There is a good chance that I am heading to Perth for Christmas (house swap) with the other half and was wondering what the sailing is like locally? Is it worth getting a good hire car and driving up to Lancelin for the day or can I get good wavesailing closer? Ideally I’d stay at Lancelin but seeing as we should have free accommodation – over Christmas – it seems a little crazy. My other half does not sail and is not a fan of many of the windsurf locations we go to (it all stems from her being hit on the head by a beach chair at Kanaha thanks to the wind!). The drive doesn’t look ideal but I often do the Sydney Gerroa drive for the day so I guess I could put up with it!

Any advice gratefully received. Thanks.

The trouble with Perth mid summer is lack of swell, can be dead flat for weeks at a time.
Lancelin does pick up what swell there is better than most local spots.

You may be lucky, there can be the odd big swell come thru.

lano should be alright, but as decrepit said theres next to no swell during summer... still good for a sail tho

Crash Landing said...

>>>> All the pics from WA look like epic waves in Summer >>>>>>

Well all the good photos get taken on the good days, and there are some, they can just be weeks apart.
There's also the Margaret River area, and the South coast. That gets much better swell than Perth, although not as much wind.

you're making the trip all the way

u may as well make the 1 hr trip north

perth = 4/10

lano = 8.5/10

have a barney with the missus and storm off up north for a 10hr drive to achieve 10 on 10

wish i was in WA at chrimbo

Perth 4
Lano 8
Corros 7
Gloo 10

I think Scarbs on its day is sick,you just need to but the time in.

Cause its a wind swell you will get a solid wave nearly all summer

heaps better than driving to lano for a chest high wave thats has as much power as my Nanna.

Perth 10
Lano 5
Gero 3
Gnaraloo 2.5 its get an extra .5 because the waters warm
Melbourne -10 Sorry Windy had to add that one