Great Wave Sailing Spots

Hug-hes this is for you also:
I never saw anyone in this thread promote localism or agro at certain spots. Certainly I didn't, nor have I ever witnessed it in WA.

Nobody cares if people show up to their secret spot as everyone realises that one day somebody will find it: if I discover it then it's only a matter of time before somebody else does, right?
I have been shown (and shown others) 'secret' spots.

What we object to is somebody posting it on a forum with disregard for those who sail it regularly. That means every curious tourist will go there on the way to the big well known spots and suddenly it is too crowded, dangerous etc and the whole vibe is lost as some spots can only handle 5-6 guys out there.

Let me know next time you are having a party, a mate of yours can also invite a mate of his along if he brings a 6 pack of coldies, right?
Then I'll bung an open invite on the internet OK?

let. it. go.

Does the Swan River count as a secret spot?

try Margaret River... oops... That just slipped out...

That area of the country is actually a strange one... went there a couple of years ago in Feb and found that overcrowding wasn't the issue... the main issue was finding someone to windsurf with. Gave a couple of spots a miss simply because I didn't want to go out by myself with no one else around...

Perhaps they were all out at a roolllyyy gooood secret spot
That will eat away at you now won't it

2kms!, Ooh, Ooh, I know where it is, pick me, pick me!
I've got a secret little spot I sail in summer, I'll call it hguorbracS.

on that particular day it was blowing about 35 to 40 knts from the North West (freak February storm)... swell was running at about 5 meters. Margs was probably a solid 6 to 7 meters closing out. The spot I found was perfect side shore with 6 meter walls peeling in... in the middle of the bay there was a rather strong current pulling out. Either side of the bay was high cliffs for about 10 kms up and down the coast.

In a nutshell if you break something, get caught in the rip and dragged out to see you pretty much a goner. Even if someone on the beach happens to see you on your way out by the time they call the coast guard you are probably never to be found.

I simply have to too much respect of the sea to go out alone in those conditions... ended up choosing a spot which was as windy but but didn't have waves as gnarly... still sailed by myself. Only towards the end of the session I had a kiteboarder show up. He essentially had the same story... been trying to find a spot safe enough to go out by himself.

the reason margs doesn't get crowded on those days is cause 6 metres is huge and it's also bull ****, and the place you are talking about is ages away and not really accessable, not too many people would go sailing in 6m walls and on a NW it's starboard and that's not popular over hear.

secret places should not be named becuase they are really for locals only and if everyone knows, then spot you go to, to get away from the crowd suddenly has 6 or so people out there on it, an example is main break packed so i head out at another spot but you can see me from main break about 40min later i have 2 other sailors then 4 then 10, then for the rest of the week there are a hand full of sailors at that break that usually no one sails. 10 sailors isn't crowded but you get the point. and it's not the good sailors, or even that bad sailors that wave sail all the time, it's the sometimers that drop in all over the place that you are trying to escape that follow you. tell people about the regular spot but let them find the others on their own or be shown.

Here's a gem from one of the worlds greatest surfers and all round good guy - Mark Richards - exert from High Surf by Tim Baker

stegs,give it a rest,stop blabbin on about it..Stay on ya own side, and show some respect.

sounds like you ^^hunt in a pack and cant quite handle it sailin on ya todd.

Its all about certain crew blabbin on about venues that do not need to be broardcasted all over the world,with the new sport of kite that is spirraling out of control it wont be long befor you get tangled up in some lines and cut up at your favourite spot abc.Respect ,thats all it is

let's get one thing straight here... if any one is trying to patronize me I am more than happy to post ever single god damn spot up and down the WA coast in this forum.

I mean seriously... are you guys really that up yourself that you think you have the best sailing locations in the world?

Reality is that the only wave in WA even worth mentioning here is that little place up in North Western WA everyone know about anyway. Everyone spot works some days but not most...

... btw, if any WA localism guys ever come to NSW, Victoria, Tassy or Qld don't worry about dropping us a line in this forum. Most guys are more than happy to share their wave with someone else because the remaining 360 days of year they will be doing it alone...

even here in Sydney I have days were I am standing on the beach alone... no kiteboarder, now surfer, now windsurfer to speak off... perfect cross off shore wind in the 30 knt range and a 4 meter walls rolling in and you just wonder if there is something wrong with the place because now one else it out.

Guys, the bottom line is this country has somewhere around 36,700 km of coast line with only 20 million people... most of which don't even know what windsurfing is. I'd say be open and share... I am happy to share my backyard beach here in NSW with anyone willing to visit. Euro, Aussie, Asian or American who cares... come one down share a wave and couple of beer... want to see this in action visit one of the NSWWavesailing.org wave comps. Plenty of friendly faces happy to share their waves with anyone. Local or not...

I found one of these in the garage thought it may help,

Nobbys reef in Newcastle aint no secret spot....probably the most consistent and best reefs in Aust for sailing. Its port tack too, so i welcome all WA sailors to come and sail it. More the merrier i reckon.