Type: | Shallow, Chop |
Hazards: | Currents, Reefs |
Quality: | Clean |
Best Tide: | No Info |
Choppy. Moderate tides, stronger as you go further out. Reef covered at high tide, visible at low.
Type: | Rocks |
Size: | Small |
Hazards: | Rocks |
Beach Users: | No Info |
Rocky (gravel, boulders), logs. Dangerous launch. Narrow beach. In stronger winds kites are launched from the water. Also someone holding onto your harness is strongly recommended in strong winds. Self launch is possible, way easier in the summer. Self landing is not recommended (unless you want to test the durability of your kite). Tap your head and and someone on the beach will catch your kite.
Best Months: | May, June, July, August, September |
Wind Type: | Thermal Winds, Frontal Winds |
Best Direction: | S, SSW, SW, WSW, W |
Main Direction: | SW, W |
Usually sideshore or sideonshore. Average in summer is about 50% of days some months much more, some less. Usually 12-16m kites weather, 10-25kts. Usually W sometimes SW. Best direction is W. In winter highly unpredictable, frontal kiting. Very windy 9m kites or less, 25+kts. Very lofty location due to large cliff (increases loft danger). Best months are May to September (especially June and July) due to thermals. But it is ridable all year with frontals in winter.
Transport: | Car, Bus |
Access: | Short Walk |
Pretty much downtown. Beside Becon Hill Park. Follow Cook St. to the water and there walk down the stairs to the beach. Bus or car.
No special rules. Make sure you are intermediate or ddvanced. Kiters have learned there but people have also broken many bones.