Things have been moving along for next years nationals at Phillip Island - we had wanted to make an official announcement before Christmas, the permits are still under application with the council.
We will get back with confirmation shortly in the new year.
The dates are 1-9 March - a few states have the Labour day public holiday so this should make blocking off time from work a bit easier.
The event will also be combined with the wavesailing nationals and a local SUP Vic event so there will be plenty going on.
To give you an idea of the conditions at Phillip Island - there are a huge number of beaches on different angles so nearly every wind direction is covered. These beaches offer a variety of beach and reef breaks. Feb/March typically offers a mix of South Easterly seabreezes - cross to cross off on the beach breaks - and frontal systems which light up the reefs. Typically it will be Port tack this time of year, although there are a heap of starboard tack options as well.
The open beaches towards Woolamai pick up heaps of swell so you are pretty well guaranteed waves year round. Here are a couple of pics from March this year showing some of the breaks around the island. Stay posted for another update soon.
