Hello Melbournians!
I am coming to visit next week and see that wed, thus, fri is HECTIC!! (So think I’ll bring my lil kite along!) Where is good to kite? I’ve herd reference to “crazy” wind in Melb! What’s the deal with this??
Cheers
Missy
Our season has really come to an end...........
But now the fun really begins......
this time of year we are starting to get a few northerlies ( usual winter fare ) these usually range up to about 30knots Although just last week we had gusts over 58knots.
If we do get southerlies ( South West Usually ) they will be frontal systems ...again with plenty of punch and again can be gusty.
To make the most of melb kiting at this time of year you really need to have access to a car so you can drive around the bay ( Rye Rosebud on the peninsula ) ( Pt Henry on the West Coast ) etc.....to get the northerlies both spots are about 50min out of melb city ( in opposite directions ).
If you are into big airs & kite loops etc...... you will have a ball..... if you are not quite up to that, the winter conditions can be a bit frustrating.
You can actually kite at Brighton ( About 15min from CBD ) in a northerly and plenty of people do...... I have no idea why as it is usually ver very gusty and the water there is a soup of wind slop and chop . Brighton does improve as the wind swings more west ie NW WNW etc....
Check the KBV website for more info on the beaches wind directions etc....
Depends on the wind. If you have a car, N to NW can be kited at Rosebud which is awesome. Closer spots like Brighton will be kiteable in a northerly but Rosebud would have the cleanest wind and flatter water.
EDIT - Looks like someone beat me to it.
Like these guys said - straight northerly - go to the South of Port Philip bay.
I'm assuming you won't have a car, but I know that Kite Republic runs a fun bus down to Rosebud when its a northerly for a small charge - good way to meet the locals!
Good thing about the bay is that the water stays reasonably warm - 19.5 degrees. Once it gets some snow fed river water it changes though....
Where are you getting your forecasts from to tell you next weekend is going to be windy?
-Cheers for info guys
-Will prob have access to a car, otherwise bus sounds aws as I’m staying smack bang central and fist time visit. (hopefully I like it and decide to move over in July for work)
-I love winter storms… The higher I jump the better 
-I simply looked at Seabreeze for Melb wind next week? That a bad spot to look??
Also I’m generally on a 5m from ~25 knots to ~36knots. Shall I just bring her from your past experiences of the wind???
Also I have nearly 3yrs kiting experience
It is probably worth bringing an 8 or 9 as well, as we get quite a few 20 - 25 knot days.
You will have a ball on the 5m if the forecast is accurate. . And if you like big jumps you will enjoy the northerlies as they are notorious for the second and sometimes third lift!!!
+1 triple lifts are awesome in gusty conditions!
bring a 5 and an 8 or something if you are a light person
we sometimes do downwinders in the southerlies from rickett's to st kilda or so, feel free to pm me if you're up for something like that
How good was it today We were geeting over thirty knots down at rosebud. SO much fun. I even saw a penguin
Was at Brighton today - was not as good as I have seen it (two weeks ago we had nice 1.5m waves coming through and clean as clean in the troughs) but any day I'm out on a 9m is good in my books... Except when the stinging rain came through... ouch!
such a good day at point henry.
Its pretty much our version of woodman pt in vicco. straight offshore, shallow and solid 30 knots...so pumped for another session there after today and we had it to ourselfs!
There are some excellent, surfable breaks on the bay. The combination of reefs and sand bars and land sheltering the wave means you get clean, hollow 2-3' waves.
My preference is to ride upwind then bash the waves all the way back.
The ridable sections are quite short. I can hit a break until I get tired of it then drop into the next section. Some sections join up to each other so with linked consecutive waves I can get quite decent long rides.
Some others launch upwind and ride down through this area. To me it seems a little over complicated with the car shuffle and stuff but they seem to like it.
Didn't bring the kite gear in the end :-( board wouldn't fit in the taxi, lucky as the hire car would have struggled too.. spewing as it looks awesome!!! I'll come have a look anyway, kiting potential is a big factor for contemplating living here in the near future!!
Cheers for all the info!!!
I have started this wiki article on kitesurfing locations around Melbourne and within day trip range. The idea is to consolidate information that is found across various sources. A few photos and videos are included.
Anyone who creates an account on the wiki can edit the article and improve it too.
www.greenlivingpedia.org/Victorian_kitesurfing_locations
I have also included a link the Parks Victoria boating zones recommendations report which provides detailed location maps (satellite view) with kiting zones indicated.
Here is a kitecam video of yesterday's session at Hampton
Select to expand quoteGorgo said...
There are some excellent, surfable breaks on the bay. The combination of reefs and sand bars and land sheltering the wave means you get clean, hollow 2-3' waves.
Your right, I've heard that next easter if there's no swell at Bells they are going to move the surfing contest to St Kilda instead of Johanna, can anyone confirm this?
It's going to be hard for kiters to hook into bay waves soon because I've also heard that a surf company is setting up a 2 week boat trip which travels around the bay chasing the 2-3 foot hollow waves!
the only clean hollow bay wave is at quarantines. there are some small rideable (with a kite) breaks at spots like ricketts, seaford pier, mt martha, port melbourne, sandy etc but you could never call them clean or hollow.
I don't get it. Something to do with the pic of the big angry man ? Blowing coarse air ?
I had a feeling it may have been a play on words yes no ?
It's not a good place to be body dragging 
