Hello guys!!! I'm planning to come kiting in Augusta tomorrow 24th! Never been there and I woils like some tips plus some people to Kite with!! Hope to hear from some of you :-)
I havent kited there for about 8 months and the place is changing rapidly. Best launch for the flat water is now on the ocean side and kite down the channel. Getting back up the channel, up wind and maybe up current can be challenging. The flat water is becoming very weedy. The last time I was there the flat water was still ok but reports are it is getting worse.
I was there over the weekend, after the least windy Christmas to new year period I can remember in 20 odd years. The deadwater is ok, heaps of space for kites but the tidal flow has caused deepening of the river channels and brought sand onto the sandbar, reducing the flow into the deadwater. The result is the deadwater isn't getting renewed as it has in the past couple of years which made it perfect for kiting and the flow through the river is fast making it hard to get out, upwind and against the current. But, the sandbar is huge so there's heaps of space there now compared to years past. Launch at Jays beach, where the surfers lookout is, it's nice and flat with plenty of space then kite across, or a little further south before the rocks and reef, you'll get a good run through the surf break.
Don't launch on the grass where all the people are sitting or off the timber deck where they're fishing!
