Continent
Australia
Country
Australia
Next Big City
Melbourne
Next Town
Warrnambool, Port Fairy
 
Type:
Ocean
Rider Ability:
Intermediate, Expert
Features:
Parking

Water

Type:
Shallow, Flat, Small wave
Hazards:
Animals, Rocks
Quality:
Crystal clear
Best Tide:
Tide independent

Depending on the wind direction and strength, this place can be paradise. It has all to offer in about a 1km square inside the reefs, or an abundance of Bass Straight. It has perfectly clear water on a nice sea breeze and you can view many stingrays and large fish swimming under you. It has many little rock beds around the place that offer shelter from the wind chop for perfectly smooth kiting. Quite deep mostly. Out behind the reefs, you can hit nice point breaks, that get to about 3 foot, glassy clear water.

Beach

Type:
Sand
Size:
Tidal
Hazards:
Rocks
Beach Users:
None

Bit weedy, but rather nice and open, not much area to launch your kite at high tide! Soft sand, plenty of launch area at low tide. Car park is 10m from the beach.

Weather

Spring:
Normal
Summer:
Shorty
Fall:
Normal
Winter:
Normal, Thick

Very cold, 13°C mostly, but warmer of course in summer. 5mm wetsuit or 4/3, even a drysuit would be good. In summer air about 26°C and water about 20°C. When the wind picks up (15-20 knots sea breaze) a spring suit is most comfortable.

Wind

Best Months:
January, February, December
Wind Type:
Thermal
Best Direction:
SE, SSE, S, SSW, SW
Main Direction:
SE, SW

8/10 days blows SE or SW in the summer, between 10-20 knots. Works on SE, S, SW.



How to get there

Transport
Car
Access
Short walk

From Melbourne, head to Port Fairy. Killarney Beach is at the Irish Village of Killarney half way between Warrnamool and Port Fairy. Travel along the Princess Highway from Warrnambool to Port Fairy and turn left at the Killarney Pub on the right hand side, and don't forget to look at the red pink flag at the antique shop to see the direction and strength!

Extra information

Rules
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Nightlife

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