Golf: There are several courses on the island, including the Barbados Golf Club, the island’s first public course, located on the South Coast. Sandy Lane Hotel has three courses: the Sandy Lane Old Nine; the 18-hole Country Club; and the exclusive 18-hole Green Monkey, which has been named by golf aficionados as one of the best courses in the Caribbean. Royal Westmoreland Golf & Country Club offers an 18-hole championship golf course, and Club Rockley and Almond Beach Village feature nine-hole courses.

Tennis: Many hotels offer high-standard courts and some are floodlit for evening play. Advance bookings are recommended.

Cricket: Cricket is played at all levels throughout the island, with top regional matches held from January through March. Test Matches provide a great atmosphere for enjoying this popular sport and are held from March to May every year. Following on from its hosting of the 2007 Cricket World Cup Finals, earlier this year Barbados again played host to the Finals of the Word ICC Twenty20 West Indies Tournament.

Horseracing: The Garrison Savannah, Barbados’ home for horse-racing, is steeped with history from the time when the British Regiment Officers were stationed there in 1845, the colonial days. An excursion to the races is set against the backdrop of an almost festival like atmosphere, providing an opportunity for persons to interact and socialise, enjoy music, patronise street vendors, sample local cuisine. This makes it an ideal event for families who want a refreshing and relaxing evening outdoors. The highlight of the Barbados racing calendar is the Sandy Lane Gold Cup held in March of each year.

Windsurfing: Barbados offers the best windsurfing in the Caribbean. Both beginners and experienced windsurfers will find conditions to suit their skills.

Diving: Since Barbados is a flat coral island, unlike its steep-sided volcanic neighbours, it offers a unique underwater landscape for scuba diving. The extensive system of fringing reefs, patch reefs and unusual bank reef are unrivaled in the Caribbean. There are a number of dive operators, plus facilities for equipment service and a decompression chamber and PADI five-star centres offering introductory courses for beginners and daily trips for the experienced. Divers from around the world come for the island's famous wreck dives (The Stavronikita, Berwyn and the Friars Craig). Game fishing enthusiasts will also find their niche on Barbados’ charter boats, such as Blue Jay and Honey Bea III, to cruise in pursuit of marlin, tuna, dolphin and kingfish.

Yachting: The West and South coasts offer excellent yachting conditions. All forms of racing are conducted in Barbados, including dinghy regattas, inshore races in Carlisle Bay and offshore races. In addition, several local racing boats regularly participate in overseas regattas in the Caribbean islands of Bequia, Carriacou, Grenada, St. Martin and Tobago. Local dinghy sailors also compete in regional and international regattas. The Barbados Yacht Club is the venue for sail training courses offered by the Barbados Sailing Association and Barbados Optimist Dinghy Association.

Water sports: Many hotels offer water sports activities including water-skiing, windsurfing, snorkeling, sailing and parasailing. The West Coast is ideal for snorkeling and water-skiing, while the South Coast is known as one of the world’s best for windsurfing. A must-do is a catamaran cruise aboard Excellence or Tiami, including a delicious Bajan lunch, and snorkelling with the turtles.