Forecast for Sydney area tomorrow is a Southernly 30+ knots and MASSIVE waves (15ft)... Being the new kid on the block here I'm hesistant to get out in waves that big. I've kited Brazil, Cape Verde, Mauritius, long stretches of Australian coast line and so have decent wave experience, but I've never gone out in anything this big...!

So I'm wondering if there's a beach you'd recommend in these conditions that is slightly more sheltered for this southernly swell. Collaroy side of Long reef? Manly is a no-kite zone but geographically it would look like the waves should be a lot smaller there.

Any recommendations?

Only one way to find out and thats do it!

Lurk on the inside for a while then venture out into the madness. If you get that sick feeling in your guts and really aren't having a good time its beyond your comfort zone call it a day. If your loving every second keep hauling.

PS i'm in NZ not aus. Be we get some insane days here. some days I love it. Others its just too crazy. I catch a few monsters and then call it a day thinking i'm the man.

my advice for huge swell. give it respect. keep the kite out of the water at all costs. loop it if you have to. but make damn sure its not ditched in the impact zone. also try not to loose the board!.... so maybe take it a little more conservatively than normal.

pss theres nothing wrong with rocking it on the inside of the white wash. I've had some of my best sessions there!.

Yeah I think I'll be hanging in the white wash on Narrabeen tomorrow morning. If I bottle it, I'll head up to Pittwater...

^^towboard

Makaha will be goin off tomorrow . If anyones kiting there tomorrow please please take some footage so all us dayworkers can drool over it later.

There might not be a beach left at Narrabeen by the morning .

IanR said...

Kit33R
What are you thinking
Shark island will be way better everyone should go there

Shark Island! HUGE!!

I won't get a chance but a few are heading for Dolls. Should be waves there. As I drove round the bay this morning just on sunrise there were lines of swell right across the bay.