Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

--- new_south_wales [2025/01/28 15:47]
preavley
+++ new_south_wales [2026/07/22 18:02] (current)
pstureavley
@@ Line 7: / Line 7: @@
 **The Cheeseburger Run**
- {{youtube>aI73iFo6wlo? large}}
+ {{youtube>aI73iFo6wlo?600X337}}
 </WRAP>
@@ Line 21: / Line 21: @@
   * [[:south_australia|]] Adelaide,…
   * [[:western_australia|]] Augusta, Mandurah, Perth, Margaret River…
+  * [[:northern_territory_australia_surfski|]] Darwin…
   * [[:tasmania|]] Hobart…
+----
+===== Safety =====
+[[:local|Safety: What you should know about local waters]]
+  * **Local Knowledge**: The surf lifesavers and paddlers who have paddled locally will know just which locations and conditions you either need to be cautious about or avoid entirely, depending on their severity and your level of skill. [[:new_south_wales#clubs_and_groups|Local clubs]] are a good place to start learning.
+  * …
 ----
@@ Line 135: / Line 145: @@
 **Sawtell to Coffs Harbour (video shows big swell and significant beam waves at times)**
-{{youtube>hl8GjnXE_VU}}
+{{youtube>hl8GjnXE_VU?large}}
 ----
@@ Line 219: / Line 229: @@
 ----
-==== Newcastle ====
+==== Newcastle (and nearby) ====
 <WRAP indent>
+----
+<WRAP indent>
+----
 === Downwind ===
@@ Line 228: / Line 244: @@
 <WRAP indent>
+----
 [[:surf|About Surfski Surfing]]
@@ Line 236: / Line 254: @@
       * **Scott Gipson's Grouper Videos ** [[https://youtu.be/59ZaBMgybu4?t=32|video]]
   * …
+----
+</WRAP>
+=== Boat Wakes (Newcastle Harbour) ===
+  * **Dorrigo Tugs**
+      * [[https://youtu.be/gLAw-5skr6g|Wake Surfing Video]]
+  * **Stockton Ferry**
+      * [[https://youtu.be/LaSh2KlHdBs|video]]
+  * **Trawler Wash**
+      * [[https://youtu.be/6TaTzpiXDgw?t=15|video]]
+  * …
+----
 </WRAP>
-=== Lake Macquarie ===
+=== Lake Macquarie (south of Newcastle) ===
 <WRAP indent>
@@ Line 251: / Line 285: @@
 </WRAP>
-=== Boat Wakes ===
+----
-  * **Dorrigo Tugs**
+=== Port Stephens (north of Newcastle) ===
-      * [[https://youtu.be/gLAw-5skr6g|Wake Surfing Video]]
-  * **Stockton Ferry**
+<WRAP indent>
-      * [[https://youtu.be/LaSh2KlHdBs|video]]
-  * **Trawler Wash**
+=== Downwind ===
-      * [[https://youtu.be/6TaTzpiXDgw?t=15|video]]
+  * **Soldiers Point (?) - Tomaree Head** [[https://youtu.be/PKRlpHB78VE|video]]
   * …
+</WRAP>
+----
 </WRAP>
@@ Line 269: / Line 308: @@
 **Nobbys**
-{{youtube>T3MM0JL2LvY}}
+{{youtube>T3MM0JL2LvY?large}}
 </WRAP>
@@ Line 340: / Line 379: @@
 <WRAP indent>
-Surfski.info [[https://www.surfski.info/forum/2-announcements/18352-sydney-downwind-routes.html|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.
+Surfski.info [[https://www.surfski.info/forum/2-announcements/18352-sydney-downwind-routes.html|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.
