I wonder if any Mandurah locals can help us out...

Taking some learners down to stay at South Yunderup for a week in January, looking for somewhere close to windsurf. Will have some good easy equipment to start them off but I have never sailed in Mandurah and don't know the area well, if anyone has any info would greatly appreciate some help! I have not really even visited the area so anything you know about boat traffic/submerged obstructions/tiger shark breeding areas would give me a good idea of where to start.

Thanks!

try this link its been done by a local

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/Gps/Mandurah-WA-Coodanup-foreshore-info-and-map/

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JSmooth said..

I wonder if any Mandurah locals can help us out...

Taking some learners down to stay at South Yunderup for a week in January, looking for somewhere close to windsurf. Will have some good easy equipment to start them off but I have never sailed in Mandurah and don't know the area well, if anyone has any info would greatly appreciate some help! I have not really even visited the area so anything you know about boat traffic/submerged obstructions/tiger shark breeding areas would give me a good idea of where to start.

Thanks!

I wouldn't worry too much about tiger sharks, the bull sharks ate them all.

Come to Lancelin Jodie.... closer for you and less mud / crabs / algal blooms etc

You can sail from South Yunderup if the tide is high enough. But if you''re learner gear has big fins or dagger boards forget it, go to Coodunup instead.

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Mark _australia said..
Come to Lancelin Jodie.... closer for you and less mud / crabs / algal blooms etc

Lancelin is great for experienced types, but not so much for learners.

We used to run the Windsurfing Camp at Lancelin but it was too rough and weedy for easy learning.

Safety Bay was great but the Apex Campsite where we have stayed the last few years has been condemned (due to falling into the ocean) so we're hoping we can sail Coodunup and South Yunderup near to our new accommodation.

We're just hoping we can get nice flat knee to waist deep water around South Yunderup and/or Coodunup. The fins on the learner boards are pretty short (though the centre daggerboards can go down pretty deep at full extension.) Fangman's excellent description of the area (the link stroppo provided) sounds promising.