Continent |
Australia |
Country |
Australia |
Next Big City |
Melbourne |
Next Town |
Melbourne |
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Type: |
Ocean |
Rider Ability: |
Beginner, Intermediate, Expert |
Features: |
Shop, Rescue, Shower, Toilet, Food, Parking |
Water
Type: |
Flat, Chop, Small wave |
Hazards: |
Reefs, Rocks |
Quality: |
Clean |
Best Tide: |
Tide independent |
Water is flat water to choppy. The tide is not extreme, you can kite on a high or low tide. Launch from the kite area on the beach and head south to Green Pt a few hundred metres to find the odd bay wave as the chop breaks over the reef - tiny, but can be fun. The reef is bare at low tide.
Beach
Type: |
Grass, Sand |
Size: |
Medium |
Hazards: |
Rocks |
Beach Users: |
January, February |
Plenty of grass to set and pack up. The beach is wide. There is enough space to launch and land without a hassle. Pick your launching and landing spot carefully. On S winds the landing is rocky if you go downwind. On N winds there are safe landing areas but beware of the family swimming beach.
Weather
Spring:
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Shorty, Normal |
Summer:
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Shorts |
Fall:
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Shorty, Normal |
Winter:
|
Normal |
A wetsuit is a must in winter but is usually not needed in summer. In summer expect a sea breeze and temperatures often over 30°C.
Wind
Best Months: |
January, February, March, December |
Wind Type: |
Thermal |
Best Direction: |
SW |
Main Direction: |
SW |
The best wind is a sea breeze which comes through regularly in the afternoon in summer. This comes in from the Southwest. Northerlies are kiteable however usually gusty. NE is a bit too gusty and uncomfortable. SE is gusty but not so bad.
How to get there
Transport |
Car, Bus, Train |
Access
|
Short walk |
Easy to get to with the local Sanderingham line trains. Several stations are close enough to the beach to walk there are also several buses that could also be used.
Extra information
The big yellow poles in front of the beach huts mean NO KITING inshore of the line between them. Head to Rickett's Point for SE wind.
Nightlife
There is a good nightlife on Fitzroy St and Acland Street. Always close to drop in and have a been at the espy too.