HELP is thier any where to surf at airlie beach

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fatsurf
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14 Feb 2010 11:22am
Looks like i may be moving the family up thier so my question is this

Is thier surf within 100k s or do you have to go out over the reef ?

or do i start windsurfing or kite surfing along with sups ?


Beersy
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14 Feb 2010 12:45pm
I reckon from there you'd have to head out past the reef or take a big drive down the coast. You could take up Kitesurfing, but you've got to drive a bit out of Airlie to get decent wind and water access... Still, plenty of good diving not far away...
KEARNSY
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14 Feb 2010 9:51am
No there is'nt any surf at Airlie beach- it is the WHitsundays . Its blocked by Islands. Sailing is massive up there. There are a couple of good yhat clubs.
Squid Lips
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14 Feb 2010 10:11am
We occasionally get a small swell in Mackay, which is about 100km south of Airlie. It's fun on a SUP. I don't know if it makes it up there.



When the southeasters get up the chop can get overhead and a lot of people surf on the north side of the harbour which is protected from wind by the breakwater. It's slow mushy waves though. There would be places to surf that sort of stuff closer to Airlie.
wormy
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14 Feb 2010 1:11pm
Mackay is about it, and if you think it might resemble anything you will get down south you will be horribly dissapointed. You will not get a surf once a week, and stinger season is rampant around the whitsundays this year.
If you are desperate surfer, do not move to airlie, if you want to Wind/kite, do not move to airlie, unless you have a boat to get to offshore. Most of the airlie guys drive up to Bowen(45mins north) for their wind fix.
62mac
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14 Feb 2010 11:37am
fatsurf said...

Looks like i may be moving the family up





Watda
fatsurf
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14 Feb 2010 1:45pm
62mac said...

fatsurf said...

Looks like i may be moving the family up





Watda



lol
may be going mate into another store would like to stay on the coast but depends on what im offered mate.

been asked to go into furniture and telco stores down here but just dont know
62mac
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14 Feb 2010 11:53am
Well I guess,it depends on a trade off, financial gain and lifestyle.
Squid Lips
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14 Feb 2010 12:18pm
wormy said...

Mackay is about it, and if you think it might resemble anything you will get down south you will be horribly dissapointed. You will not get a surf once a week...


Yeah, I should have pointed out that days like that pic were taken happen maybe 5 or 10 times a year, and it's only for the last hour before high tide. You have to drive about 7 hours south to get regular swell.
Skid
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14 Feb 2010 5:26pm
Be careful around the 'lagoon' in Airlie. Heaps of white pointers there!
Beersy
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14 Feb 2010 8:37pm
^Haha
fatsurf
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14 Feb 2010 8:07pm
ok so i get it NO SURF
mmmmmmmmmmmmm not happy
sleek1
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14 Feb 2010 10:59pm
when you feel down just hang at the pool for a bit and you will cheer up.
greenleader
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14 Feb 2010 11:34pm
conway beach looked unreal for side onshore wind swell when i was there a few years ago.

blows koalas out of trees in winter!
KEARNSY
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14 Feb 2010 10:29pm
sleek1 said...

when you feel down just hang at the pool for a bit and you will cheer up.


Carefull- you might get a "white pointer"

Dr Funk
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15 Feb 2010 10:37am
We used to call the lagoon the sperm bank cause of all the backpacker sex happening in there every night!! I lived there for a couple of years and its a great place for fishing and drinking but as far as surf and kite options your out of luck. townsville has some good kiting but thats a fair few hours north.
Skid
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15 Feb 2010 7:26pm
Dr Funk said...

We used to call the lagoon the sperm bank cause of all the backpacker sex happening in there every night!! I lived there for a couple of years and its a great place for fishing and drinking but as far as surf and kite options your out of luck. townsville has some good kiting but thats a fair few hours north.


haha, the lagoon is also called the 'gene pool'

fatsurf, feel free to contact me if you are coming to Townsville.

Bluedog76
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15 Feb 2010 10:33pm
You guys don't know what you are talking about, there is lots of surf in Airlie......... during a category 5 cyclone. Best spots are the center of town and around the Cannonvale shopping center.
easty
easty
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16 Feb 2010 6:08pm
Bluedog76 said...

You guys don't know what you are talking about, there is lots of surf in Airlie......... during a category 5 cyclone. Best spots are the center of town and around the Cannonvale shopping center.

Yeah, was going to say the same thing. Had a ball there back in, hell I forget the year, some time in the late 90s, when some cyclone crossed the coast to the north. There was a great peak between the two beaches (ah yes, there were 2 beaches back then, no lagoon), and surfboards appeared from everywhere.
And the backpackers used to have sex on the tramps of my mates hire catamarans - used to pick up all the coins that'd fall out of their pockets every morning.

fatsurf
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21 Feb 2010 8:48am
62mac said...

Well I guess,it depends on a trade off, financial gain and lifestyle.


well mate we will be moving to sunshine coast.

Within the next month or two so lifestyle will be the main gain.

So any one need some one to work for them up thier ?
pm me
62mac
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21 Feb 2010 9:39am
What no transfer fatsurf , does the ad not say there's a store near you or is that another stores ad campaign
fatsurf
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21 Feb 2010 1:47pm
62mac said...

What no transfer fatsurf , does the ad not say there's a store near you or is that another stores ad campaign


working on that at the moment but feb is slow month may have to get something for a month or two before something comes up mate

See how we go
62mac
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21 Feb 2010 4:03pm
So your in retail is it always slow feb and when does it start picking up.

Buy near Noosa so I have a second home
fatsurf
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21 Feb 2010 8:55pm
62mac said...

So your in retail is it always slow feb and when does it start picking up.

Buy near Noosa so I have a second home


Starts to pick up for us mid next month mate
and yup no problem on the extra home lol we have a open door Policy at out home mate
fatsurf
fatsurf
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22 Feb 2010 9:41pm
Interview tomorrow wish me luck lads
fatsurf
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2 Mar 2010 5:45pm
fatsurf said...

Interview tomorrow wish me luck lads


well two weeks and ll be living on the sunny coast
for two weeks just me and a mate and a couple of sups and boards then the missus and the kids arive LOL
INfiniDIE
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2 Mar 2010 3:52pm
Grab a boat out to Long Island (just off airlie) and have a chat with Adds from the Watersports shed. He and some of local Fantasea crew have a kitesurf crew going on up around Conway Beach. He set me up with a kite and board for about $400 second hand.
62mac
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2 Mar 2010 3:52pm
I missed your interview post re-good luck,your the man for the job,btw what did you pick up and did you tell the new boss to expect either a late start or no show on day's when the surfs on.

Did I see a white people mover with a sticker on the back window on the weekend

mac
fatsurf
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2 Mar 2010 5:57pm
62mac said...

I missed your interview post re-good luck,your the man for the job,btw what did you pick up and did you tell the new boss to expect either a late start or no show on day's when the surfs on.

Did I see a white people mover with a sticker on the back window on the weekend

mac



could of mate missus would have been driving
and yes they know about me LOL
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