Riding snappers in offshore wind??

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Nomadhazza

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Nomadhazza

24 posts

19 Jan 2013 8:51pm

Hi there, I'm moving to Coolangatta from Nz in a few months. I surfed snappers on an onshore wind last time I was there. Just wondering is it possible to surf in offshore winds?
Or are there too many surfers?
Also thought wind shadows could be a problem?

Any info would be awesome.
Cheers

surfingboye

NSW

2707 posts

surfingboye

NSW, 2707 posts

20 Jan 2013 12:28am

ive heard parko, fanning and all the other cooly kids have switched to kitesurfing the superbank...
shouldnt be too packed though???

gcdave

534 posts

gcdave

534 posts

20 Jan 2013 4:57am

Nomadhazza said...
Any info would be awesome.

Don't kite at snapper.

Paul1

QLD

1011 posts

Paul1

QLD, 1011 posts

20 Jan 2013 9:12am

No-one surfs snapper when it's pumping and offshore, you should be fine, I doubt most surfers would have even heard of this semi-secret spot.....

stamp

QLD

2800 posts

stamp

QLD, 2800 posts

20 Jan 2013 9:19am

and it's a really friendly vibe in the lineup, everyone takes their turn and nobody drops in or snakes anybody else. so it should be fine to grab a few waves with the kite. then head to the surf club afterwards for a beer with the locals.
that huge hill behind the beach- doesn't block the wind at all when it's offshore, it makes it more consistent and clean.

BennyB12

QLD

918 posts

BennyB12

QLD, 918 posts

20 Jan 2013 10:43am

Moving to the goldy from NZ to join the centre link surf team.... You won't be lonely....

Nomadhazza

24 posts

Nomadhazza

24 posts

20 Jan 2013 2:29pm

Oh!!! Sweet answers!! Cheers for all the info guys!!
Hopefully I get a chance to meet such legends while I'm there!!!!!!!
Awesome!!

stamp

QLD

2800 posts

stamp

QLD, 2800 posts

20 Jan 2013 4:40pm

what did you expect? it's one of the stupidest questions ever posted here...what makes it so stupid is that you've been to snapper before and yet you still ask if you can kite it.

gcdave

534 posts

gcdave

534 posts

20 Jan 2013 3:30pm

Nomadhazza said...
Oh!!! Sweet answers!! Cheers for all the info guys!!
Hopefully I get a chance to meet such legends while I'm there!!!!!!!
Awesome!!

Line ups of up to 200 surfers on the pumping days and you wanna throw a kite amongst the que?

No kiting allowed at snapper. Simple as that ,bro

Nomadhazza

24 posts

Nomadhazza

24 posts

20 Jan 2013 4:00pm

Cheers. Yeah guess it was stupid.
I've only been there on an onshore day so never
seen the crowd.

Are there any good breaks at all that you can kite?

dafish

NSW

1654 posts

dafish

NSW, 1654 posts

20 Jan 2013 7:27pm

Currumbin.

stamp

QLD

2800 posts

stamp

QLD, 2800 posts

20 Jan 2013 6:37pm

Nomadhazza said...
Cheers. Yeah guess it was stupid.
I've only been there on an onshore day so never
seen the crowd.

Are there any good breaks at all that you can kite?

any of the beachies are good, go south for less crowds. explore the coast from letita down to byron- there are heaps of options for most wind directions, and even a few that work in cross off wind (but you'll have to find them yourself).

BennyB12

QLD

918 posts

BennyB12

QLD, 918 posts

20 Jan 2013 6:49pm

Nomadhazza said...

Are there any good breaks at all that you can kite?

Snapper rocks...

gldcoaster

QLD

16 posts

gldcoaster

QLD, 16 posts

20 Jan 2013 9:02pm

You will get smashed if you kite snapper. But aside from that, it's a surf reserve, you can't kite there.

BennyB12

QLD

918 posts

BennyB12

QLD, 918 posts

20 Jan 2013 9:39pm

gldcoaster said...
You will get smashed if you kite snapper. But aside from that, it's a surf reserve, you can't kite there.

Rubbish... You can kite it, you just can't rig up and launch from the beach....you have to start at nth kirra and upwind there...which makes the wind N/NE and snapper so horrible that there would be noone out anyways and hardly worth the effort...

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