Are easterlys bad for kiting in WA ?

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john8oy76
john8oy76
25 posts
25 posts
7 Nov 2013 6:52pm
Sorry if this is a basic question - but i live in WA Bunbury and last saturday there was a really strong wind and no one was out kiting. I'm guessing it was because the wind came from the east and therefore would blow you out to sea ??
PRAWNDOG
PRAWNDOG
WA
306 posts
WA, 306 posts
7 Nov 2013 7:17pm
You guessed correct my friend, easterlies could be good if you live near an estuary or some form of inland water body, you could try Australind maybe, I'm not sure were to go out there as I've never kited it, but keep an eye out for explosives if you do......
Monkers
Monkers
WA
258 posts
WA, 258 posts
8 Nov 2013 7:09am
Mandurah estuary near Wannanup or Augusta rivermouth ... No explosives ...
Blackbeard
Blackbeard
WA
103 posts
WA, 103 posts
8 Nov 2013 7:41am
Easterlies are the bomb for the south coast
BillyTheKid
BillyTheKid
WA
7 posts
WA, 7 posts
8 Nov 2013 10:29am
Point Walter works great on an easterly
john8oy76
john8oy76
25 posts
25 posts
8 Nov 2013 8:12pm
Thanks for the replys. Yeh i'm actually livin in Australind and i kite at the estuary which needs westerlys. I guess i could always drive to mandurah for easterlys !
IvorWindeas
IvorWindeas
WA
110 posts
WA, 110 posts
9 Nov 2013 9:17pm
You can kite on the west side of the Australind Estuary in an Easterly, Near the Cut. Can be abit gusty, just don't crash and drift through the cut itself.
Jared888
Jared888
WA
389 posts
WA, 389 posts
9 Nov 2013 10:51pm
I tried to kite hamlin bay on an easterly the day of the Anaconda in Augusta.....it looked so perfect about 20knts SE

Put kite up little bit gusty.....thought I can ride cross wind at worst and pull up on beach towards boranup way a bit...
I was totally wrong wind was so holey my 10m kite was dropping straight out of sky then powering up off the chain not allowing me to depower enough to get an edge on the water...

Yep straight off shore no good.. I was about 30 secs away from letting the kite go.. got a really lucky break in the wind headed for the coats til I could touch sand, released the safety swam in and was stocked I still had a kite.
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