Are there any safe locations around Perth that are safe to go out in an easterly breeze?

If you are going out @ Peli Pt please DO NOT walk along OR within 50m of the beach East of the fence! This has been posted on this forum several times and there is also a sign on the fence.

A CALM Officer was down there yesterday (Thurs 3 Mar) investigating a complaint by a local bird watcher that kite surfers were in breech of the agreement that WAKSA has negotiated with CALM in order to prevent a ban. Unfortunately while he was there the wind dropped and there were 3-4 kiters walking on the beach and a few others within 50m :-(

Some local bird watchers want us banned from the entire CALM reserve which is from the boat ramp South and Eastwards for some distance ie the entire area used by most kiters - see the map near the setup area.

Let's not get ourselves banned - play the game and educate others if they are not aware.

South Perth (but be careful of ferries and channel markers) and Pt Walter are options in E - ENE.

Hopefully this sort of info and much more will soon be available at kiteboardingwa.org.au/

share the love around i say

too many people waiting around at the moment to not go out in the easterlies.

sat morning sleep in will ensure that its not so crowded anyway

he's been cruising close in at Pt walter too, massive bugger he is.

Seen generally early mornings.

And if the shark does not get you , don't the crabs come out in the morning at Peli point and point Walter when its a Easterly , very dangerous on the toes .

Point Walter is not the safest location. If you have ever seen it on a mega low tide you'd be amazed like I was at how much more sharp cap rock there is just below the surface. We all know the bits in close and just upwind of the sand bar, but there's whole extra fields in spots I thought were just sand on both sides of the sand bar, hence the existence of the sand bar. Apart from the jagged, board munching, butt tearing, knee shredding buondies, it's a long walk back to your car from Mossie Park if it all goes to s**t. I wouldn't go there!

i agree stay clear of point walter at all costs. Sharks, Birds, Crabs, Rocks dirty water, long swims if all goes to ****.
Stay clear dont bother enjoy the lie in its the long weekend after all.

I suggest the little beach about 1km east of the spit. I've not kited there yet, but it looks like a great location. It looks fairly shallow though. Can anyone say whether there are rocks there?
Graeme

so much for a 20kn easterly... feels like winter! :(

Kited Point Walter on Tues morning, CRAP!!
Kited Thompson Bay and Bickley Bay Rotto Sat morning, much better. I suggest if you are desperate, get on a early ferry to Rotto next time its forcasting 15/20knts from the east, take a surf board and surf after your morning kite when the wind backs off and Bullets is turning on!!
I find the easterly to be a lot smoother at Rotto, it has around 15klms of flat water to smooth itself out over before it hits Rotto, it was surprisingly steady without those huge pockets in it like you get on the river. Knock your self out!!!

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Originally posted by dwmc

There's a dog beachy bit, so it pays not to have the gear lined up on the beach too long.
mike

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Mike...can you please explain what the dogs do?...or dog owners...do they eat kite bags?

little ****ers can run over your kite and tear the canopy when excited or called by their ****wit owners who then proceed to threaten to bash you when you approach them with a "your dog just ripped my brand new $2000 kite".
Sorry...just a bit of history.