hello there just wondering where the best places in Australia and overseas are to go on a kitesurfing holiday? ![]()
I was talking to a meteorologist at the airport 2 weeks ago and he mentioned Geraldton was the 4th most windy place on planet earth.
Cross shore winds make it good for down the line wave riding too.
Sardegna is great and uncrowded.
Costa del sole gets plenty of warm wind too.
Gets windy for kiting everywhere, sometime or another really...
North Queensland coast from Port Douglas to the Torres Straights is consistently very windy from about April to October, with trade winds, not seabreezes.
Easy way to check this out is the BoM wind roses page:
reg.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/wind/selection_map.shtml
comparing Gero at 3pm over the whole year (upper pic) to Cooktown at 3pm over the whole year (lower pic):
Wellington/NZ is one of the most consistently windiest spots I know of. Kiting there is a different story...
Geraldton is a kick ass great place to kite. You're all missing out![]()
Touros from all over the world come here especially for windsurfing and kiting.
Plenty of hotel options aswell.
www.geraldtontourist.com.au
Sherman Island, CA totally kicks ass
you can camp there...
every time I was there last (northern) summer it was solid 20+
4th july weekend was pumping
just a note, but there's quite a few kitesurfers in Wellington New Zealand, and we do get a TON of wind, though it's gusty as most days.