It is time to get splashy at East Coast Park, where several new attractions have opened to cater to the beach and water lover in you.

The first is the Aloha Sea Sports Centre, which rents out equipment for watersports and conducts courses for these activities.

The things you can do there include windsurfing, a form of sailing where you stand on a surfboard powered across the water by wind, and stand-up paddling, where visitors cruise along the shore standing upright on a surfboard, paddling on the water.

The centre, which has been in business since September, is at the location most recently occupied by the Mana Mana Beach Club, which closed in 2015.

The company behind the centre is investment company Haiyi Holdings, which is owned by Mr Gordon Tang, a Singapore-based businessman who is also an avid windsurfer and competitive sailor.

He decided that all profits derived from the centre will go towards developing sailing as a sport in Singapore.

Mr Meng Wang, 45, a director at the centre, estimates that 150 to 200 people have tried the centre's services so far.

Equipment rental starts at $20 an hour for kids and $30 an hour for adults.

Courses cost $50 to $100 an hour, based on the lesson's overall duration and the number of people.

The centre hopes to be a location for team-building activities.

Mr Wang says: "There is always something to do. If it is windy, guests can go windsurfing. If it is calm, they can do stand-up paddling."

Nearby is the Singapore Wake Park, which offers cable wakeboarding, where participants ride on water using a wakeboard pulled by an electrically driven cable.

Since opening in October last year, it has seen about 5,000 wakeboarders, including families and young adults.

A one-hour session for beginners starts at $32.

Even a restaurant is offering opportunities for some customers to get wet.

Family eatery SandBank, which has a 15m-long and sheltered temperature-regulated plunge pool, has been providing swimming lessons for babies and toddlers since May this year.

About 200 little ones have had swimming lessons there.

These lessons are conducted by Little Swim School, a local start-up that focuses on teaching young children how to swim.

A half-hour trial lesson costs $40.

Its marketing manager, Mr Marcus Chow, 39, says: "We teach young children to be confident in the water, as well as allow them quality bonding time with their parents."

At indoor laser tag centre Tag Team, there is a new enhanced game where players do not only shoot at the enemy team, but also at enemy drones which get deactivated after receiving sufficient "damaging" shots.

The drones can also fire back at players.

Drones are a "new technology that lets us provide more exciting offerings", says Mr Tony Tan, 47, a director at the centre.

DRONE WARS

Since June this year, the centre has also conducted workshops teaching children how to assemble and fly the "attack" drones used in the game.

Visitors are lapping up the new offerings at East Coast.

Ms Joon Chyi Huey, 39, a regional marketing manager, comes to Aloha Sea Sports Centre at least once a week to windsurf.

She says: "I like windsurfing because I like the outdoors and being on the water.

"I like the speed and the adrenaline and I can go anywhere I want. On the water, it is just me, my board and the sea."

Ms Alicia Ng, 26, a sales representative who lives in Jurong, did a two-hour windsurfing course at the centre last month at a friend's recommendation.

She says: "It was definitely a very rewarding experience. The coach was very patient and knew how to teach a beginner in a fun and interactive way.

"My favourite part of the course was being on the water, with the wind in my hair and the waves beneath me."