The location is protected by the pier of Sandringham Yacht Club, which provides flat water surfing. Beyond the pier it gets choppy in the Southwesterly sea breeeze. Give plenty of room to the lifesaving club swimming area.
Nice and wide beach with no hard objects. Plenty of space to launch as long as you stay away from the beach goers by the life saving club. The Beach faces WSW.
Year around, but predominantly summer (Dec-Mar). Air temperature 18-35°C and water temperature 20°C. Summer wetsuit recommended but not needed. Winter is ok, air 13-22°C and water 13-15°C.
Best direction is SSW-SSE which is the common seabreeze direction. Picks up reliaby around 3-5 pm and stays up until sunset around 8:30 pm. The breeze is pretty constant at 15-20 knts. During Jan-Feb you can kitesurf 75% of the afternoons, the rest of the summer 50%, but the wind is more unreliable and gustier. Can be very gusty and light on the inside in S-SSE. Always smoother air and more wind out past the breakwater. Sideshore: NNW and SSE.
From Melbourne airport, simply go towards the city, exit SE Suburbs. Find your way towards the bay. Hampton is located 15km southeast of Melbourne. Just north of the Sandringham Yacht Club.
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