nsw seabreazes

September - March generally. 100's of places to sail, depends on what type of sailing and what conditions you want.

Illawarra area regarded as more reliable for NE seabreezes in summer months but plenty of other great areas such as
Port Stephens, mid-north Coast, Ballina area...

yeah sailed illlawarra a few times now got a weedy ,,,great for about an hour then i start doing stupid things like full tilt jumps of 3" of chop

Where in Jervis Bay do you get regular 25-35 knots? Point Perpendicular lighthouse?
Buggered if I know why you would be looking at a Czech site(windguru.cz) for NSW weather.

If you are looking at NE, then Huskisson is the only good launch site and it is on the western side of the bay. Wind strength is similar to Kyeemagh on Botany Bay, but the chop is 3 times bigger.

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Mr Milk said..
Where in Jervis Bay do you get regular 25-35 knots? Point Perpendicular lighthouse?
Buggered if I know why you would be looking at a Czech site(windguru.cz) for NSW weather.

If you are looking at NE, then Huskisson is the only good launch site and it is on the western side of the bay. Wind strength is similar to Kyeemagh on Botany Bay, but the chop is 3 times bigger.

With all due respect, I think you are wrong and it sounds like you have another agenda. Shame.

I've windsurfed there since 1987 and my parents live there. I know the place inside out. I've sailed at Huskisson in 25-35 knots with a 4.2 and sinker - many times. These days, I like to get maxed out on a 5.0 Koncept and slalom board. Maxed out on a 5.0 is bloody windy. I've done 30knot nautical miles - in metre high chop. It's a great place to sail.

I've sailed right across the bay, many times - to Calala Bay, to Honeymoon Bay and to Murray's Beach.

The wind is more regular, stronger, lasts longer and blows right through the night on a two to three day wind cycle - something I think doesn't happen anywhere else on the east coast.

I love the chop. You can pick it from a distance because of the smooth rolling action of the white horses. When it's 30knots+, the faces can be over 1.5m high.

I've also sailed Kyeemagh, scores of times. I've even raced there. It doesn't even come close to Jervis Bay for fun, wind and water clarity. Just the way it is.

As for looking at a Czeck site for NSW weather, you make it sound like I am advocating you use only Windguru. It's just an example using GFS. There are plenty of GFS websites. I read all the relevant weather sites and I use local knowledge when formulating an opinion about where to sail.

One thing is for sure, if I had the option of sailing at Kyeemagh or Jervis Bay, I would pick Jervis each and every time.

This is a vid I took at about 11AM one typical NE day. It was only 22-25knots at this point and I rigged a 5.0 Koncept. It picked up another 5 knots by noon.

Callala is in a wind shadow for about 200m out in a NE. Much better in SW.

So where does windguru get its data from?

Yes I have witnessed the NEs in Jervis bay they are vicious and you need good skills and stamina to sail there, not a place for beginners or intermediates. Callala Bay is a safer option, you can go as far as you feel safe, there is no wind shadow. Adriano did not mention the dolphins and also the sharks...
Otherwise go to Sanctuary point nextdoors, more suited to the average sailor.

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powersloshin said..

Otherwise go to Sanctuary point nextdoors, more suited to the average sailor.

George sad news ,windsurfing is not allowed with in 250mt of the shore line and boat ramp , they have up graded the boat launching ramp to two ramps and provided more parking space for the boat trailers

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keef said..

powersloshin said..

Otherwise go to Sanctuary point nextdoors, more suited to the average sailor.

George sad news ,windsurfing is not allowed with in 250mt of the shore line and boat ramp , they have up graded the boat launching ramp to two ramps and provided more parking space for the boat trailers

Had a feeling this would happen back when the SP boat ramp upgrade plans was first posted on Seabreeze and posted my thoughts about it.

Complain to the local council and local MP's etc. Doesn't seem fair that one recreational activity is sacrificed for the benefit of another.

If this was not spelt out in the original submission plans where the public get to voice their objections you have a strong case.

Started 2 months ago. They all have their day. Sometimes it's blowing on one beach and next to nothing 3km north. Sometimes, like right now it blows in Lake Illawarra and not on the coast? You could go to Kanahooka right now or hope for a coastal sail later on.





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On a good day there's no place better than Sandon Point for a blast in the ocean. If no wind at Sandon you can try Corrimal. It's more often windy at Gerroa but occasionally it's the other way around.

( Jervis Bay is a long way away, but if you really need the prospect of a 45 knot sea breeze, that's where you've got to go )

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keef said..

Mr Milk said..

If you are looking at NE, then Huskisson is the only good launch site and it is on the western side of the bay.

well said Ado are you coming up for the nsw titles on the 9th & 10th of Dec,

Mr Milk you can launch at callala bay in a n/e and less chop than husky, nice rigging area at the sailing club

Yep! Can't wait Keef!

In a decent NE breeze one can sail pretty close to Callala Bay rock reef and launch where keef mentioned on Marine Parade. Even though it's over one kilometre from the northern shore, I wouldn't launch there by choice - why would I when Husky is just down the road?

Callala Bay reef does make a good spot to aim for after about 10 upwind legs from Husky on the way over to Long Beach - another seven kilometre fast reach that will have the most hardened slalom racers shins burning at the end.

After that, you are faced with some of the most fun and challenging open water sailing back to Husky, where average board speed is around 29-30knots.

All up the return trip is about 2.0 hours with a break at what I call little Long Beach South (a small gorgeous beach south of Long Beach).

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Adriano said..

keef said..

Mr Milk said..

If you are looking at NE, then Huskisson is the only good launch site and it is on the western side of the bay.

well said Ado are you coming up for the nsw titles on the 9th & 10th of Dec,

Mr Milk you can launch at callala bay in a n/e and less chop than husky, nice rigging area at the sailing club

Yep! Can't wait Keef!

Callala Bay reef does make a good spot to aim for after about 10 upwind legs from Husky on the way over to Long Beach - another seven kilometre fast reach that will have the most hardened slalom racers shins burning at the end.

After that, you are faced with some of the most fun and challenging open water sailing back to Husky, where average board speed is around 29-30knots

Ado that's what makes you one of the best open water sailors in the country, there's a heap of weed just under the surface inside the cardinal marker, if its still there by the time you get here 40+ is in the bag

Well even though today was forecast NE all the way from here to there Sydney was the place to be. Gerroa was maybe OK, Any at Sanctuary Point Keef?

The sat photo should have kept you up north.

I was at Crookhaven Heads, overpowered using a 5.4. I chucked it in about 4.30 rather than rig smaller. That's a great flatwater spot at high tide, but I've never had company sailing

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Ian K said..
Well even though today was forecast NE all the way from here to there Sydney was the place to be. Gerroa was maybe OK, Any at Sanctuary Point Keef?

The sat photo should have kept you up north.

That's what happens at the end of the NNW isobaric cycle on the west side of a high pressure system in the lower Tasman Sea.

Sydney copped the end of the NNW while the isobaric wind was W in Sanctuary Point - too strong and westerly to allow a seabreeze corkscrew to develop.

Gee anyone would think from this that Woollongong was windsurfing mecca and we should all gravitate there for flukey 18 knot breezes!

The topography simply doesn't lend itself to great sea breezes. That's why Gerroa and Shoalhaven Heads and Jervis Bay work so well. All that breeze hemmed in around Woollongong is busting to go somewhere and is compressed as it goes around the Kiama escarpment and then funnels into the huge heated Shoalhaven Valley plain.

If it's gusty 20-25 knots in Woollongong, it's probably consistent 25 knots in Huskission & 30 knots at Plantation Point. Not always - but most of the time.