I believe it works in anything with North in it, I've kited there once with a straight South at the first carpark in Stinray Bay and it was fine, but it's not worth the gamble(Drive) for a southerly as opposed to Northerlys. I've never worn booties and never had a problem untill yesterday, stepped on something that penetrated, stung like a bee sting for about 10 minutes, then all was good.
Tide timings are important for a good session( high tide )and as Mr Plow mentioned earlier, abbrasive set up area's and Stink weed
(
www.seabreeze.com.au/gallery/gallery.asp?imageid=1853 )abound at low tide.