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Wavesailing close to Forster??

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Created by frpialoux > 9 months ago, 29 Mar 2010
frpialoux
NSW, 107 posts
29 Mar 2010 10:04PM
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Hi there,

I'm going close to Forster for Easter (Boomerang Beach). Is it worth bringing my wavesailing gear?? (current forecast is Southerly winds with easterly swell..!) Any help would be much appreciated.

Thank you,

Francois

qwerty
NSW, 807 posts
29 Mar 2010 11:27PM
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Hallidays Point. Next point north of Forster at the end of that really long beach (9 mile? 7 mile?)
Pretty good spot. Both tacks covered.
Sail the south side of Black Head.

lee1972
QLD, 921 posts
30 Mar 2010 7:00AM
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I sailed point plomer a year or so back, i think thats near forster.Not sure about the wind direction though.

frpialoux
NSW, 107 posts
30 Mar 2010 11:21AM
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Thanks for your answers; Hallidays Point looks good: had a look on googlemap and it seems there's a small reef, so i may find a proper wave there. thks

KA643
NSW, 42 posts
31 Mar 2010 9:40AM
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Hi Francois
qwerty is on the money (hows it going Carl?) - south side of Hallidays is side shore in NEaster (not sure how great in a sth wind).

If that doesn't work out you can also look at Wallabi Pt in a Nor Easter. Its just south of Old Bar (turn right off highway just before Taree)

Not much in that region for southerly forecast thats really sideshore. Maybe Tuncurry on the north side of the wall??

Rob

frpialoux
NSW, 107 posts
31 Mar 2010 11:29AM
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Thanks a lot Rob. Sadly the WE away has been cancelled.. (my non-windsurfing friends don't want to drive 400kms if it's rainy and windy.. not sure why).
So it'll be Windang!! (never had a chance to sail Windang in a southerly..but i've heard about so many 'epic days' down there).
Is Windang still ok if the wind direction is slightly westerly??

qwerty
NSW, 807 posts
31 Mar 2010 12:56PM
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KA643 said...

Hi Francois
qwerty is on the money (hows it going Carl?) - south side of Hallidays is side shore in NEaster (not sure how great in a sth wind).

If that doesn't work out you can also look at Wallabi Pt in a Nor Easter. Its just south of Old Bar (turn right off highway just before Taree)

Not much in that region for southerly forecast thats really sideshore. Maybe Tuncurry on the north side of the wall??

Rob


Hey Rob.
All good down here. Season been ok up there?

qwerty
NSW, 807 posts
31 Mar 2010 1:02PM
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frpialoux said...

Thanks a lot Rob. Sadly the WE away has been cancelled.. (my non-windsurfing friends don't want to drive 400kms if it's rainy and windy.. not sure why).

get new friends.

Is Windang still ok if the wind direction is slightly westerly??


yep.
not sure what the swell is doing, but Whyner might chime in with an update.

Otherwise, there are several other spots to sail anyway which are pretty good in S or SW.

whyner
NSW, 762 posts
1 Apr 2010 9:43AM
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Waves are smaller than expected. Wind is calm right now (not a good sign).

Ben 555
NSW, 455 posts
1 Apr 2010 11:21AM
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lee1972 said...

I sailed point plomer a year or so back, i think thats near forster.Not sure about the wind direction though.


Lee - Plomer is near Kempsey - a bit of a hike from Forster - loevly spot

qwerty - is there a launch point at Black Head?

qwerty
NSW, 807 posts
1 Apr 2010 1:22PM
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Ben 555 said...

qwerty - is there a launch point at Black Head?


Yep. Straight off the beach you'll come to as soon as you drive over the headland. There's a carpark right there.
Tack up to the point which is only a few hundred metres south.

You can drive further along the dirt road and park there. It's closer to the point but no grass to rig on (last time I saw it).
Easier to go from the first carpark.

whyner
NSW, 762 posts
1 Apr 2010 6:56PM
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Windang was shoulder high and 20 knots later this arvo. The wind didn't come through until 3, weird. Was pretty good though.

peto
NSW, 406 posts
1 Apr 2010 8:28PM
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Caves would have been heaps better than Windang. It just would have been cas its near Newcastle. I sailed for 30min before snapping uni joint. Cas im hardcore.

JPD
NSW, 115 posts
1 Apr 2010 8:41PM
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stockton is better cos its north of newy

whyner
NSW, 762 posts
1 Apr 2010 8:42PM
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I didn't think it ever got windy in newcastle.

JPD
NSW, 115 posts
1 Apr 2010 8:45PM
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only in winter

eyeMhardcor
255 posts
1 Apr 2010 6:49PM
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peto said...

Caves would have been heaps better than Windang. It just would have been cas its near Newcastle. I sailed for 30min before snapping uni joint. Cas im hardcore.


I smacked this wave so hard yesterday I pushed my feet through the board and got cuts all up my shins.

eyeMhardcor
255 posts
2 Apr 2010 2:07PM
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And the spray was so thik that it created a sea mist for 2 hours.

whyner
NSW, 762 posts
2 Apr 2010 6:19PM
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Just got in from Windang. Pretty good. Wind came through late again?? Banks are pretty good at the moment.

And yeah Hardcore your too awesome

Fast Eddy
NSW, 174 posts
6 Apr 2010 6:40PM
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Fripaloux,

The surfing is heaps better around forster if you go I suggest surfboard only for best results.

Camp Elim is sick filthy and big if you got the balls.

frpialoux
NSW, 107 posts
6 Apr 2010 8:23PM
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Bonjour Edd,

Haven't been. Just stayed in Sydney. Sailed Windang in a Southerly for the first time on Friday and i was impressed by the quality of the spot - the bank close to the canal began 150m from the shore. Even though the waves weren't that big, you could do up to 10 turns in the good sets ( a bit more for Whyner and Wazza..). Looking fwd to winter woutherlies .

Fast Eddy
NSW, 174 posts
7 Apr 2010 7:33AM
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Ahh windang

I missed out this easter then.

Still I shouldn't complain going to indo on the 23rd of April hopefully i'll get some sick pits.

Then off to Northpoint for a week in July.....

gotta love Winter time the surf just gets better!



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