I wouldn't go out at Curl Curl !

I understand that some kite at Manly,I think it works in NE-SE.
No way would you go there unless it is blowing its tits off,and there is no one on the beach.Many,many surfers there as well.
Just go where everyone else is,Long Reef or Narrabeen.

Hey Guys, Don't even think of kiting at Manly. There is a blanket ban on ALL kites, even the one line jobbies with bows for tails.

Fastest way to get your gear confiscated and you fined. The local authorities are ruthless! [}:)]

Stick to beaches where you see other kiters.

GOod winds,

Please take a look on www.nswkba.com.au and you can look at the maps of the northern beaches...where to kite, what wind directions etc etc.

PLEASE DO NOT kite at Manly.

I would not encourage kiting at Manly. I've kited there a couple of times, but unless you are very experienced, then dont try.
It's littered with concrete, people, pine trees and buildings.
One of the first rules of kiting safe is to have lots of space.
And wind is mostly onshore. It its not then its super gusty.

sorry Jezza but I dont think your advice of "Launch your kite in an area least populated by beach-goers" is very good.
Do not launch you kite anywhere near people, especially families and children. If the beach is very populated. then dont kite.
One accident at manly is going to get a ban.
guarenteed.

ive joined the NB website.

Manly is not a safe place to kite and is why the NSWKBA discourage it.

Most kiters usually have a higher opinion of their skill level than what it actually is.....so how do you judge who is intermediate/advanced/very advanced?
Do they have to have been in a bad situation to qualify, been kiting for several years, know certain tricks or safety precautions? I've seen some nasty things happen to people kiting in areas with space and with only a handful or no public around, so I hate to even imagine what could happen at Manly.

I'm also sure you're aware that in summer when we have many visiting kiters, all it takes is for them to see others on the water then head out thinking it's a good spot because they follow by example.....that's when problems can start to arise because they don't know the rules/conditions.

I know kiters that go out there but I also know more Northern Beach Kiters who are highly skilled but choose to avoid the area. My hat goes off to the ones avoiding the area because they are well aware up North there are better and less hazardous areas to kite.

A ban is definitely not what you or other kiters will want up north so please don't encourage it.

I've also joined the NB website.

NBKboarding,
Manly subject's been a source of friction for a while now, and no, it is not Banned, but if it does, it will have consequences for all the northern beaches.
Out of the entire north side, Manly is THE beach that is more likely to get banned if the "B" word had to be pronounced.
We've asked people ("we" being me, AKSA members and all my kitesurfing mates) to STOP kitesurfing in Manly.
It doesn't take a genius to figure out that this is not a good kitesurfing location, and that if 1 kitesurfer's seen out, other will come...
I spoke yesterday with Shaun who stopped a Korean girl (not sure when that was but it was recently) from launching on Manly beach on dead westerly wind.... And yesterday too, I spoke with a surf life saver from Manly who had to go rescue a kite 1km out the sea last year at dusk... (to hear the kitesurfer yelling at him cause the nice rescuer, who had taken his boat out to rescue him at sunset, didn't want to go chase the kite in the dark, out in the open ocean! (if the kitesurfer who got rescued that day is reading this, mate, you are a bloody idiot!))
That's a perfect example of what kitesurfing in Manly will lead to: random backpackers will see the kites out and take it for granted it's Ok to kite there when it is NOT.
We have way enough locations on the northern beaches not to **** around Manly. Not because it's "banned ", simply because it is not SMART. What's the point about tacking out in the middle of surfers and swimmers, on a beach that's got very little room to launch and heaps of wind turbulence?
We're all pissed off each time we hear people mentioning seeing kitesurfers in Manly. It seems selfish and inconsiderate of them to keep on doing it....
Yes, in winter, when the tourist flow goes down, when the flags are out and nobody's on the water, WHY NOT. But Manly should absolutely be avoided during summer months, and this simply because it is SENSIBLE. We all know how one thing lead to another...
thanks to all the local on the northern beaches, we've so far been fairly well accepted through the other beach user population, whether it's at Longy or Narrabeen. But yes, it does take team work to get there, and we've all been looking after the sites this summer, helping out newbies, letting dangerous kitesurfers know they needed to be more careful, and it's been working.
Manly's got too many random people around, it can't work as easily as for other sites, and the main issue is that kitesurfers are attracted by kites, and it takes one kite out there to let all the other believe it's OK.
You may have the skills, but many other riders won't, and it's just about setting the right example....
If you have to be 30m away from surfer and swimmers at any time, it means that, on a beach like manly, you can't play in the waves at ANY TIME. Then, what's the point on kiting there, as we can all see that manly would be attractive for wave riding, nothing else: if it's about kiting in the back, then what's the difference with launching on Narrabeen???
So, Battlesabit, Manly is NOT banned, but everybody on the northern beaches would be thankful if you weren't kiting there, for the reasons I've just explained...
As to Curl Curl...it's one of the punchier swell on the northern beaches, on a very narrow beach surrounded by cliffs... wind turbulence all over the shop, not advisable really...
Best thing for you to do is check what NSWKBA's recommendations are...
Hope this helps...

hey battlesabit
with all that money you've invested into your kites and gear, best thing now is to invest some time - ie- by blowing work off whenever the winds up and going somewhere where you know its on, and uncrowded. no one was out longy yesterday except me and a friend at lunchtime.It was just about all over anyway by 5 or 6pm.

exactly,when its like this during the day why would you bother with Manly and the crowds of people everywhere.

Manly is definatley not a place to kite for people who need to ask this question.

It takes strong familiarity of the local conditions to stay away from the trouble that the Surfers, swimmers, surf school students, currents, waves, wind turbulance, trees and concrete pipes can cause.

Jezza, don't encourage anyone to kite there.

There have been minimal accidents in the past 5 years that I have lived there, lets keep it like that. The relationship with the council, surf school and life guards is in direct proportion to the skill level of the riders there.

Don't **** it up.

G'day

I think you will find that there is a council bylaw that banns the flying of steerable kites on the beach or foreshore.
The Lifeguards are turning a blind eye to it, maybe?

I have heard that you can get away with it after the Lifeguards go home, but there are heaps better places within 30 mins drive, like Longy.

Same with Bondi, the council laws were formulated to stop people flying steerable kites, and they certainly do enforce it.

Just try flying a sport kite or kitesurfing kite on the beach at Manly or Bondi, guaranteed you will be stopped within minutes, argue and you will lose your gear!

Avoid both spots.

Cya and

Goodwinds

steve

hjey em,

Aren't you an aussie
Aren't you a "native"

So what
I really welcome your very polite ande nice way to explain the reasons why manly is not a good spot as well as your involvement with the kitesurfing comunity in Australia.
It takes special qualities and a real love for the sport to do it, so:

Emily, you got my respect and full support

And do you know, I an not a "native" either, but I also love kitesurfing.

Thank FOOK that I don't live in Scum Valley (Bondi) anymore.

GL all you guys in Sydney.