Hi all!
I've been kiting for a few seasons now, but only really become confident enough to call myself a kiter quite recently. So now that I'm really feeling the stoke I hope to plan a few local trips throughout the year, staying in WA.
Has anyone produced a “wind map” or “kiting map” of WA, based on conditions for kiting at various times of year? I know I can trawl this site (I have for a number of years) and get all the info I need, but what would really be cool is a bit of a synopsis chart.
Perhaps something like this:
Peel, Perth and Wheatbelt Coast:
Best time of year for wind:
The Sea Breeze typically occurs between November and April, providing a fairly consistent supply of afternoon sessions.
These sea breezes are most often SSW winds which make kiting almost anywhere along this stretch of coast possible.
Typical Conditions in other times:
Ie: Frontal winds, blah blah…
The South West Coast (including Great Southern Coast:
Best time of year for wind:
Blah, blah…
Typical Conditions in other times:
Ie: Frontal winds, blah blah…
The Goldfields Coast:
Best time of year for wind:
Blah, blah…
Typical Conditions in other times:
Ie: Frontal winds, blah blah…
The Mid West Coast:
Best time of year for wind:
Blah, blah…
Typical Conditions in other times:
Ie: Frontal winds, blah blah…
The Gasgoyne Coast:
Best time of year for wind:
Blah, blah…
Typical Conditions in other times:
Ie: Frontal winds, blah blah…
Now all you smartarses out there dont merely add more "blah, blah's"
Would appreciate some input. (Obviously, otherwise why create this thread)
Even if you point me to a similar topic already created.
After re-reading the post I think it might be unclear.
I'm trying to establish which times of year one should plan to go to various regions if your main intention was to feed the need.
(Probably the same as the first post....)
Why do you want this info posted on the internet?
Are you a lonely kiter that wants some buddy's cause if that's the case i can send you a few who have started crowding my local spot.
I think you will find good kiting spots out of well publicised areas like good surfing spots are word of mouth & getting off your arse & exploring.
It's called local knowledge & IMHO shouldn't be blurted all over the internet.
Sorry i dont want to share the love on www.
Start in the red bit in July and work your way round to the dirty yellow bit by March/ April
To Weta: "what part of my post makes you think I want to be your friend? Get a life..
Thousands of kilometres of coastline, yet you believe I'm going to give your little secret away. Probably kited right through and around your local a couple of times already, but I don't recall ever meeting an arsehole, so thankfully we've missed each other."
Broad brush strokes is what I'm after. In July school holidays I took the family to Coral Bay. Loved the trip, but had no opportunity to kite, because of lack of wind. Yet, reading forum posts it would seem that that area really goes off in and around the October school holiday time. Thus, my next family holiday is already booked to that area at that time of year. Perhaps once I'm there, I might hook up with a fellow kiter and have a few beers after a session, if that comes across as desperate for friends then I've been very wrong my whole life.
Yeh nice one LOST DOG.
You want those rude A GRADE SIPPER SNIFFER EUROS HEAR ALL YEAR.
research is the go for the information you require.
I've been to europe on many kitesurfing trips snowkiting trips and landboarding trips
all of these trips have benefited from similar information posted on the internet
and in the kiting scene in every country in Europe that i have visited for that purpose the local (euro) kiters have been more than helpful offering everything from wind and location advice to even accommodation (sometimes in there own house) to help out
it is only here in Australia that i see the most self serving and negative attitudes to the sport
this is pretty sad especially as we are a hugely multicultural country with a large percentage of our population born overseas and probably more coastline per capita than anywhere else in the world
also in my experience the euros have far better integration with the world wide web than Australia's they will also "research it" so why not consolidate this generalized information for our own benefit ?
All the information you require is currently available and it took me a matter of seconds to find it:
www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/ca_wa_names.shtml
All that is required is some basic understanding of weather patterns and reading of synoptic charts. A kiter who is not interested in reading weather should perhaps consider a different sport!
LostDog & airjunkie sorry if i offended you.........it wasn't personal
After a sesh at my local where i couldn't find the space i needed to do what i wanted to do i was frustrated; vented online. [}:)]
Bene313 was right - everything is available once you start searching. I knew this though, but thought perhaps someone had done a map similar to the one below before.
All good info can be found on Seabreeze and here: http://www.windfinder.com/windstats/windstatistic_map_western_australia.htm
Here it is for those who are interested in the broad overall map I was getting at.
What does it mean to me?
Keep eye out for frontal winds from April - August (unless you live in the Yallingup area), then pretty much go anywhere from September to March.
