peeps, being new to Melbourne I have a few questions about Sandy Point windsurfing.

first of all how do you get there? Is Sandy Point at the end of C445?

where exactly do you sail is there a state park or anything? Can you have a dog on the beach?
which weather wind forecast would be applicable for SP?
do the tides effect the times you can sail?

Thx

Does anyone have any idea how big a boat you can launch into the inlet? I've seen plenty of trailers parked up the dune but until recently never took any notice of the size of boat launched from them. Just thinking about what to do when the wind aint blowin.

And does anyone have any info about the bar?

Central Coast, Cape Otway to Wilsons Promontory:
A storm force wind warning is current.
Tuesday: Winds: West/northwesterly 30/40 knots shifting west/southwesterly during the morning at 35/45 knots, reaching 50 knots offshore. Wind easing to 25/35 knots late in the day before tending west/northwesterly 30/40 knots at night. Seas: Mostly 4 to 7 metres. Swell: West/southwesterly 3 to 4 metres increasing to 4 to 5 metres in the west. Isolated thunderstorms.

Tomorrow, (Tuesday) looks like a clone of last Thursday on the wind forecasts.
But, the tides are perhaps a little more favorable tomorrow with low tide at about 4pm in the afternoon when the wind may shift a bit WSW. There is a slight chance that it could be pretty good right on dawn but with the tide halfway in and the thought of a 6am rise and rigging in the dark I think I'll give that a miss and shoot for a sail in the afternoon.

And:

Wednesday: Winds: West/northwest 30/40 knots, reaching 45 knots offshore, shifting west/southwest winds at a similar strength during the morning before gradually easing to 20/30 knots by the evening. Seas: 4 to 6 metres, abating 2 to 4 metres. Swell: Southwesterly 3 to 4 metres, locally 5 metres in the west, gradually decreasing to 2 to 4 metres.

Wednesday is looking even more promising with forecasts saying a definite shift to the WSW in the afternoon but with low tide right before sunset it could be another case of de-rigging in the dark if the wind stays in that long.