallel to the road, once used by the legendary island railway. This path leads you through the dune landscape, partially directly along the Wadden Sea, through the southern part of the island. It is mostly gravel, but is very well-suited for cycling.
You can easily return to Hörnum by bus (line 2 from Westerland/campsite) or, of course, by bike via Westerland and Rantum (approx. 50 min.).
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36 km
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2h
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Start: Hörnum North
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Medium
Get to know the entire south of the island with all its natural beauty.
Variety is guaranteed on this tour, as you'll drive from Hörnum through the pristine dune landscape with stunning panoramic views of the sea. Once you reach Rantum, the tour continues across the Rantum Basin. On the car-free dike, you can enjoy uninterrupted views of the Wadden Sea and observe birds in the nature reserve. As a contrast to the dunes, the tour ends with a drive through the green meadows of Tinnum.
The tour also starts a short distance north of the "Tiroler Stuben" restaurant in Hörnum. A beautiful bike path runs parallel to the road where the island railway once ran. This path leads you through the dune landscape, partially along the Wadden Sea, directly to Rantum. There, you pass the idyllic village center and, after the "BSW-Dünenhotel," turn right onto "Dikwai," which leads to "Deichweg." At the end of the Deichweg, you can stop at the "Sylter Kaffeerösterei" (Sylt Coffee Roasting House) to fortify yourself for the onward journey across the Rantum Basin. Once you reach the other side, the route then continues through the Tinnum meadows, past the zoo and Tinnum Castle.
You can easily return to Hörnum by bus (line 2 from Westerland/ZOB) or, of course, by bike via Westerland and Rantum (approx. 50 min.).
Fancy action-packed days at the beach?
Trampoline facility
The trampoline facility is located below the lighthouse on the east beach.
It has 8 places on which you can jump at the same time.
Beach volleyball and soccer
A volleyball net is set up on the east beach and on the campsite beach in summer.
There is also a football field with two goals on the east beach.
