today I try around Berkeley Vale NSW 2261
Nothing but weed for 200m and knee high mud :(
going to try around Tascott or canton on Sunday
or if the weather is bad i am going to drive around looking for new spot
any other idea ?
Bloody hell!
A few years ago we had a BBQ near there, on the south side of the lake. There is quite a pleasant area, green grass under big trees. In the distance I saw the lake shore and what I thought was sand as it was heaped up and was white. So I went over to check out the lake, to see if it would be any good to windsurf there. An amazing sight of weed that has probably built up and rotted over the last 50 years greeted me.
I tried walking out to the water but gave up after a few steps when I sank into fetid and foul smelling mud.
Not a good spot that south side.
i was stuff before i even stood up on the board .
waste of time haha
the sail worked great tho
thought it would be a nice place , there must be 10 small kids parks around and a nice 5km smooth concrete bike path that lead right up the the entrance
to bad cant swim or sail in the lake
Yep, the lakes are difficult - shallow and nutrient rich = plenty of weed growth. I lived and sailed there for years and there are few alternatives to check out.
The western side of the lakes tend to be deeper. Not sure how access is these days, or how these spots have changed in the last 10 -15 years but check out:
End of Marine Parade or March Street, Rocky Point - good spots for S,SE and NE - getting to the water could be difficult, but deep water pretty quick
End of Oakland Street, Wyongah - same as above
End of Howelston Road Gorokan as an alternative to Canton Beach in a southerly
All over that western side of the Lakes are little hidden lanes down to the water and while many spots are rocky and deep, they offer clean sailing. Get out and explore it i reckon!
As mentioned above in another post, Mackensies reserve on Lake Munmorah in a NE, but you need to walk through the weed for a bit to reach deeper water. An alternative to this is the end of Sunrise Avenue, Budgewoi / Halekulani, just where the Mobile Home place is. Used to blast off there in a NE.
There is always off the North Entrance Fish Co-op in a NE - stronger there than enywhere on the lakes, but a hassle to get out to. You need o launch next to coop - limp across the sheltered channel, and walk across weed bed to reach deep water - lots of work, and coming off in the sheltered channel with no wind on a small wave board and fast out going tide is not fun!
If you take the time to dig around there are other spots. Best bet is ocean sailing though. Plenty of it around, from Birdie Beach and Fraser Park in the north, Norah Head in a NE, Hargraves Beach as someone mentioned, North Entrance Beach, all the eway through to Towoon Bay which is beautiful spot to sail in a S or SE. Further south than that others will know better than me.
Pelican is a sensational spot to sail in a NE - flat water, NE stronger there than most places, but a bugger to get to. Used to launch as Soldiers and sail down to Pelican, and then continue down to North Entrance and get picked up. Brilliant stuff on a hot sunny day and a cranking NE...
