where to kite with SE pattern?

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Tom83
Tom83
SA
142 posts
SA, 142 posts
30 Jan 2009 9:30pm
just wondering if people could tell me some good spots to kite when we are stuck in this SE pattern. I will prob go south on Sunday to Kent Reserve, but want to know if there are any spots a little closer I can go after work during the week? I live in Adelaide Metro

Cheers

Tom
tino
tino
443 posts
443 posts
30 Jan 2009 9:55pm
Well I have just come back from kiting on the river at Noarlunga!!! Flat water, powered on my 13m, only drawback is that you have to launch on the footy ground and climb over fences. Apart from that is was pretty good. Plenty of space to do some wake style tricks. MUST BE HIGH TIDE OR CLOSE TO IT. Another good spot is Milang, that works in SE, well anything with East in it. Tomorrow is looking good for Milang so the forecast on BOM tells me.
JOYRIDER
JOYRIDER
705 posts
705 posts
31 Jan 2009 10:05am
if u'd prefer the ocean, semaphore chicken shop gets a SE side shore, dont belive me look down the ocats from marino.

its fun if wind swell around too.
Tom83
Tom83
SA
142 posts
SA, 142 posts
31 Jan 2009 3:56pm
thanks man, are there normally people down at miang, or is t best to rock it down with a crew? I would be keen to go down tomorrow if anyone is keen?

pilko
pilko
SA
10 posts
SA, 10 posts
1 Feb 2009 1:05am
We were at Milang today, there was about 6-8 people there in the afternoon. It seemed SW (which tends to be fairly gusty) most of the afternoon. The water is so low now that you can drive out on the sandy spit if you have AWD and go from there.

Now that the water is so low, you get some really flat water just off the spit, but the downside is that there is only about 10-20cm of clean water, under that is really soft black mud up to about your knees! It has dropped quite a bit since the Onboard demo day late last year.

Also be careful as there are some objects to dodge. There seems to be quite a large sign or something between the end of the jetty and the spit that only sticks out of the water about 10cm and also a star dropper with a stick next to it sticking out of the water right out from the main beach.
Is Milang going the way of Boggy?
pilko
pilko
SA
10 posts
SA, 10 posts
1 Feb 2009 1:07am
tino said...

Well I have just come back from kiting on the river at Noarlunga!!! Flat water, powered on my 13m, only drawback is that you have to launch on the footy ground and climb over fences. Apart from that is was pretty good.


Tino, whats the wind like on the river - being inland I thought it would be pretty gusty?
Launching on the oval and then climbing over fences - sounds like a recipe for hurt!
JayRay
JayRay
WA
2 posts
WA, 2 posts
4 Feb 2009 11:39am
Hey tino, how clever is it recommending someone, whose skill level you have no idea of, to go kite inland, starting off on an oval, climbing fences?
I know this spot and it’s gusty, close (upwind in SE) to a major road, kids playground and powerlines. People have died trying to kite on an oval – and you’re an instructor!
Check it out viewers, I think we’re talking Noarlunga Oval in the mid-coast. SE gusts there recently knocked trees over plus these inland winds can change direction by 90 degrees in a split second.
dazza5172
dazza5172
SA
311 posts
SA, 311 posts
14 Feb 2009 9:24pm
Yes agreed, launch on footie oval and climb fence to kite super gusty inland wind on super thin bit of water? Seriously?

WE have had some SE off shore gusty intermediates stuffing around at Moana, in and around swimmers, this is not good.

I agree that chicken shop for city proximity is better re the side shore option

muirs
muirs
SA
165 posts
SA, 165 posts
18 Feb 2009 6:51pm
try the wall, just past largs of australia II drive- between cyc and port river breakwaters. Its got a bit of angle and almost dooable, plus its a long way north and the se gully wind wont come up down there till later than anywhere else if at all because its further from the hills.
p.s. just because it says se on seabreeze forecast (as good as it is!) if there's any kind of heat in the day and the skies clear there will prob be enough seabreeze influence to make it southerly at the worst- at least until after 5pm or so when it might clock around.
As far as I know Seabreeze only forecasts off the gradients and doesnt take into account local effects. Anyone know any better than this??
Anyway I reckon this is why it always forecasts SE's in the middle of the day in summer but they never happen unless its cold and/or cloudy. I always check BOM as well. If Bom says there will be a seabreeze there usually is and you can pretty much disregard what seabreeze says because it will almost always be stronger and more westerly. From my experience anyway...
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