Not sure what the break is called, but at the river entrance there was a left hander, very sailable, but couldnt see if the the reef was sucking dry or not. You'd only be a few hours (edit: in a porsche)drive from Gnaraloo tho..

Hey Mick

I was in Kalbarri recently. I had a look at the break at the river mouth and at Red Bluff (Jakes). There wasn't much swell at Jakes, but the wind was ripping from the edge of the water out.

Reef at the river openining was really appealing. But, I couldn't get my head around it. Seemed to be only a narrow gap to sail through to get out, then waves, then either really hard up wind to get back, or go downwind to the beach, walk across the sand and back into the river. Has anyone sailed it who can shed more light (perhaps clear it up for me also)

River wind seems to be best early (around 1-1:30pm) and gets lighter and more flukey as the afternoon gets older.

Cheers for the info guys. Been watching the wind up there for the last coupla months and it looks the goods. Will let ya know how I go.

Cheers Mike

Tozza, isn't the river only a few hundred metres wide? especially when considering the wind direction?

Not that that is a problem, just means pretty short runs. Good for gybing practice I guess.