???just wondering????
looking for some venues??
got some browny points to cash in,
wouldn't mind a wave or 2.
VIC newbie
Welcome to sunny warm Victoria, Windy. (read in a post that you were coming over - may want to consider changing your name to "Chillymiller)
I'm no expert on the area, but I think you can sail Rye (Port Phillip side) port tack out, on this direction. You could check it on a Melway or Google Earth to see exactly which direction the beach faces.
Obviously you won't get proper waves like in WA, but the guys who go there reckon it's pretty good, as there are shallow sand bars that create flattish water on the inside and some reasonable wind driven waves/chop for bump and jump further out.
Others on this site will be able to tell you more about Rye, but it gets better wind on Northerlys than other areas in the bay.
Hope you get some good sailing!
rye port philip side is not wave sailing, if you want waves here is a few options if its a NW you can sail woolamai phillip island can be a bit gusty but pretty good with lots of wind. or venus bay is good a longer beach with no obstructions. if its dead north flynns reef phillip island works on a good swell.
With respect Burtwind, the only reason I gave info about Rye is 'cos Windymiller specified port tack out on a NW. (presumably because this is what he's used to in WA)
Sending him to Wooli on a NW is starboard tack out!
The Cat Bay/Shelley beach end of PI, you can head out on a port tack in a NW, but it doesn't really line up with the wave direction that well.
Do you know any true wave sailing spots that are port tack out on a NW??
any way mate you want a surf beach just as good as maui with wind so clean you will thnk ya dreaming. try point danger on the sw side of victoria's coast. Its near torquay.
this time of year we get alot of norhtlys so alot of the good surf beaches are better in summer and spring with a southly seabreeze or cold front
i think your best bit would be to try sandy point surf beach as its on a point and you can sail it i think on most directions
but if we do get southlys point leo, point danger, port fairy, and inverloch surf beach is good
and theres millions of more good places to windsurf as well
dont worry about port tack just ride son
and dont worry we do get southlys this time of year . just for some reason mr wind has been giving us a whole stack of northlys this year and they dont seem to be swinging like they use to.
look i have no problem with WA but on its day vic can take on WA anyday son . i have seen some awesome windsurfers, windsurfing waves that people dream about.
just wish i had me camera on me at the time . i live 30 min from point leo and have seen guys windsurfing over mast hight waves at point leo in winter in a SW
Give it a rest Kona..... nobody was knocking Vic, just offering some good advice in my opinion.
thanks for all the advice chaps...
it's all good for a newbie, save me many many wasted hours....
looks like i'll go for a bay blast if northerlys and hang on for the southerlys and seabreazes b4 i do the drive..
got a surf at Port fairy and flinders on my way over and these places look great for a wavesail, just as good as WA..... the one BIG difference was there was nobody out and I had them all too myself....dreamy.
c u out there
wm
Here at Mornington is where I sometimes sail on a Northwest. I park at the pier and launch from the pier side of the beach. Be warned, make sure it is not straight north unless you're really good at handling side on shore break. Also steer clear of the cliffs/rocks on your right about 200metres out. A huge break can form there. I've been pined against them with both wind, current and waves pushing me into the rocks. Most unpleasant.
To be honest in a NW it is acceptable sailing on that tack but a bit messy. I love it on a westerly though from that other launch spot on the same beach and it's also 2 mins from home. For N and NW I think Rye is a much better option but sometimes it's nice to save the petrol.
Not to turn you off but here are some photos of that same beach in 60knots. I don't have a sail that is 1metre so I gave that day a miss
Hi WM,
I know its starboard tack out but have you thought about Parkdale in a NW....its crossshore to onshore and it gets a nice chop but its reasonably consistant.
Launch from the south side of the yacht club.
cheers,
mick
i don't think you will find anywhere port tack in nw really!
sandy point is fun starboard tack if the swell is decent. 13th beach can also be good. havent sailed woolamai yet.
As I already said, Sandy Point (front beach) is port-tack in a NW. You can sail it from NW to W; SW gets too onshore. In a NW/W it can get logo to mast high.
Its quite normal to see guys sailing the NW on the front beach, until the SW change comes through -> which they then head to the speed strip.
Welcome to VIC WM!
No shortages of waves here you just have to prepared to drive.
When talking about going wavesailing (in general terms) and tacks are we talking about on the way out for jumping or while sailing in on the wave?
Sandy Point / Warratah Bay in the Waves on an Easterly also works.
For Port Phillip Bay "waves" give Rickkets Point a go On E / W or SE. Watch our for the reef at low tide.
Cat Bay area also on a westerly and SW wind but the Gods need to align here with swell size and tide.
Also there is a book you may be able to get your hands on called "Surfing Victoria the Ultimate Guide" by Richard Loveridge (ex AFL player) - if you read this you will know more about the waves here than most locals.
Cheers
Rick
PS Kona take a chill pill
