I've been nearby (brampton, hamilton and dunk islands) and we had 30+knot winds on two of the five days we stayed at brampton and fairly strong wind every other day (20knotsish) . Personally I would, usually those islands have awesomely large sandbanks and due to it being an island there is always a side with a crosswind, although Im not sure how big daydream is? :S

Thats the sports and recreation focused island isnt it?

Then again I am a noob , but I definantly know that the wind up there can be nice and feirce at times

ps. there are NO sand banks!
NO sand on the beach at all, only CORAL. Unless they shipped some since I was there like they do at Hamilton Is.

Hi rusty7
i just spent the last 5 months in the whitsundays and kited Daydream 6 times while there. Each time was on the mermaid beach side but you MUST have the tide against wind . the local watersports guy sometimes kites on the southwestern side of the island.
Kiting at whitehaven is overrated , it is also now against the law! The whole beach has been declared a NO WATERSPORTS area by the national parks assc but the have not widely publicesed this.
The island is a great place to take the family .
The strong southeasterly winds that make north Qld a great place to kite are not generaly around at the xmas time of year.
cheers