There's the possibility of a job at Uni of Adelaide in my future which would mean relocationf fro Brisbane.
How's the windsurfing down there? Do you get regular winds and a good sailing season, or is it a bit patchy like it is here in southeast Queensland?
Thanks for any info you can give me.
I should add that I'm into open water blasting, mainly, but could be tempted back to slalom. Does Semaphore go off regularly in summer? Do you have daylight saving? Can you sail in the afternoons after work, or is there a regular land breeze that kills things?
Howdy ikw777.
We get pretty reasonable sailing - worst times are april and sometimes around october.
The rest of the year is pretty good.
Semaphore gets great seabreezes during summer and the regular crowd up there are carving it up every arvo that the winds in. we have daylight saving and I regularly sail after work (sellicks usually fills in after 5pm) sunset mid summer is after 830pm
I live south of the city - summer seabreezes a little more fickle down our way but the gully winds at sellicks can be light and fluffy to nuclear - and add some waves and its good winter rocks, nthlies, waves and cold water (12-13 degrees) and some big sw fronts at Seacliff, snapper and northern beaches
as far as windsurfing goes its pretty reasonable
4.2-6.4 100l free wave and smallish wave board will cover 99% of your sailing
There is a pretty active windsurfing community as well and we try and organise a few events throughout the year.
The onboard site has a breakdown of locations and also on Windsurfing SA web page
Cheers
Sounds good. I've been looking around the SA forum now and it seems like you have it pretty good down there.
I'm 75kg and have boards from 85 - 115 litres and sails from 4.5-7.5 so i think i'll have it covered.
One thing we don't have here is daylight saving which pretty much shuts down the possibility of sailing after work if you work in the city (like I do).
Expect it can get a bit cold though? (I'd need to buy a wetsuit)
i think you would get more sails here. due to day light savings! definatly need a wetty. winter is awesome but can be a tad chillly! overall good place to be. however no doubt WA kicks out butt!
How's Adelaide traffic? If say i was working at Uni of Adelaide and was commuting out to one of the seaside suburbs (maybe Semaphore).
The traffic in Brisbane sux.
from semefore prob like 20mins max to city i would think. we all complain about traffic but in reality its soooo much bettter then other states.
Ian, you'll be impressed with our traffic. You'll get used to the cold water. You warm up pretty quickly when you rig up anyway. Just get a suitably rated wet suit for winter. Catch you on the water :)
PS/ Russell. you didn't slag Semaphore. What's going on ? 
traffic here is nothing compared to brissy,you would be pleasantly surprised,--
you would travel 25ks in 45mins in any direction peak hour normally,less out of peak hour,we dont have gridlock often,unlike brissybane.
We do however have the worst drivers in the country,most neanderthalls who made it through the ice age(men and women) drive in adelaide
Adelaide has a great climate and is a top spot to live!
