It's been ages since i heard anyone talk about the cocos,
and i have never really heard anything helpfull about the wave sailing conditions.

Sooooo .. anyone ridden the break there (the one in plug n play)
what time of year is the best for waves,
what time fo year is best for waves and wind.

any other info.

What's wrong with wave sailing on hire gear? Nothing wrong with a bit of reef rash, usually buffs right out ;D

Hey guys
Wave sailing doesn't really work on cocos island too often. There is an outer reef which a few guys have managed to sail but can only be accessed by boat. If you don't have a boat back up your next stop is Indo if the sharks don't get you first.

The spot where Scott and Peter were sailing is just south of the main surf spot. The wind was cross offshore to almost direct offshore at about 10 knots. It is very rare for the wind to go cross shore at any time, so the spot is rarely sailable. The guys had to swim out thru the shorebreak at the surf spot(about 4 foot on this day) then drift upwind, rarely planing, until in position. Once on the wave you have no option but ride it and try to kick out before the wave closes out on to the reef, only two feet below the water surface at the deepest spot, and try not to get smashed by the next wave before you make it back out. There is no option of going straight.

Scotty and the guys were there for 2 weeks and had only one day to make the most of it. Thomas Travesa had some killer aerials and Scott had one wave with nine bottom turns of which the dvd only showed one turn. The footage made it look easy but the guys only needed to make one mistake and they were toast. When they did make a mistake they trashed most of their kit or them selves.

I would liken it to sailing at centre peak gnaraloo without the option of going straight in, similar to one eye mauritius and all in an offshore wind.

Cocos island is a fantastic place to go sailing for slalom and freeride due to the flat bay and consistent wind, but for wavesailing there are many better places to go that have a safer wave ie easier access and exit, better wind direction and number of days you could sail in a given period. It is a long way to go to only get one day a month to sail the waves and then destroy all of your gear.

Cheers
Paul

When you are a world class sailor and gear breakage is no problem to you , then it could be considered good.
When Scott had come in after a short time on the water, but after the longest ride, he simply said to those on the beach "you don't get a better ride than that so there is no point to stay out there and risk breaking stuff".

If you can consider one day out of 8 as good, then it may be good to you if you got the best rides of your dreams, while others may be dissappointed. Each to there own hey.