It's soon to be Road Trip time again. Looking at going to Old Bar this summer to try something new.
What is the usual wind direction in summer and what is the Kiting like. Looking for Flat and waves and it looks like it fits the bill. Does the area behind the sand bar work on NE winds? What are the better camp sites in the area (close to the kite beach as well).
Yeah stayed there last year for 4 days,got no wind,was unlucky. Summer is Northeasters that come up pretty consistent. you have flat water then on the other side of the sand spit you have surf as you would have seen on google earth. was spewing we got no wind,it looks pretty sweet. You also have the lakes and surf of foster only half hour away. Nice part of the world
I have kited there heaps - awesome spot. Was even considering going up there this weekend for the NE'ers. And yep, have stayed at Lani's a couple of times, it is a good spot and right near the bar itself (two min drive).
The other good thing is that even though it is such an awesome spot it tends not to get crowded - the kiteable area is huge so there is always plenty of room. And yes, you can head across to the beach which works well too.
Great spot to kite flat water and beach breaks/downwinders. Try Namaste Beach House for accomodation, is Backpacker style and over the road from beach. (short walk down bush track) On Weekends please be aware that the flat water area is silting up badly leaving not much room for kiters to pass (low tide hardly a pond) so please show curtesy to local kiters and the environment during your stay.
