Spent a couple of weeks up in Cairns, it was warm and very windy. Out at Green Island there were probably only 5 days or so out of 18 under 20 knots. About one week of that was solid 25-30+.
Green Island offers basically everything apart from hardcore wavesailing, there are conditions for speed, freestyle, cruising and bump and jump on high tide. The croc park and snorkelling is great when the wind is light.
Here is a video mostly shot on the island -
Love the vid Al - Well done (& it's a real McLeod family affair). Good to see the old man skimming across some shallow water on the eastern run.
Thanks guys. Yeah when he first went out it was only half way up my shins! Crazy.
well it's hardly gonna get crowded out there... didn't mention the giant tiger sharks and killer jellyfish 
I don't know enough about the joint, but looks like it would be a great set-up for the PWA to run a slalom/freestyle comp?
Very nicely done Al, will definitely be back again sometime, hopefully with the whole family!
9 weeks and I'll be there can't wait as it has been freezing this winter!!
Is that Arlington Al?
That vid looks Pro mate...Have you studied art/media production ?
Pity you don't have any wave action.
To go there or Maui next year. all ready set to go to lake George again too. Awesome pics.
Short clip
This run goes for 5.5 Nm, knee deep water and a nice sandy bottom the whole way
How does one get to this location, with gear and all?
P.S. Wow, oh wow!
Looks like a few places in The Broadwater actually, but they aren't 5.5nm long. More like 200m. And they require the right tide, weekday etc. etc.
Michaelmas Cay is ~20nm from Cairns/Yorkey's knob .There are Tourist operators that take snorkellers & divers out to the CAY itself .
The Reef Runs to the East of the Cay so in a private boat you can motor on out (seas are usually horrible when the wind blows) & anchor up on a patch of sand adjacent to the Reef Margin ,rig up & take off .
Toody & I couldnt believe how good it looked when we arrived.!!
The wind was square to the run so it was easy to go both ways without having to pinch hard & although the water was not glassy ,it was very comfortable .
The tide was very low yesterday (.19)so I would imagine that this place will only work on <.4m of tide before getting too chopped up .
Once the tourists left the Cay we had some Runs in the shadow of the cay -there is a patch of water to the West which remains glassy but has full strength wind -unfortunately the run is only short but with better wind it could be a seriously quick spot .
I still have to pinch myself ...!!! It was so good ...
