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leighkite
leighkite
TAS
44 posts
TAS, 44 posts
28 Nov 2012 5:32am
Hi

Coming home to Tassie in late Dec until late Jan with kites in hand from Copenhagen. Too damn cold here!

Where are the regular spots to ride? Is there a website with a spot guide for wind direction and so on? Will be in hobart but we are thinking the North West corner looks good for some flat water spots?

My girlfriend rides as well so there will be plenty of time allocated to Kiteboarding if anyone is keen to point us in the right direction we would appreciate it:-)

Cheers
Voitek
Voitek
QLD
197 posts
QLD, 197 posts
29 Nov 2012 7:00am
Lots of good spots so long as the wind blows!
There are lots of earlier posts you can have a look at for locations to kite.
There's a bit of a crew around Hobart to kite with as well.
leighkite
leighkite
TAS
44 posts
TAS, 44 posts
29 Nov 2012 9:38am
Cheers, will go back through the forums.

any favorites for flat water/freestyle spots?

bodrossy
bodrossy
TAS
11 posts
TAS, 11 posts
29 Nov 2012 3:23pm
Mortimer Bay / Sandpits, Cremorne Lagoon, Marion Lagoon can all work as flatwater spots with the right wind direction.
In NW winds, you can launch at 5miles and go upwind next to the Causeway on pretty flat water
funkyllama
funkyllama
TAS
308 posts
TAS, 308 posts
29 Nov 2012 6:10pm
its wiiiiiiiiinday just get out there!
Voitek
Voitek
QLD
197 posts
QLD, 197 posts
29 Nov 2012 6:37pm
... And it was good today!!! At cremorne after work, yep.
skinduptruk
skinduptruk
NSW
165 posts
NSW, 165 posts
29 Nov 2012 10:40pm
nice work vt

hope the westerly isn't too strong this w/e at Carlton, with a 0.4m low tide at 1700 and swell

hey lk to get you keen check out these pics beachsafe.org.au/beach/tas/sorell/carlton/carlton-beach and this forecast...

***
Saturday 1 December

Min 15
Max 23
Mostly sunny

Winds
Northwesterly 10 to 20 knots, reaching 30 knots at times, tending west to northwesterly up to 35 knots around dawn then becoming westerly 25 to 30 knots during the afternoon.
Seas
Up to 4 metres.
Swell
West to southwesterly up to 5 metres.

Sunday 2 December

Winds
West to southwesterly 20 to 30 knots becoming westerly 20 to 25 knots during the evening.
Seas
2 to 3 metres.
Swell
West to southwesterly 3 to 4 metres.
***

ps that site has good pics here is cremorne, search by tas:
beachsafe.org.au/beach/tas0405
greggyd
greggyd
TAS
183 posts
TAS, 183 posts
29 Nov 2012 11:34pm
Yeah it was pretty good. Very sore now though. Took some very hard and awkward crashes. To old for this s":t. Need to gay up and get to the gym and do some weights in preparation to give the chassis a chance. Shame it'll never happen.
leighkite
leighkite
TAS
44 posts
TAS, 44 posts
30 Nov 2012 7:12am
Hey

Thanks for all the pointers:-)

Will post a forum a little closer to the time to see if anyone is up for a kite:-)

Looking forward to riding some warmer water! Water is down to 4-5 air temp 4-5... add some wind chill factor into it drysuit is great but the windchill on the gloves hurts!

Cheers

Voitek
Voitek
QLD
197 posts
QLD, 197 posts
30 Nov 2012 7:14am
This was Carlton last April. Head high.


leighkite
leighkite
TAS
44 posts
TAS, 44 posts
1 Dec 2012 12:26am
Nice! I see a long wave period with plenty of flat water to land in:-)
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