I have heard that there is surf at various places up there, although it's a closely guarded secret

Get a sail for the SUP that way regardless your covered.

at this its head high

My olds have lived in Airlie now for about 15 yrs and the old man has explored every part of the reef from the
southern tip all the way north. He used to surf a bit back in the day so he knows what to look for. Nothing
around the whitsundays or Whitehaven, great for kitesurfing though at Hill Inlet at the N end of Whitehaven.

From what he has told me and found out from old school locals is there is nothing really on offer as far as
surf goes. Apparently there are some pretty average mythical waves when the moons align, wind is EWE,
king tide etc but no-one has ever had any proof (might work 2 or 3 days a year if at all).

He has however found some pretty good waves that have never been ridden about 1500km NNE of Airlie.
Best late in our winter but probably only surfable 3 out of 7 days from what he saw.

In Airlie though over summer I've seen some pretty good sized wind swells hitting the beach in front of
their house. I'm sure if you do some exploring you could probably find a little cove or protected corner that
might offer some short period clean wind swells. I've heard a rumour that there might be one of these spots
up near Gloucester Island, not too far from the Eco resort but I can't confirm.

3 ft, that'll do me just fine!!!!

Bnaccas said...

MIKO said...

yeh 3 ft / offshore again for the 5 th day ina ro, for the doomsdayers nothing going on uphere

What part of QLD are you talking about?
Airlie Beach? or somewhere else?

bout 2 hours nth of airlie

2hrs north of Airlie pics please.

CMC said...

MIKO said...

Bnaccas said...

MIKO said...

yeh 3 ft / offshore again for the 5 th day ina ro, for the doomsdayers nothing going on uphere

What part of QLD are you talking about?
Airlie Beach? or somewhere else?

bout 2 hours nth of airlie

Bowen? Crikey.......

No bowen is half way, good fishing there tho

CMC said...

Cyclone whatever it's name was in around '95 I was in Townsville surfing the strand. Wind blowing its guts out onshore but really fun waves. Maybe waist to shoulder high.

Cars were lined up in the carparks watching maybe about 30 of them or so and every wave you got they were flashing their lights and beeping their horns in true bogan and proud no bullcrap Nth Qld style. I got a little barrel on one wave and they went crazy.

For extremely average waves it will always be a surf I remember. Unreal.

The local surf shop at the time used to do trips to the outer reef from the Ville also, fickle but had some great pics of waves they rode, quite a long out from there though.

the strand , 95 crikey no cylcone then but it was a long time ago

Mick, pity we didn't get photos when Hamish went past, they would have been frothing

alvadave said...

Mick, pity we didn't get photos when Hamish went past, they would have been frothing

yep,
you recognise the naish pilot ?

CMC said...

Now I know where you blokes mean. I have been there, nice place. No waves that I remember that day though.

Do you see many bitey and stingy things?? Silly question eh?

Paddle fast...... or die!

Hey cmc, very quite place just a few euros coming to enjoy the beach to kite , drink relax, autumm winter is the go . We always see the locals , muddies, trevors, quennies barras, black tips. The last two years, we have not sen a jelly