Where do you guys mostly wing for max days on the water? Would it be at the broadwater opposite sea world, or is is deep enough at KFC, I think shearwater would be deep enough from memory.
Or is anywhere on the coast good, can you go directly out of any beach with a wing say Miami in a northerly, or do you have to go to Currumbin or Bilinga or Coolangatta.
I'm thinking about a holiday and kite/wing foiling and trying to determine the best spots to go
Thanks
You will find wingers at the Broadwater carpark any day there is wind . Just south of the old KFC and North of the Olympic pool . Enough water at any tide for foiling . We call it the Train because of the old train that used to be on display near there . We do launch occasionally in the Seaway as well . For the ocean Narrowneck at Main Beach ( Northern end of the Goldie ) is also really popular for the ding and kites . Miami another very popular spot . Currumbin is best for waves and also has ding beach inside the river mouth for calm water stuff . You can launch pretty much anywhere along the entire coastline great for downwinding . Drop into SurfFX at Southport and say G'day and they will fill you in on best spots and where all the crew are .
There is also a caravan park at the train with cabins right near the water . Great place to stay with winging at your front door.
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Thanks so much @Piros.
Where is the wind the strongest, broadwater or coast?
strangley, the broadwater can get a better NE seabreeze than the beach, but not always and it varies from season to season.
Shearwater (the stretch of water between wavebreak island and crab island) has a noticeably stronger current than the train and if it's pushing against the wind it gives you a couple of extra knots of power in your sail. It's appreciated when conventional windsurfing or kiteboarding; northerly winds you want an in coming tide and southerly winds you want an out going tide. You can still ding it regardless but you do notice it. if the wind direction is same as tide you drift down wind fairly quickly
the train you can sail in any tide and dont notice the current flow very much, if at all on a dinger
tide flow direction at shearwater is the opposite to the train
