Hi
I am from WA and will be sailing Skiffs next summer in Metung. Is there any good windsurfing in this area? Wave or Slalom. I am thinking of throwing some kit in.
Thanks
I've sailed there several times. Rented a house which was 50 m from the water, so I just left everything rigged in the garage. Awesome.
Anyway, it was mainly flat water blasting, with short rolling chop over 20kts, so I'd recommend the slalom kit. Anything from the SW was good- fairly clean. Northerly and the wind was very holey, coming off the land. I probably wouldn't bother with the wave kit. Pretty hard to get to the Ninety Mile Beach from Metung, and although I've looked at several spots accessible from the lakes by boat, I've never seen anything that's made me think it would be worth the effort.
Great Bump and Jump sailing at Metung in the lake on South Westerlies and Westerlies. 
Forget the ocean. 90 mile beach is pathetic for wave sailing. Just choppy shore dumpers. 
Just across the lake is Raymond Island, Paynesville and the Gippsland Lakes Yacht Club. This was a hotbed of windsurfing throughout the '80s (and is still a great fun place to sail). They had one of the biggest and strongest Windsurfer Class fleets in the country and a huge free windsurfing scene when short-boards came along. There is great sailing on almost any direction of wind there but Easterlies and Westerlies are the best of it. 20-30 knots Easterlies are quite common in Summer! 
Definitely bring you bump and jump and/or freeride/slalom gear!
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Hi
I am from WA and will be sailing Skiffs next summer in Metung. Is there any good windsurfing in this area? Wave or Slalom. I am thinking of throwing some kit in.
Thanks
Hi,
yes it's great sailboarding area, I came to live on the Gippsland Lakes for the sailing/boarding in the late 80's after living in Perth in the early to mid 80's, it's one of the windiest places in Southern Mainland Australia 
. Great for slalom, chop jumping, Metung itself is a bit limited in some wind directions but within a few k's your options improve at places like Tambo Bay etc. Not many sailboarders these days (few kites) 
, I am just getting back into sailboarding a bit (after mainly sailing for last 20 years) but am at Paynesville about 45 min by road away, quicker by board if the wind is right.
What sort of skiff will you be sailing at Metung? Not much of a OTB scene there 
, most OTB on the lakes is at Paynesville 
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