Yamba - The Wall



GPS Tracks....the line is 1.2 Nm long. Soooooooo good in a N/Easter




from the NSW forum - but worth sharing

it is an awesome spot, i'm going to try take monday off next week to make it a 4 day long weekend and go down and stay with my parents.

here is a vid i made last year when i was sailing there



I suppose the only thing holding people back from getting serious speeds there is the wind strength which probably very rarely gets over 25kts. One of the locals there mark i think sails with a gps and has done some pretty quick speeds, I will ask him about it next weekend.

Its one of those places on my list to try but NE seem very hard to pick.
one day

hey vando its not that hard to pick, thou the seabreezes so far this season haven't been that good.

its a pretty short drive thou, was just under a 3 hour drive from where i used to live in st lucia. i'm on the southside now, so hopefully once the highway upgrade bypassing ballina is finished it will probably be a 2 and a half hour drive.

plus its pretty much a perfect family away for the weekend destination. the caravan park is right on the beach where you sail and its perfect for the kids to swim at. there are heaps of cheap holiday units too unless you go during the peak holiday periods. and it's pretty much paradise compared to wello, flat water no matter the tide, sandy beach with no rocks, coral or mud! kinda like burrum i suppose but closer, and with good surf if you are into that kinda thing

Yer I should do it for sure prob getting to the wrong time of year now.
I wouldnt mine going down for a week or so and yea take the Pure acid 80 down as well

if you got the rite forecast could be a very good spot

ahhh yamba. my fav spot in all australia to live.

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izaak said...

if you got the rite forecast could be a very good spot

That is the problem. One green arrow all week for the forecast at nearby Ballina.

Is the tide much of a factor there? Ie too many sandbars at low tide and problems with run out or run in tides pushing you down wind?

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Mobydisc said...
Is the tide much of a factor there? Ie too many sandbars at low tide and problems with run out or run in tides pushing you down wind?

Tide only really a factor in main river channel, not behind wall.

Low tide might reduce run to 1.19 Nm
Small sandbar in middle up against wall (good rest spot) at low tide & up at island in top of picture - otherwise heaps deep all day & night

Discussion at home last night

"dearest i think we should go for a holiday at Yamba"

"oh I love that spot"

"and I think i will too......"

Just checking it out on google earth why are there so many walls/banks along the river?

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choco said...

Just checking it out on google earth why are there so many walls/banks along the river?

Public works around 100 years or so ago designed to keep river mouths open for shipping and have navigatable channels. In many cases, such as the Nambucca River entrance, the rock walls contributed to the silting up of the entrance.

Commercial coastal shipping was the main form of transport for coastal NSW communities and regions before the Sydney to Brisbane railway was built.

Was in yamba last weekend. The locals reckon that 40kts has been seen behind the wall on a GPS.

Anyway, I tried to take a quick clip of some blasting behind the wall on monday, unfortunately its not very good cause i didn't close the camera in front of the air-con and it kept fogging every 5 minutes, plus sailing in a straight line for a long way ain't really a strong suite of mine. Its is probably 18kts behind the wall gusting easily to 20+ as my 5.9 was getting a overpowered in the gusts and i actually had a few sketchy moments despite the smooth water. Further towards the river mouth where u launch it was probably only 14kts, always seems to be about 5kts windier behind the wall. Tide was high so as you can see the waves spill over the wall in a few spots. But I think most of the bouncyness is because I didn't have the headstrap tightened up.

Anyway, enough talk, enjoy the vid. And just for reference on tuesday when I was overpowered on my 5.3 of pippi beach, the graphs were only showing just on 20kts, so I think the river there and the beach has a bit of a natural wind funnelling effect.

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swoosh said...

Was in yamba last weekend. The locals reckon that 40kts has been seen behind the wall on a GPS.

Yeah, Phil Nott (Moreton Bay Mobster) got his first 40kn peak there some time ago (I think). He might have some advice.