It's great having lots of different surf craft out there but what are the safe passing distances? It's possible at my local reef break to have jetskis towing prone foilers, electric foilers, windsurfers, wind dingers, kiters, racing skis and surfers all all trying to catch the same waves. Common sense says petrol and electric should keep clear of wind which should keep clear of paddle powder which should keep clear of swimmers, but what are the rules?
It's all in the legislation and well promoted at renewal of licences.
But that's another story.
So it has been light offshore all morning with heaps of surfers out. Goes onshore and about 2pm old mate paddles out and starts yelling at wind powered craft to keep clear. Common issue here.
Maui has a law no windsurfers before 11am.
My take - If it glassy go surfing if it is windy grab a wing/kite/sail I reckon. Petrol can fark off no matter what. They are a PITA here.
Biggest problem here are leb sleds. Try working in and on the water on weekends. Should be banned in Port Hacking and patrolled more on beaches.
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...Common sense says ....
I'd have thought that Common Sense would say go somewhere else.
But I guess common sense is not very common. Which is probably why it is so crowded with people crashing in to each other.
As far as I know there's only one relevant rule, keep a safe distance. All the boating rules are for power boats and sail boats over 5.5m.
www.rms.nsw.gov.au/maritime/safety-rules/nsw-rules/safe-distance.html
My rule is to **** off and find somewhere else to play. Expecting other people to do the right thing and make the right decisions is extremely optimistic.
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It's possible at my local reef break to have jetskis towing prone foilers, electric foilers, windsurfers, wind dingers, kiters, racing skis and surfers all all trying to catch the same waves.
Your local break sounds horrific 
Thank you Gorgo. That is how I read it too.
Hilly: it use to work like that in Sydney 10 years ago but there are now too many cross over surf craft and too many people desperate to get a fix.
