Might be a stupid question but i watch the tankers coming in Port Phillip and am curious if there are any spots u can ride tanker waves. Near Rye where they do there circuit closer to the coast maybe?

one of my buddies has surfed ship wake just off McCrae, but inshore & not out in the channel a-la "tanker sup'ing" like they do in Puget Sound and in the Gulf

Perfect spot, near Point Henry Geelong.
Should not cause too many problems with authorities.
A narrow channel and shallow water either side.
You would not need to SUP in the channel so no issues.
Check it out on GoogleEarth.
Wow!! PTWOODY very angry reply ????

fairhaven said...

Perfect spot, near Point Henry Geelong.
Should not cause too many problems with authorities.
A narrow channel and shallow water either side.
You would not need to SUP in the channel so no issues.
Check it out on GoogleEarth.
Wow!! PTWOODY very angry reply ????

Yes because I'm the sap who has to answer to authorities on behalf of the sport in this state. I can guarantee Transport Safety Victoria takes a very dim view of this sort of thing. I've had meetings with these people and they actually cited this type of activity as something they will crack down heavily upon. They monitor this forum and there absolutely will be repercussions if anyone tries it in Port Phillip. Do you really want to be the person responsible for bringing extreme safety requirements upon all of us?

PT has done a heap of good work in setting up communication between stand up paddlers and Port Phillip bay authorities and give us a voice to be herd so can see he's keen to have it stay this way although his final comment isn't a serious one IMO,
I think the OP is talking about riding waves when they come close to shore though and miles from the actual ship that created them? rather than hanging off the back of the stern like a greenpeace demonstrater, although if your keen to give it a go Adolf let me know and I'll have my camera ready like at the shorey down the east coast open beaches

pt...you are a bigger ****wit than me at times

well said adolf

PTWoody said...

Yeah look I've gone hard on this and my apologies if I've misunderstood the intent of the OP. Obviously you can surf the little bumps provided by passing ships out in the channel. But you just shouldn't go out into the channel to catch them, that's what TSV is saying.

if you tried to wake riding one of these babies you could get sucked under and end up being fish bait. this what pt and the port are talking about and you would get clowns trying it for sure. even in the creek wake riding a speed boat doing 6 ks can draw your board towards the side of the boat

to ride hard on pt by red thumbing shows juvenile mentality

ride the ship surf, but i reckon you would want to a k away from a tanker

I started reading this thread and thought, "Nup, I'm not commenting on this one!" But, perhaps I'm just a glutton for punishment, so here goes my take on it.

I can see the novelty if, as AUS 175 says, you might be able to catch a 2 km ride inshore from the ships. Perhaps that would be a little like a tidal bore ... maybe, maybe not.

I suppose one of the brilliant things about SUP'ing is that you just about can do it in all types of conditions, just add water. And of course everyone's enjoyment is different - but I can't help thinking that rather than riding a ship's wake in Port Phillip Bay at McCrae or in Corio Bay at Point Henry, (for those that know their geography down here) why not drive another 10-15 mins and go surf a proper wave in the ocean?

You are going to get many more opportunities for rides in the surf.

What's so wrong someone wanting to ride a novelty wave,just don't tell anyone next time

PT do you recall an incident a couple of years back,well documented your mate right,so are you going to send the troops over

oh brother

laceys lane said...

when we've gone to north straddie on the barges the wake coming off is massive and looks dangerous. i wouldn't go any where near it.

just saying

i get pretty excited when i see it lacey just wait for the wakes when we get our cruise ship terminal...fully sick bruddah

that looks pretty good fun, wouldn't mind trying that, I wonder what sort sort of distance you would be able to surf for in the bay, an 11-12 ft surf sup or even a 12'6 bop race board looks like the go,or even a kite surfer could do that, anybody seen the size wake you get in Port Phillip?
With summer coming on, lets get a crew organized, obviously get all the safety stuff down pat, boats pfd's etc to suit, not to mention the obligatory go pro and do it outside the shipping channel, there's lots of ships coming and going, might even be interesting when the wake meets from the different directions making a couple of "airs" possible, I'm in... could be an organized training session eh..

Maybe we need to look at a bay map that shows the shallow areas and wait there on a glassy day around low tide.. .. I'm thinking 12'6 or 14s will be the go.

These waves travel a hell of a long way because I often catch them as they hit shallow water at St Kilda main beach.. and the shipping channel is about 8 kilometers away.

DJ

fairhaven said...

Perfect spot, near Point Henry Geelong.
Should not cause too many problems with authorities.
A narrow channel and shallow water either side.
You would not need to SUP in the channel so no issues.
Check it out on GoogleEarth.
Wow!! PTWOODY very angry reply ????

yeah i was llooking at that spot.. just north of the kit/windsurf spot?

hahah... sorry didnt mean to start a heated topic... no i thought about suping along behing tanker but i respect port phillip bay too much to do that... too many things can go wrong too quickly in the channel and the shipping traffic prob too busy...

delayed swells to shallower water is what im after and thanks for the response ppl....


enjoy the water

adolf said...

Hope Todd Bradly doesn't get sucked into the propeller and turned into fish bait, he looks ever so close to that big tanker.

It's obvious from the video how dangerous this activity is. Also obvious that it's no fun at all.

Just saying.

yeah right, they probably were counting the prop blades they were that close




still couldn't see the local authorities down there saying go ahead in the shipping lanes.

honestly some of you smart guys have lost your minds on this one