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Kitesurf Location - South Beach ( ID south_beach )      Hits: 1178
 
You are here: Australia > Australia > Kitesurf Location - South Beach ( ID south_beach )
Continent: Australia
Country: Australia
Next Big City (Airport):  Melbourne
Next Town: Port Fairy
Latitude:   -38.3846
Longitude: 142.2436
Type:
- Ocean
Rider Ability:
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Expert

Good for:
- Kitesurf
- Windsurf
Features:
- Shop
- Shower
- Toilet
- Food

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Near Locations
Mills' Surf Beach (1.32 km) Best Direction: SW WSW W Type: Small Wave (< 1m) Medium Wave (1-3m)
Killarney (5.11 km) Best Direction: SE SSE S SSW SW Type: Shallow Flat Small Wave (< 1m)
The Cutting (11.73 km) Best Direction: SW Type: Small Wave (< 1m) Medium Wave (1-3m)
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Water
Type:
- Shallow
- Flat
Hazards:
- Mole
- Rocks

Quality:
- Crystal Clear
Best Tide:
No Information


Super flat. Barely a ripple. In light wind you can see everything on the surface below. Coral, fish, white sand. If your first in you'll see loads of stingrays but they leave quickly. Waves are huge out back but not rideable due to rocks.

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 Beach
Type:
- Sand
Size:
- Medium

Hazards:
- None
Location crowds:
No Information


Nice enough. Big, wide with white sand. Bit of weed washed up. Plenty of launch area. Leaving the beach can be tricky if you want the really flat stuff straight away as there is a rocky outcrop in the way. As soon as a kitesurfer pulls up to this beach they would start drooling.

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 Weather
Spring:
- Normal Wetsuit
Summer:
- Shorts
- Shorty

Fall:
- Normal Wetsuit
Winter:
- Normal Wetsuit


Summer air average about 26°C, water about 22°C. On a warm day can get by in shorts. Cooler days go a spring suit. Only bad time of year is late autumn and winter, although we still get out here about once a week at least.

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 Wind

Wind Statistic   Wind Forecast   Wind Report   


Best Months:
- January
- February
- March
- December
Wind Type:
- Thermal Winds
- Frontal Winds

Best Direction:
- SE
- SSE
- S
Main Direction:
- SE
- SSE
- S
- SW


Works from West through South to East. Summer sea breeze 10-20 knots from South/Southeast. Other winds frontal SW which can get very strong (40 knots). Winter winds are offshore and due to our cliffs are very gusty.

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 How to get there
Transport:
- Car
Access:
- Short Walk


Port Fairy is 300km West of Melbourne, at the end of the Great Ocean Road.

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 Rules, Restrictions and Extra Info
Rules:
- None


Port Fairy is a very popular tourist town. Home of the Port Fairy Folk Festival in March when the towns population of 2000 swells to 100,000. Through summer there are generally an extra 3000 tourists in town each day. No one in winter!

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 Nightlife


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