Local Guidelines

The local windsurfers and kitesurfers have a good relationship with one another and with the council, please adhere to the usual right of way rules and respect all other water users to preserve this.

This a popular tourist destination, be courteous to all members of the public on the beach and wading across the sandbar.

Watch for the ferry crossing to and from Penguin Island, it moves quite quickly and in the late afternoon moors about 50m out from the launch site.

A school operates just downwind of the point, please keep this area clear.

Water Condition

Dead flat just downwind of the sandbar, the further downwind you go of the sandbar the choppier it gets, but still negligible. The water depth along the sandbar varies. A weed bank just off the launch site at the kiosk can be anywhere from one foot to a few centimeters underwater. People wade across the sandbar to the island, give them a wide berth.

Beach Condition

Fairly wide sandy beach usually with bits of dead seaweed scattered over it that tend to cling to lines and tangle them when trying to launch. Many curious tourists come down to have a look at kiters, politely inform them when you are about to launch and suggest a safe spot for them to stand.