Several spots to launch from. Sail the long way around fron Longy, schlog out from the Basin or Brownwater or make the trek out from vacant lot. Just make sure you have enough wind to get back or its a long swim
Sailing out from brown water is the best way. I've tried most of them and brown water, although it is a pain, it is less painful than the other alternatives. Yesterday it was actually quite easy to get out and back in from BW.
You park in the corner of Ocean Grove and Seaview Pde, there is a little gras patch to rig on. Then launch straight out, bear of a little before you get to the wind shadow and then bog for 200 meters and then you're on your way to joy and happiness :-)
Sometimes walking back is the go, especially when one starts getting seriously tired.
Makaha has great fun yesterday. Its the most people I have seen there for a while but still plenty of waves and jumps for everyone. I carried my gear around from brown water around the foot of the cliff but it was a pig as the wind really funnels around it in gusts making it hard work. When the wind is a bit lighter its a good option, but yesterday it would have been easier sailing out from the carpark described earlier.You just have to watch for the shallow section at low tide. There were four Evo xtv's out yesterday including mine, word seems to be speading what a good board they are. Matt C was getting some nice waverides.
I must have got there about 30 minutes before the wind kicked in and there was no one out - it's not a spot I fancy sailing solo. Got back after a sail down south and spotted that 10 people were out there - gutted!
a) Launch from Crocodile Rock (Brown Water) b) Launch from the Vacant Lot (Collaroy) c) Walk around from Fishermans d) Sail around from Long Reef
Most people do a), but lately I've started with c).
Saturday's session was brilliant - were else can you hit absolutely clean 3-5 metre wave faces for the biggest jumps of your life - no wonder its called MAKAHA.
What about Euros ? Plenty of those bawsteds around here true. Yar man plenty of Big Whites around the Cape and Durban and i don't mean the local constabulary either !
Haven't walked around from Fisherman's yet but would have thought that it is abit narrow at high tide? or is it???
Tacking up from the Vacant Lot is not too bad if you are powered up, but then its probably windy enough to launch from Brownwater anyway. If its big like Saturday I wouldn't recommend launching of Long Reef beach, shorebreak is too narly and too washed out...
Must say Saturday was one of the best days out at Makaha in a long time.....
and great to see so many guys out there, it can be a lonely place if youre by yourself....
Unfortunately not as often as I liked, don't get the chance to sail that much these days and Makaha doesn't really work all that often. It needs a fair amount of swell to be worthwhile.
I have been out there by myself a few times but I prefer not to. It is a fair way out if you break something. Unfortunately there isn't always someone around to go out with these days and a few of the local guys sail up at Newport Reef in a S/SE...
so which is better, makaha or newport reef on a s/se this is coming from a more freeride sailor rather than a hard core wave sailer.Keeping in mind that my time limit on the water is dictated by wife and two ''wonderfull children'' thanks Rod
so which is better, makaha or newport reef on a s/se this is coming from a more freeride sailor rather than a hard core wave sailer.Keeping in mind that my time limit on the water is dictated by wife and two ''wonderfull children'' thanks Rod
both makaha and newport can be great in the right conditions
i prefer makaha, mainly because it has better jumping. it is scary to sail: i've had to slog home a couple of times when the wind's dropped - ended up walking from collaroy to brownwater or coming in over the rocks at brownwater
i once saw makaha at mast high with a rainy 20 to 30 knots cross shore (a massive southerly swell) - the waves were peeling for 500m and looked unbelievable. i didn't go out because i was by myself and it was just too gnarly.
makaha also has great spearfishing in teh right conditions. there are also some nice (not great but better than you'd think) reef breaks for a surf if there's no wind.
watch out for the boulders in the shorebreak at newport
