Live in brisbane and thinking of heading up to double island point lagoon for a full day of kite surfing. Would like to know the best wind direction and is it tide / swell orientated ? Cheers for any advice
Select to expand quotefreeride80 said..
Live in brisbane and thinking of heading up to double island point lagoon for a full day of kite surfing. Would like to know the best wind direction and is it tide / swell orientated ? Cheers for any advice
N to NW wind direction, which ur not gonna get till prolly Oct/Nov and yes the tide does have an affect.....
If you are coming from Brisbane you won't have to worry about those rocks. Best to go when the tide is atlas half out though so you get the hard compacted sand to drive on.
For Sale. Patrol, white, never been off road, 1 careful lady owner….
Seriously, that’s not a car stuck on the rocks. The cars that get really stuck are dug out on the next low tide.
I remember a few years ago we dropped onto the beach to head to DI and at near dead low there was blue water around those rocks. At times like this they are impassable for several weeks until the sand rebuilds
Its the holy grail in kite boarding location in all of the east coast of Australia. Kate Baker getting ready to rip it up on the butter smooth water.. ( I think she is about to do a sand launch un hooked front mode..)
Select to expand quoteAre stormgod said..
Its the holy grail in kite boarding location in all of the east coast of Australia. Kate Baker getting ready to rip it up on the butter smooth water.. ( I think she is about to do a sand launch un hooked front mode..)
Its the holy grail for kite boarding in all of the east coast of Australia, Not quite, Are you serious, You need to get out more
IMO DI is a sick spot,
but Highly Highly overrated, the lagoon smells like $h!t, if you get too close to the dune, you will struggle to ride back upwind away from the dune and end up having to walk back up.
Then there is the fact that when it is blowing, every kitesurfer from the sunshine coast to rainbow beach goes there and rides like it's their local, not giving room to anyone, resulting in 50-70 people lawn mowing in circles till the wind shifts southerly.
Select to expand quotestormgod said...
Its the holy grail in kite boarding location in all of the east coast of Australia. Kate Baker getting ready to rip it up on the butter smooth water.. ( I think she is about to do a sand launch un hooked front mode..)
Hahaha that's a big call. But i dont think you have been to yeppoon befor. 3 people max, kite around in this spot. And works on every wind direction. Any1 that's comes to this place I'll be happy to take them up
DI is one of those special spots, I seem to have the worst luck with it though, every time im up there it doesn't blow more than 15 knots.
Kemp90 - Looks amazing there, i might have to crash your spot soon, Is the track 4x4 only?
Select to expand quoteGreggor said...
DI is one of those special spots, I seem to have the worst luck with it though, every time im up there it doesn't blow more than 15 knots.
Kemp90 - Looks amazing there, i might have to crash your spot soon, Is the track 4x4 only?
Go for it Bro. There is a back track that you don't have to go on the beach but it's ruff as guts. I drive on the beach to get up there. Takes me 20min from home to get up there.
Select to expand quoteONYX said...
Any waves kEMP?
How is one to boost?
Bulk waves out the front. Have the last surfing beaches in qld. This was a swell we got 6 weeks ago
By the way, that is a faarking sic loop
sorry to hijack Freeride 80 , though had a mate kite surf Byfield a couple of weeks ago, (1040 high ) carnt stop raving about it big swell for the poon, double over head, lot of sth wind and clean. Gotta get there.
Select to expand quoteTractorguy said...
sorry to hijack Freeride 80 , though had a mate kite surf Byfield a couple of weeks ago, (1040 high ) carnt stop raving about it big swell for the poon, double over head, lot of sth wind and clean. Gotta get there.
Yeh that's definitely a bit of a mission to get to. I don't go up there anymore cause it's loaded with patrols and cruisers with red P plats driving over every sand dune they can find. And speeding around blind corners.
Gets some solid swell up there. There is a brake in the reef so it gets waves as big as the rest of the south east. BUT, it's 1 of the biggest breading grounds in Australia for Tiger sharks.
