Sorry. no info. just want to know what the green writing says?

Thanks Sandgroper.

Yes thats what the green says....when i uploaded the pic, it went all strange like that.

Green text - "Safe - Shallow - No rocks. This is a huge clear area and you can go out a lot further north and east of this Green Pat spot".

Hopefully someone has ridden there before - or knows why people dont ride there.

(or maybe its an untapped resource :) )

GavinAmanda said...

Thanks Sandgroper.

Hopefully someone has ridden there before - or knows why people dont ride there.

(or maybe its an untapped resource :) )

Hmmm.... Crocks? Jellies? Crabs? Bugs? Tanker bilge? Sharks?

It looks great - go for it before the rest of the Kite world finds out.

PS: Mind you with 20sqKM of water at your disposal I'd just be careful you didnt venture out too far - itsa long way to swim back.

I noticed some interesting sand banks and breaks just south of Bridie Island when I was over that way some years back about 1500M off the island - if you're game - but I wouldnt try it without boat (etc) support.

Sandgroper - i was thanking you for pointing out what was written in green - again, thank you - if i was not clear before?

This area is in QLD.


Hopefully someone here will have more info on this spot.

No worries

Thanks Smed :)

Today - we waited allllllllllllllllllll day for the wind to pickup, sitting at sandgate/brighton with the blackberry, constantly refreshing the seabreeze charts hoping for a change in wind speed...but at about 3pm we gave up hope and left for home.

We dropped into this area at deception bay (to take the dog for a swim) - and at about 4pm the wind picked up alot, right in front of our eyes. When we arrived there was no sign of wind - and with no warning it just started slamming in.

No one was replying to this post who had ridden here before so we said 'stuff it' lets give this place a shot. We whipped out the 9m Cab Crossbow and moved out (our first solo trip by the way after our single training lesson).
Tide was way out and there was no one else around.

After all this i guess its time for me to let you know that while this place could support a good ride with the same wind direction you need at brighton/sandgate - there are a few issues that make this not such a good spot.

As you get out deeper - as the tide goes out - it seems to get muddier and muddier + there are small rocks in the mud up to about the size of golf balls. When i was jumping around with the kite in the water i managed to cut my foot open during a landing - nothing too bad. I came down from a pop, into the water, hit the sand but my feet kept going down into the mud with enough force to crack skin on those rocks and land me with mud 15" up my legs.

So the killer for this place is the mud. If the mud was not so bad here this would actually be quite a good spot - its really shallow for a very large area just like brighton. There are only rocks when you start getting into the deep mud but besides that there are no rocks.

If anyone else ever wonders if this would be an ok spot - hopefully they read this before trying. Its not recommended.

We will see you SEQ riders at brighton next time - there is no other spots around the north side. Might try the mouth at Coloundra next time there is good wind - last time we were there a few months ago on the jet ski....it was the perfect conditions for kiteboarding! Crystal blue water, good 15knt, no one on the south side of the mouth and small but useful swell

I think your right Smed - even though its busier we like the kiting crowd and know it would be a lot safer. Would have gone out at brighton but the wind only picked up when we left and i was really keen to find out why no one used this spot.

We don't want to get in the way while developing skills - but hopefully the 'pros' are understanding enough.