Renting gear near Adelaide/Moana

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LongfinLucas
LongfinLucas
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25 Apr 2014 12:51am
I am a windsurfer (wave) from Holland (Europe). In July 2014 I'll go to visit some friends in Moana. According to the Windsurf Guide, Moana and Seacliff are (can be) good winter spots for wave sailing - recommendations of other good spots in SA are welcome-.

I prefer to rent gear in Australia in stead of taking my own gear in the plane. Do you guys know if and where I can rent windsurf gear near Moana (or in Adelaide where my flight arrives)?

Thanks
GWilko
GWilko
SA
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25 Apr 2014 10:00am
You are better off bringing as much as possible, then either borrow the rest of buy secondhand and sell when you leave. Winter we are normally sailing with 5.5 / 4.7 / 4.0, wetsuit either a 4/3 for the nice days or 5/4 steamer for the cold days.

Sail Seaford which is just north of Moana, Aldinga gets a nice wave sometimes, that is 15minutes south of Moana, and Seacliff is 20 minutes north, Middleton is only 30 minutes south and that gets good beach break on Westerly or North Westerly.

Cheers
Graeme
MartynBone2
MartynBone2
SA
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SA, 159 posts
25 Apr 2014 11:55am
Hi Lucas,
How long are you in SA? We're a store in Glenelg (near the airport), we generally don't hire windsurfing gear but we can arrange a log term rental or a buy back agreement if you buy gear and sell it back to us when you leave.
Happy to help.
Cheers Pete - ONBOARD SURF
LongfinLucas
LongfinLucas
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25 Apr 2014 3:39pm
Thanks for the replies. I will be 3 weeks in SA. From 19th July - 9th August
LongfinLucas
LongfinLucas
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26 Jul 2014 8:50pm
GWilko said..
You are better off bringing as much as possible, then either borrow the rest of buy secondhand and sell when you leave. Winter we are normally sailing with 5.5 / 4.7 / 4.0, wetsuit either a 4/3 for the nice days or 5/4 steamer for the cold days.

Sail Seaford which is just north of Moana, Aldinga gets a nice wave sometimes, that is 15minutes south of Moana, and Seacliff is 20 minutes north, Middleton is only 30 minutes south and that gets good beach break on Westerly or North Westerly.

Cheers
Graeme


I arrived and brought my gear. The forecast looks good for the coming week. Is Seaford sailable with NW? I want to go there tomorrow morning, forecast NW 14-22 kts. From Tuesday to Friday I'll probably go to Middleton.
GWilko
GWilko
SA
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27 Jul 2014 10:25am
Seaford is looking nice this morning, tide is low, small wave, 15knot northerly. worth the drive.
LongfinLucas
LongfinLucas
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31 Jul 2014 9:09am
GWilko said..
Seaford is looking nice this morning, tide is low, small wave, 15knot northerly. worth the drive.


I was quite early, when I arrived there was nobody on the water so I decided to sail a little further south at Moana which was quite good. After an hour a saw quite a few people sailing at Seaford.
genstar
genstar
SA
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31 Jul 2014 10:42am
Hey longfin, Are you sailing today? or tomorrow?
LongfinLucas
LongfinLucas
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31 Jul 2014 9:29am
genstar said..
Hey longfin, Are you sailing today? or tomorrow?


I sailed every day from sunday till today! First day with easy conditions at Moana and then 3 very nice days of riding loooooooooong waves at Middleton, a real paradise compared to the waves in The Netherlands. Today and friday I am advised to sail Seacliff so will give that spot a try! Amazing good sailing here in SA. So glad I brought my gear to your beautiful country.
genstar
genstar
SA
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SA, 29 posts
31 Jul 2014 11:09am
Hey longfin
Yes, middleton is great/
we will be at seacliff tomorrow, early - so see you there, and Juan might be there today since he doesn't have work - he will park in the carpark at the end of the esplanade
russh
russh
SA
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31 Jul 2014 12:07pm
If you are still at Moana you might want to check Snapper Point at Aldinga around 2pm (about 10 kilometres south of Moana - just past port Willunga on the Esplanade - could be pretty good later this arvo if it goes wsw - might save a drive to a very high tide Seacliff - works best once tide hits abou 1.7m - see the map link below

www.google.com.au/maps/place/Snapper+Point/@-35.2655816,138.4710378,14z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x2b601fcdf6380ae0


LongfinLucas
LongfinLucas
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31 Jul 2014 2:41pm
Hmmm, I saw your message just when I arrived in Seacliff. How is/was snapper point? Looks pretty omshore here in Seacliff.
Noboby on the water yet. Hopefully the wind will turn a bit more south. Will go on the water soon with 2 kiteboarders.
russh
russh
SA
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31 Jul 2014 6:25pm
LongfinLucas said..
Hmmm, I saw your message just when I arrived in Seacliff. How is/was snapper point? Looks pretty omshore here in Seacliff.
Noboby on the water yet. Hopefully the wind will turn a bit more south. Will go on the water soon with 2 kiteboarders.



Didnt sail- working till 4 and tide was ridiculously high at Moana at 430 hitting wall already so went home and sat by the heater

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