What do you think is the best spot to teach kids? say around ten years old.
flat water
nearby accomodation
no strong currents
warm water would be a plus
shallow, so they can stand
sand
i know now I just described Bonaire, but I'm looking for spots in australia.
New Caledonia?
Can I hijack this thread a little and ask "Best spot to teach kids / family windsurf holiday"?
Dunsborough WA is a good spot for this, and Daddy can go play at Margaret River in the afternoon.
Coronation Beach, north of Geraldton, is everything on your list but no accom.... but it is good camping with toilets
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Lake Cootharaba QLD, generally waste to chest deep, great for learning
There is a caravan park right on the water at Boreen Point and another at Elanda Point. In front of the park at Boreen Point is a large area of sandbank that is covered by knee deep water that is very Good for learning. Water is lovely and warm. Water clarity is the only minus because it does not have that blue/green tinge of the ocean. Works with winds from south to north.
^^^ second the above two, Lake Cootharaba. Best spot for learning I've come across in QLD. Down in Vic, I'd say some of the shallower bay beaches down the Mornington Peninsula end, in certain directions, like Safety Beach or Rye
Great Lakes Sailing Club, on Wallis Lake near Forster, NSW.
Also Marmong Point in Lake Macquarie (just watch out for sharks!) and Sanctuary Point on NSW South Coast.
Kyeemagh at Botany Bay is great as well, but a lot of swimmers and jetskis can make the shallows very busy.
As you have said, key ingredients are warm water, waist deep, constant 5-10 knots wind.
Narrabeen Lakes:- Shallow, warm protected waters, enough to stand most places, centre boards touch in a few spots as do fins.
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A great spot on South coast of NSW: Sanctuary Point- shallow water, safe, windy, and the key ingredient which is lots of kids for inspiration (not unusual to have 15 kids aged from 6 to 14 there in January):
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/General/NSW-South-Coast-Grommets/?SearchTerms=sanctuary,point,kids
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Lake Cootharaba QLD, generally waste to chest deep, great for learning
+++++ camping at Elanda pt Cootharaba
Heaps of kids and windsurfers.
Shallow warm water
Kids movies at night
