'14-17 knots at Melville'
Jumped out of bed at 5 am, took me nearly an hour to pack and drive to the river - more like 3-5 knots

Thanks mate, time to explore 'Windy.com'.
Three days in a row I got there and did not get to go at all....
tomorrow looks better :-)

Actually went to Point Walter dog beach straight after and it was similar. Later in the morning it picked up but only for 15 min. Seriously considering foil kite, something to get me going from 8-12 kn. From what I read 15m FS Soul should fit the bill at my weight (105 pies, Moses 633 wing).

Swavek said..
Thanks mate, time to explore 'Windy.com'.
Three days in a row I got there and did not get to go at all....
tomorrow looks better :-)

Hey Swavek, here are some tips for finding a decent E'ly forecast for the river using Windy:
- overlay kite/ws spots in windy layers and select either Pelican point or Lucky Bay, either spot is fine and wont change the forecast winds.
- compare models... generally speaking in Australia, ECMWF is the "go-to" model to use in most situations. Forget aout NEMS in the southern hemishere.
- look at the Airgram (see photo) (or just look at wind gusts in the basic meteogram) to see what winds are aloft from the surface. Just look at the second to third row of wind barbs from the bottom to give you an idea on what is "going to"/"could" mix down to the surface. eg: Friday morning (see photo) and up to midday shows 25kts of NE'ly to N'ly potentially mixing down. E to E/NE'ly is ideal at Attadale dog beach and Point Walter sandbar with plently of wind funneling as the river narrows between Dalkieth and Point Walter.