Salmon Bay Rottnest Island

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Juddy
Juddy
WA
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WA, 1103 posts
2 Oct 2014 11:10am
Heading to Rotto for the w/end, BoM showing reasonably good wind for Sunday - anyone with advice about Salmon Bay please?
dusta
dusta
WA
2940 posts
WA, 2940 posts
2 Oct 2014 11:27am
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wishy
wishy
WA
1501 posts
WA, 1501 posts
2 Oct 2014 12:45pm
Ooooh, that looks like a good spot.
Has anyone got 500 bucks I can borrow to get the ferry there and back?
billykiter
billykiter
WA
303 posts
WA, 303 posts
2 Oct 2014 1:23pm
wishy said..
Ooooh, that looks like a good spot.
Has anyone got 500 bucks I can borrow to get the ferry there and back?



Just get your life jacket EPB, and flares and Kite across.
daggy
daggy
WA
528 posts
WA, 528 posts
2 Oct 2014 6:12pm
It's a fun spot
Bus stops at Little Salmon bay. Returns every hour ( last pickup is 4? i think )
Launch your kite off the beach and do a long tack straight across the bay. Starts off with a couple of hundred meters of flat water, then moves out across the reefs to a nice swell or wave break. Nice.
Couple of big tacks and you can easily make it to other side of the bay ( about 2kms )
Don't kite it alone, watch out for the hidden reefs that can pop up, but it's a good run.
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KBwhokbs
KBwhokbs
WA
68 posts
WA, 68 posts
2 Oct 2014 7:30pm
The ride home (tail wind) will be easier than the ride out there (head wind).

If you've got a brother with an infant make him tow your gear in his kiddy trailer, hahhaa....
Juddy
Juddy
WA
1103 posts
WA, 1103 posts
2 Oct 2014 7:41pm
daggy said..
It's a fun spot
Bus stops at Little Salmon bay. Returns every hour ( last pickup is 4? i think )
Launch your kite off the beach and do a long tack straight across the bay. Starts off with a couple of hundred meters of flat water, then moves out across the reefs to a nice swell or wave break. Nice.
Couple of big tacks and you can easily make it to other side of the bay ( about 2kms )
Don't kite it alone, watch out for the hidden reefs that can pop up, but it's a good run.
.


Cheers for that daggy. Have sent you PM

Juddy
general_dude
general_dude
WA
150 posts
WA, 150 posts
2 Oct 2014 11:31pm
The ride out with kiddie trailer and gear ain't that much fun, but the ride back is ok.

Fun spot.
There can be some waves there that look like they would be fun to muck around on, but they weren't there when I actually kite.

I think there are better spots on the island, but for a quick kite in the midst of a family holiday Salmon is great.

Slack
Slack
WA
685 posts
WA, 685 posts
3 Oct 2014 2:10pm
Juddy said..
Heading to Rotto for the w/end, BoM showing reasonably good wind for Sunday - anyone with advice about Salmon Bay please?



Hey Juddy, I put up some info a while ago, link below. Cheers Slack

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Kitesurfing/General/kitesurfing-rotto/
poor relative
poor relative
WA
9106 posts
WA, 9106 posts
3 Oct 2014 3:05pm
Good fun spot
I kited it alone back in the day.
If i remember a SW is kinda onshore - bit too onshore to ride waves properly but fun nevertheless plus you have butter flat water on the inside.
However i remember lots of rocks appearing from nowhere.
Not sure about other winds.

and the beach is really small to launch from
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