Getting some nice wind in Port Douglas. Kitesurfing out from 4 Mile Beach is great, just got to watch out for sea turtles on the reef.
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Looks awesome. I will be up there next weekend for a fortnight. Hope the wind is blowing!
Looks good. I'm gonna be up there next week for the first time ever. It looks pretty flat and I thought I'd just take the skim board and a 10m but if there's a lot of surface slop the skim can be a bit of a chore and I'd swap it out for the skillit (haven't owned a TT for about 5 years). Weather predicts 25 knots early next week. Can this be trusted or is it overcalling the reality at 4 mile beach?
Slyde
Don't really care if it's 25 knots or 15 knots. I just want something 
I'll be bringing my surfboard. I want to nail duck tacks on the flats before I try in the surf 
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Looks good. I'm gonna be up there next week for the first time ever. It looks pretty flat and I thought I'd just take the skim board and a 10m but if there's a lot of surface slop the skim can be a bit of a chore and I'd swap it out for the skillit (haven't owned a TT for about 5 years). Weather predicts 25 knots early next week. Can this be trusted or is it overcalling the reality at 4 mile beach?
Slyde
In my albeit only 5 day experience up there 25 knot forecast will be more like 15-20 but maybe I was unlucky... I was on the zephyr the whole time tho so don't assume u wont need a larger kite- hope that helps
Take your big kite. 20 knots of warm tropical wind is more like 15 knots of denser southern air. If the wind is blowing get onto it. I scored a couple of good days, but there was not enough wind on the others. They have Sups now for hire & lessons at 4 Mile now too so there is something to do on light wind days.
I took my surfboard - with good wind there are some good waves along 4 Mile Beach down towards the surf club, and also above the Mowbray River mouth (but its an upwind haul to get there).
You can also do a cruise out to Low Isles on Sailaway and taking your gear but can only kite there now at high tide, so check with Brett before you head out there.
Coming into Port there was good wind at Ellis Beach and Rex Lookout, but not enough at Port Douglas, so it pays to keep an eye on various locations, and to be careful if you do a downwinder.
When its pumping, its great . . . but I didn't make any progress with duck tacks.
