Judging by last weekend it's going to be a hot summer. Seabreezes aplenty. Hopefully. Hopefully.
BTW where is the default location for Sydney? Botany bay on the Brighton Le Sands side? Any particular street for parking and rigging?
BTW2: I'm going for a one board/two sails combo. I'm 80kg. Y'all reckon a 100 litre FreeStyleWave + 5.5 + 6.5 would be about right for Sydney conditions? I'm bumping and jumping.
Kyeemagh is the prefered windsurfing location for a NE seabreeze on Botany Bay. There are two main areas you can park. Either at the new carpark which is located about 100 meters past the bridge that goes over what I think is Cooks Creek. Or you can park down a bit further in Bestic Street.
The parking is easier and there is more room at the new carpark but its a pain to walk down the path to the beach plus water taps are a long way away from where you park.
On the other hand the path to the beach is a bit easier to get down at Bestic Street and water taps are closeby, however it gets really busy there with all sorts of people and its hard to get a park there.
Based on last year's summer you wouldn't get out much on that gear. I usually used a 7.4 sail and a bigger board. Hopefully this summer is a bit sunnier and windier than last summer.
^ Yeah, two boards. Back on the GC I had two boards, with two sails each, and that covered everything. But you watch someone like Haircut sail 90% of the time with one board and one sail and the one board/two sails combo starts to look very appealing, especially now I'm cooped up in an apartment. Plus I'm getting a little bit wind snobby.
I guess it really depends on the season itself.
...There are bump & jump opportunities in Botany Bay, right? All youtube vids of Kyeemagh are looking very flat. Perhaps I'm looking at the wrong type of board entirely?
There are bump and jump conditions in Botany Bay. On a strong NE seabreeze or southerly the bay will get quite choppy. Southerlies can build up a fair sized swell. As you head further south in a NE seabreeze the water becomes rougher. If you want bump and jump conditions then heading down where the kiters go would be what you want.
They don't kite up at Kyeemagh because they are apparently not allowed to.
This thread shows pictures of how Botany looks in a NE seabreeze. Pretty exciting.
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/New-South-Wales/Body-found-at-Kyeemagh/
woops sorry I meant this one!
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/New-South-Wales/Botany-Bay-432012/
This is what the bay can look like in a southerly.
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/New-South-Wales/Southerly-Botany-Bay-742012/
The problem with the sea breezes was not so much the air temp but the water temp. We had unusually warm water thus the had a smaller temperatur differential which is what makes the sea breeze happen.
The water Temps are looking a bit cooler this year so should get better sea breezes.
