Which State Is best for Winter Kiting(WATER)

[CarlGM]

so.... what do you guys and gals reckon

[westfire]

Just got to go further north, but at least its still warm up this end off town

[JKS]

Bit of a no brainer for 'Winter' ..... Where else but Sunny, Floody, Cycloney, Droughty Queensland

[koma]

FNQ.

That is all.

[plummet]

here in the naki nz the wind gets stronger and guistier and the waves bigger 3-4m swell is not uncommon. the crew shrinks form 18 odd on a good day to 6 or 7. on the real hard core days theres 2 or 3 keen punters.

none the less its certainly a year round kiting spot.

Squall management is a key thing in the winter months. the wint can spike from 20 to 35 knots as the squall punches through. you definatly need a storm kite that can handle those conditions.

[Jev]

I think you need to differentiate between QLD and FNQ. Don't want to stir up any political mess here but there is a massive difference between Cooktown and Brisvegas - wind wise

Check this

Any other state is lucky to get 20-30% of a fluffy fart.

Having said that VIC isn't all that bad either when the northerlies ckick in.

[Jev]

^^^ windrose for Cooktown in June 3:00pm

[Rob S]

This Cocos WR for August is a better than the Cooktown WR above. White colored sections above 40 kph. Both directions good for kite beach.

But I think the Cooktown WR is measured at the airport and not indicative of the stronger winds at Hope Vale / Cape Flattery and Lizard Island.

Both spots are hard to beat.

[westfire]

From those wind meters it looks like Qld & WA are the places to be during winter, yahhhh!

Its a shame that it is so dam expensive to get to the Cocos from here, read all about it, looks like a great spot to kite.

[Jev]

^^^how do you figure WA is good in winter?

[Rob S]

^^^how do you figure WA is good in winter?

OK. Strictly speaking winter is May / June / July

Winter is ok. What about April / May?

[westfire]

^^^how do you figure WA is good in winter?

Was this aimed at me? Fairly sure the Cocos islands are off the coast from WA, strictly speaking not WA but alot closer to them than us Not quite sure how to read that wind chart, but at a glance it looks ok.

Put it this way rather be in Qld during winter than Vic or SA anytime, to dam cold all the time, you can keep your winter wind, rather go without than freeze my but off!

[Jev]

Yea mate.

Consider this, the difference between Cairns and Cooktown is already a few knots and it is completely different to SE Queensland. While the north gets trade winds blowing 24/7, SE Queensland gets a few nice sunny days with the occasional kitable wind.

Now look at Cocos, it's closer to Sumatra and nearly halfway to Sri Lanka from WA. Cocos gets Trade similar to what FNQ does but in winter WA gets frontal winds that blow through. So we're looking at complete different conditions simply becaus of the different geographical locations. Therefore, having a look at a wind rose from Cocos Island can't give you any indication about the wind average in any part of WA.

[Jev]

OK. Strictly speaking winter is May / June / July

Winter is ok. What about April / May?

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April/May = SUP time. May have to get myself one of these.

[SoutherlyBuster]

April/May = SUP time. May have to get myself one of these.

Sounds like a lot of hard work to me, well at least on flat water. Saw a fellow at Altona on one of these and the going was slow. I just prefer to go landboarding instead and hit the hills if no wind.

[Rob S]

Was this aimed at me? Fairly sure the Cocos islands are off the coast from WA, strictly speaking not WA but alot closer to them than us Not quite sure how to read that wind chart, but at a glance it looks ok.

And that's the point. For those living in WA, access to Cocos (Australian Territory and closer than QLD) probably means WA is a contender for Winter kiting. Having said that it's probably cheaper to go to QLD.

westfire, If you want to do some travelling around Australia it would be well worth your while to understand wind roses. It's unbiased statistics and takes just a few minutes of looking at them to understand. I've added some notes to the pdf file below which shows how the wind rose is useful to me. From the length of the different colored bars you can determine the percentage of days expected for each color bar / wind range.

Cocos - 3pm Aug Three kite quiver.pdf

[RALKITE]

winter in real man's kiting in Victoria.