bennie said...myusernam said...bennie said...myusernam said...
south of cairns but kurramine beach is awesome. The reef protects the bay making the water flat and clear. Can usually see the bottom even at high tide. Lower the tide the flatter the water.
Good windswell breaks on the reef. You will be the only kiter. can camp at the beach boat ramp caravan park for $16 per night
how is the wind here in relation to cairns? stonger/weaker /same ?
I hear port douglas is usually windier than cairns and a better bet for a holiday
The problem with anywhere north of cardwell is when the South easterlies kick in it starts pissing rain which kills the wind. I would say Kurramine would be more reliably windy than cairns which wouldn't be hard - Any cairns local will tell you the wind can be quite fickle there. If you get the boat to green island very different story. Port douglas is much nicer than cairns and has better wind.
so are you saying that south of cardwell eg townsville area has better wind than the cairns area? and would the townsville area be a better bet for a kite holiday?
No one who went to the nationals would agree, and it hasn't been the greatest year for wind, but yes. You have alva 1 hr south that has good windswell and flatwater inbetween. Cungulla (haughton rivermouth) for real flat water (low to mid tide) about 35 mins south. Townsville itself that has a good seabreeze that bends inbetween the island and cape (warmer months) flat water on low to mid tide and water you can stand up in. Plus you could be kiting beside andy yates.
To the north Lucinda has reliable northerlies during summer.
Cairns (yorkies) is rough deep water and you head more into the chop rather than townsville where the waves are more the same direction as the wind.
Port douglas is nice tho and the coast between townsville and port douglas has some great places worthy of visiting
