Hey my name is steve
I am traveling in aus and doing my time in a rural location to get my second year visa!!
basicaly, come end of jan i have no job, and no girl friend or anything to tie me down.
so on your opion where would you go windsurfing in aus ? if you had a 4.7 and a 5.3 quiver .
cheers
pommie

outram said...

Hey my name is steve
I am traveling in aus and doing my time in a rural location to get my second year visa!!

How does the rural thing work ?
Just curious. Yes, that would be serving time indeed.

I think everyone would have to agree, WA is the place to go. Where depends on how much you have to spend, how much you want to travel, and how far from the city you want to be.

The other states may have 'some' wind, but from what I have seen, nothing like WA, and for you, just the right time for the good wind. Don't leave it too late, and get there as soon as you finish your job.

^^^Agree. SW WA is the place to go. Nice and warm at that time of year with a great breeze to boot.
Just watch out for "the man in the grey skin suit'

Windxtasy said...

Seabreezes are usually becoming less common in February as cyclones and low pressure systems up north intoduce a lot of persistent troughing (Like we're seeing now in fact).
Best wind is in the south west, south of Bunbury - Margaret River, south coast, Esperance. I haven't sailed those places in February but that's where I'd be looking.
Esperance is really beautiful and less of a challenge than Margaret River.

Live on the south coast of WA and last Feb was the windiest month I've seen in the 11 years I've been down here! Check out the Feb 2011 observations for Esperance, they had a cracker of a month:
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/dwo/201102/html/IDCJDW6040.201102.shtml

Note: 15 knots = 27.8 km/h, stats are for average wind speed and not peak gusts

Also, Esperance temps in Feb were no higher than 27.2 deg which is much cooler than west coast 'sauna' at that time of year!

Once hot easterly weather pattern takes hold on west coast in late summer with light to moderate seabreezes, south coast gets fresh-strong seabreezes as prevailing wind direction in Feb is from east.

Suggest you head over this way, though check out 7 day forecasts and be prepared to travel a lot to find wind (and waves?). Also depends on whether you're into waves, bump n' jump or freeride which will determine potential sailing locations. If you're only using one board then would suggest an 85L freestyle wave with the sails you have.

hey guys!!!
Thanks again for the responces !!! i guess i am heading to wa then.
all the info and pointers have really helped me, after 10 hours of prooning trees with a chain saw , my head is pretty fried!!
so my pommie skin! i asure you that i am blacker than most tarmac.
so the final plan for me is sell my van in Melborne/ Sydney then hop on a plane to perth , then by a van 4x4 and hit it up for a month, fish when its not windy and windsurf when it is.

cheers
pommie