Windiest locations in the world/australia?

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NSW
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14 Feb 2010 2:55pm
hello there just wondering where the best places in Australia and overseas are to go on a kitesurfing holiday?
NJPornstar
NJPornstar
WA
790 posts
WA, 790 posts
14 Feb 2010 12:11pm
I was talking to a meteorologist at the airport 2 weeks ago and he mentioned Geraldton was the 4th most windy place on planet earth.
Cross shore winds make it good for down the line wave riding too.

Sardegna is great and uncrowded.
Costa del sole gets plenty of warm wind too.
Gets windy for kiting everywhere, sometime or another really...
bennie
bennie
ACT
1258 posts
ACT, 1258 posts
14 Feb 2010 9:29pm
windiest, west coast tassie. Any west coast in the roaring forties for that matter.
Coral Sea
Coral Sea
QLD
476 posts
QLD, 476 posts
14 Feb 2010 9:04pm
North Queensland coast from Port Douglas to the Torres Straights is consistently very windy from about April to October, with trade winds, not seabreezes.

Easy way to check this out is the BoM wind roses page:

reg.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/wind/selection_map.shtml

comparing Gero at 3pm over the whole year (upper pic) to Cooktown at 3pm over the whole year (lower pic):






Caesar
Caesar
QLD
109 posts
QLD, 109 posts
14 Feb 2010 11:59pm
Wellington/NZ is one of the most consistently windiest spots I know of. Kiting there is a different story...
harry potter
harry potter
VIC
2777 posts
VIC, 2777 posts
15 Feb 2010 1:31am
Hogan island. Bass Strait .... Check it ...word
harry potter
harry potter
VIC
2777 posts
VIC, 2777 posts
15 Feb 2010 1:33am
Sorry just reread original post... It's not an ideal holiday destination
greenleader
greenleader
QLD
5283 posts
QLD, 5283 posts
15 Feb 2010 1:07am
go somewhere windy.
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NSW
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15 Feb 2010 5:47pm
Is geraldton a good place to kite? and is there many hotels and stuff to stay at?
NJPornstar
NJPornstar
WA
790 posts
WA, 790 posts
15 Feb 2010 4:08pm
Geraldton is a kick ass great place to kite. You're all missing out
Touros from all over the world come here especially for windsurfing and kiting.

Plenty of hotel options aswell.
www.geraldtontourist.com.au



Puetz
Puetz
NT
2186 posts
NT, 2186 posts
15 Feb 2010 7:44pm
NJPornstar said...

Geraldton is a kick ass great place to kite. You're all missing out
Touros from all over the world come here especially for windsurfing and kiting.

Plenty of hotel options aswell.
www.geraldtontourist.com.au







too right, every time I've been there its going off, my kids spent a month there on holidays over Christmas visiting my brother and they complained it was windy all day, every day. Gero rocks for wind !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GalahOnTheBay
GalahOnTheBay
NSW
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NSW, 4188 posts
15 Feb 2010 10:08pm
Not Sydney...

No wind here that's for sure
MrKite
MrKite
NSW
27 posts
NSW, 27 posts
15 Feb 2010 10:12pm
Sherman Island, CA totally kicks ass
you can camp there...
every time I was there last (northern) summer it was solid 20+
4th july weekend was pumping
tmiddled
tmiddled
NSW
253 posts
NSW, 253 posts
16 Feb 2010 1:05pm
Come on, Sydney's not that bad. We got a NE'r a couple of weeks back. It was fun :)
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NSW
1089 posts
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NSW, 1089 posts
16 Feb 2010 4:39pm
sydney is the worst just in general but thankyou for everyones input!
stabber
stabber
NSW
1114 posts
NSW, 1114 posts
16 Feb 2010 6:21pm
my bedroom after laksa and curry.
king88mob
king88mob
12 posts
12 posts
17 Feb 2010 9:49am
just a note, but there's quite a few kitesurfers in Wellington New Zealand, and we do get a TON of wind, though it's gusty as most days.
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