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New South Wales (Australia) Surfski

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The Cheeseburger Run

Main Australia Surfski Page

Locales

Albury

Flatwater

  • Murray River (north border between NSW & Victoria)
    • ​​​​​​ ​Waterworks Road Bridge to Noreuil Park Albury 16 km video from marathon race
    • …

Avoca Beach

Clubs/Groups

Batehaven

Downwind

  • South Durras - Batehaven 15 km video
  • …

Bermagui

Downwind

  • Bermagui - Tathra 35 km (S wind)
  • Narooma to Bermagui (NE wind) 23.5 km

Burrill Lake

Dealers

  • South Coast Paddler Skis Kai Wa'a, Epic, Fenn, Carbonology Sport, Think, Nordic Kayak ​, OCs, SUP
  • …

Byron Bay

Downwind/Paddles

Surf

About Surfski Surfing

Clubs/Groups

Coffs Harbour

Downwind/Paddles

  • Sawtell to Coffs Harbour approx. 10 km? video
  • Emerald Beach to Coffs approx. 15 km? video
  • …

Sawtell to Coffs Harbour (video shows big swell and significant beam waves at times)

Surf/Laps

Forster Tuncurry

Downwind

  • Forster Main Beach - Black Head (or reverse depending on wind) 14.5 km

Surf

Conditions

Gumma

Surf

Kempsey

Flatwater

  • Macleay River video
  • …

Kiama

Downwind

  • Kiama - Fishos 16 km video
  • …

Lake Conjola

Downwind

  • Lake Conjola - Lake Tabourie 22 km video
  • …

Newcastle (and nearby)

Downwind

Surf

About Surfski Surfing

Boat Wakes (Newcastle Harbour)

Lake Macquarie (south of Newcastle)

Surf

Port Stephens (north of Newcastle)

Downwind

  • Soldiers Point (?) - Tomaree Head video
  • …

Nobbys

Norah Head

Downwind

Norah Head has a protected launch for NE swell/wind (Soldiers Beach), Terrigal has a protected beach

  • Norah Head - The Entrance 10 km
  • Norah Head - Terrigal 21 km
  • …

Scotts Head

Surf

  • surfski surfing video
  • …

Shellharbour

Downwind

Shops/Dealers

Southwest Rocks

Surf

  • Macleay River Bar (potential for fairly long rides)
  • …

Sydney

Surfski.info discussion of Sydney downwinders - traffic can be one of the biggest problems for Sydney downwinders, causing even short runs to take up a lot of time with the shuttle. Parking - “you're best with 3 council stickers, Pittwater, Warringah and Manly. A bit of an investment but worth the hassle free parking.” or find shuttles with clubs or self organized groups - look at “Services” below.

Many of Sydney's beaches are proper surfing beaches with good size breaks. But there are major passages (bays, estuaries) that allow one to get out on the open ocean without having to negotiate the shore breaks. The Sydney coast line does have a number of headlands and steep shorelines that can generate significant rebound closer to shore. Sydney surfskiers therefore can choose to practice getting through shore break (or not) and they often learn to handle downwind waves that bounce around with rebound.

One Sydney paddler's take on local open ocean paddling (around Malabar into Botany Bay).

Downwind/Paddles

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South Head Sydney photo: Steven Percival video

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Botany Bay Sunrise Paddle photo: Mark Sundin video

  • Botany Bay (options available in most directions depending on wind and waves)
    • Cheeseburger Run - Paul's Famous Hamburgers (Tom's Ugly Bridge Boat Ramp) to Kurnell 10 km video
      • Mark Sundin “It’s a longer run across to La Perouse, but you also leave yourself open to a nasty ride out through the heads of Botany Bay if something goes wrong. We usually go to Kurnell , the wind bends around Towra point. It’s about a kilometre and a half shorter, it’s also a much shorter drive and we all live over on that side of the bridge”
    • Georges River Sailing Club to Kyeemagh Boat Ramp 8 km
    • Kingsford-Smith Run
    • Kurnell to Cooks River (Kyeemagh Boat Ramp) 8 km video
    • Sans Souci - La Perouse 9 km video
  • Cronulla - Stanwell Tops 27 km
  • Kurnell (Catamaran Club, Silver Beach, etc.)
  • Little Bay
  • Malabar Beach
    • Malabar Beach - Coogee Beach 7.5 km trip description
    • Malabar Beach - Bondi Beach 11 km video
    • Malabar Beach - Camp Cove 20 km SS2 video
    • Malabar Classic - (Malabar Beach - Watsons Bay) Watsons Bay Beach? (Wattos (Watsons Bay Beach Club) - 21 km) video
  • Middle Harbour
  • Palm Beach (“Palmi”), Long Reef, Mona Vale, Shelly Beach, etc.
    • NE winds you can reverse the runs to Palm Beach or start at Avalon Beach instead to avoid washing machine at Bangalley Head
    • Long Reef - Mona Vale 7 km video
    • Long Reef - Palm Beach (S) 18 km video
    • Mona Vale to Palm Beach (S) 11 km
    • Shelly Beach - Mona Vale 14 km facebook video (or Freshwater Beach - parking's better at Freshwater than Shelly)
    • Shelly Beach to Palm Beach (S) 24 km
  • Pittwater Bay - for some protection and not as crazy water: inside the bay is good on very windy days. On a NE, downwind back into the Bay from Barrenjoey Head.
  • Station Beach to Fisherman's Beach (used for 20 Beaches Race Course)
  • Sydney Harbor
    • Clifton Gardens - Clontarf Beach 5 km video
    • Clontarf Beach - Collaroy 17 km
    • Harbour - Manly Beach (video not sure about start point so distance unknown) westerly winds
    • Mosman
    • The Spit? - Manly 5 - 6 km video

Surf

About Surfski Surfing

(North to South, the Sydney area has many surfing locations, some appropriate for prepared surfskiers - the following list is just spots where we have videos)

Surfski surfing Bundeena

Clubs/Groups

Services

Resources

Wollongong

Clubs/Groups

Downwind

  • Kiama - Wollongong 30 km video (maybe this run)
  • Port Kembla Harbour to Bulli 15 km
  • Woonona
    • Austinmer to Woonona 5 km?
    • Coal Cliff to Woonona 13 km
    • Scarborough to Woonona 12 km video, Downwindfun
  • …

Flatwater

  • Lake Illawarra (tidal lake, estuary of several rivers open to the ocean, and of course this large lake can get rowdy if there is wind)
  • …

Todd Borland in Revo (possibly Kiama - Wollongong)

Woy Woy Peninsula

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