Can anybody recommend coronation beach ,isthere usually other crew to sail with,is just turning up and camping the go and is it family friendly,cheers.

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mort69 said..

Can anybody recommend coronation beach ,isthere usually other crew to sail with,is just turning up and camping the go and is it family friendly,cheers.

Went there for the first time early Dec 2013. Awesome! Can't imagine a place better designed for wavesail noobs like me. Awesome flat water spot in close to the shore to practice your carve gybes and get used to your gear. A small ramp half way out to practice jumps. Then you get the some of the most friendly, crumbly waves I've ever seen. They seem to get progressively bigger as you go out. Not very experienced? No worries, turn on the first wave and come back in. Stack it on a wave. no worries, there is a really long period so you have plenty of time to recover.

Mates bragged about it for years. I'm clearly a bit slow. Don't be slow, go and have a go

Sweet cheers paddymac

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paddymac said..

mort69 said..

Can anybody recommend coronation beach ,isthere usually other crew to sail with,is just turning up and camping the go and is it family friendly,cheers.

Went there for the first time early Dec 2013. Awesome! Can't imagine a place better designed for wavesail noobs like me. Awesome flat water spot in close to the shore to practice your carve gybes and get used to your gear. A small ramp half way out to practice jumps. Then you get the some of the most friendly, crumbly waves I've ever seen. They seem to get progressively bigger as you go out. Not very experienced? No worries, turn on the first wave and come back in. Stack it on a wave. no worries, there is a really long period so you have plenty of time to recover.

Mates bragged about it for years. I'm clearly a bit slow. Don't be slow, go and have a go

Grr pity in WA..

Coronation Beach is a must do.
If you are camping you will need to take your own water. We usually stay in Geraldton and just drive up to Coronation.

The only two family-unfriendly things I experienced at Coronation was the occasional blue-bottle, and the sand-blasting of a wicked 30kt wind. So a bit of vigilance might avoid some unhappiness. And get the beach crew to htfu re the sandblasting or get out on the water. (My beach crew packed up and went back to Kalbarri, while I kept sailing, having an absolute hoot)

Apart from that, it's probably one of the best places I've sailed at.

excellent sailing arena / last nite 25+ knots and limited sailors on hand
Most of the euros have gone home
If bring the family stay in Gero & comute daily (only 20ks)

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TD55 said..
If bring the family stay in Gero & comute daily (only 20ks)

I'd have to agree with this comment. If you are not windsurfing I don't know what in the world would process you to spend any extended amount of time there. I mean, even most windsurfers leave as soon as the wind stops.

The camping area is cheap, but fairly basic and quiet often full of grey nomads, don't rely on getting a campsite there.
But as everyone has said, if your windsurfing in WA, it's about number 1 on the to do list.

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MikeyS said..

The only two family-unfriendly things I experienced at Coronation was the occasional blue-bottle, and the sand-blasting of a wicked 30kt wind.

You left off the occasional smell of rotting seaweed, cray boats and cray lines - saw a guy with a dislocated shoulder on the beach after hooking a fin on a cray line there. (If the cray boats are still there that is - i thought i'd heard a rumour they dont anchor there any more...please say its true...)

That all said... primo spot. We have rented a house in Gero a couple of times and done the 25km drive up each day. The wind doesnt kick in till midday, so gives you time to muck around in town, have a swim, get a coffee, do your dinner shopping or just laze and read the paper, before heading up the coast to Coro.

I recently had a cracking time up at Coro. The campsite is $7/night per person. Buy yourself a solar shower and take plenty of water and you are good to go. I had a camper van and so did 2 nights Coro camp site and then one night at Sunsets in Gero. This was to refill the water and recharge the battery in the camper.

If you have a decent 240w solar charger like some of those who were camping then I suspect you can stay there for much longer.

A good alternative is the caravan park at Sunset Beach. They have well priced tent sites with all the showers etc. Or, if you are with a few mates, a cabin works out very well. They have some that sleep 3 or 4 and when you split the cost it's not too bad. Upside is you have your own kitchen, shower and toilet. We sailed St Georges, Sunset and Coronations over four days. Great fun!

Needs 3 metres of swell to really get good. Did 84 km ( gps watch) of out the back, turn on a big wave , ride it back in. Awesome fun.
MUST VISIT!!!

Top rating at this spot one of the best WA has to offer a must do camping sailing drinking eating bludging enjoying satisfing and allways remembering happy days

And the first cold beer you drink at the rigging area as the day ends will be the sweetest you'll ever experience!