Planning a family holiday to Victor Harbour over Christmas / New Years, and wondering if it is safe to paddle on the coastal waters off Victor Harbour?

Was mainly thinking flatwater paddling around near the footbridge and Granite Island.

Has anyone heard of any dangers? I know theres the inland waters arounf Hindmarsh islad which are presumably safer, but we are staying right on the beach near Granite Island.

Welcome to VH Teeps.

Being a victor local I SUP and windsurf around there heaps. Never seen anything too scary yet. There are some great SUP spots around for crusing and catching a few waves. The spot Danny mentioned is called "the channel". It's a nice little mellow wave and worth checking out. Needs a bit of swell to work though. Shark alley has not really lived up to its name since they ceased whaling in VH. The wave is adjacent to where the old whaling station was located.

Under the causeway and out to granite island is actually pretty shallow. You can paddle around the sheltered side of granite island and there is plenty of cool stuff to check out. You can even pull up at the kiosk on the island and stop for a coffee/ice cream /beer. We circumnavigated the island a few days back which was pretty hard work. I would only ever consider it on a day with no swell at all. It can get pretty big around the back side.

If you get a westerly wind, a nice downwinder is from the bluff, to wright island, then down to the causeway.

The western end of encounter bay also is worth checking out for some cruising. It's a pretty easy paddle out to wright island.

Drop me a PM when you are in town if you want. More than happy to go for a paddle.

Cheers

Dave

Hey Teeps, Kristi and I stayed in the caravan park there 2 years ago for the SA Titles it is an amazing area.

I would suggest you drop a line to Liz and Fuzzy from SA SUP Crew they have all these places wired and the friendliest SUP dudes on the planet!

You and the fam will have an amazing time.

Phill :)