@@ Line 356: / Line 395: @@
 <WRAP col2>
-{{:locales:australia:sydney:southhead_sydney.jpg?direct&350x200|southhead_sydney.jpg}}
+[[https://surfski.wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=locales:australia:sydney:southhead_sydney.jpg|{{:locales:australia:sydney:southhead_sydney.jpg?direct&350x200|southhead_sydney.jpg}}]]
 **South Head Sydney**  photo: Steven Percival [[https://youtu.be/PHU4ekd1aS8|video]]
-{{:locales:australia:botanybay.jpg?direct&350x206|botanybay.jpg}}
+[[https://surfski.wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=locales:australia:botanybay.jpg|{{:locales:australia:botanybay.jpg?direct&350x206|botanybay.jpg}}]]
 **Botany Bay Sunrise Paddle **photo: Mark Sundin [[https://youtu.be/iGbfO04dB14|video]]
@@ Line 384: / Line 423: @@
   * **Little Bay**
       * **Little Bay to Palm Beach (S)**  50 km [[https://youtu.be/FaXsr5FoT9M|foiling video]], [[https://www.downwind.fun/courses/little-bay-to-palm-beach-downwind|Downwindfun]]
-      * **Sydney's MIllers Run?**
+      * **Sydney's MIller's Run?**
         * [[https://www.downwind.fun/courses/sydney-millers-run|Downwindfun]]
         * **Little Bay to Bondi Beach **12 km
@@ Line 393: / Line 432: @@
       * **Malabar Beach - Camp Cove **20 km [[https://youtu.be/PHU4ekd1aS8|SS2 video]]
       * **Malabar Classic - (Malabar Beach - Watsons Bay) **Watsons Bay Beach? (Wattos (Watsons Bay Beach Club) - 21 km) [[https://youtu.be/Zq2nX0bl-gU|video]]
+  * **Middle Harbour**
+      * Laps? [[https://youtu.be/xcs8cLtiZNg|video]]
   * **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
@@ Line 408: / Line 449: @@
       * **Clontarf Beach - Collaroy **17 km
       * **Harbour - Manly Beach **  ([[https://youtu.be/ydZk6YBG7Oo|video]] not sure about start point so distance unknown) westerly winds
-      * **Manly - Mosman **5 km [[https://youtu.be/hYMsdiyg9Ag|video]]
+      * **Mosman**
+        * **Manly - Mosman **5 km [[https://youtu.be/hYMsdiyg9Ag|video]]
+        * **Mosman, Sirius ** [[https://youtu.be/-gZnJsnQUJI|laps video]]
       * **The Spit? - Manly **5 - 6 km [[https://youtu.be/ydZk6YBG7Oo|video]]
 === Surf ===
@@ Line 416: / Line 459: @@
 [[:surf|About Surfski Surfing]]
-  * **Grotto Point ** [[https://youtu.be/a0yj_gkNaic?t=13|video]]
+(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)
+  * **Box Head/Broken Bay** [[https://www.facebook.com/reel/1545499720073353|video]] (facebook), [[https://www.instagram.com/p/DTbG1FMDiwI/|video]] (instagram)
   * **Manly**
-  * **The Bower ** [[https://youtu.be/uVy30_QbwPM|video]]
+      * **The Bower ** [[https://youtu.be/uVy30_QbwPM|video]], [[https://www.facebook.com/reel/3017890781726972|video]] (facebook)
-  * **Shelly Beach ** [[https://www.facebook.com/1016845175/videos/1086665502431123/|video]] (facebook)
+      * **Shelly Beach ** [[https://www.facebook.com/1016845175/videos/1086665502431123/|video]] (facebook)
-  * **Wanda Beach ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNlx5hV5zXI|video]]
+  * **Clontarf**
-  * **[[:bundeena_bar|Bundeena Bay/Bar/Port Hacking River Mouth/Gunnamatta/Simpson's Bay]]** - a long shallow that produces long waves when the conditions are right (strong ebb tide? - a NE wind can also bring swell worth playing on - better at the east end of Port Hacking?)
+      * **Grotto Point ** [[https://youtu.be/a0yj_gkNaic?t=13|video]]
-      * **[[:bundeena_videos|Bundeena Videos]]**
+  * **Sydney Harbor**
-      * …
+      * **North Side**
+        * **Mosman, Sirius **
+  * **Cronulla/Bundeena/Port Hacking**
+      * **Wanda Beach ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNlx5hV5zXI|video]]
+      * **[[:bundeena_bar|Bundeena Bay/Bar/Port Hacking River Mouth/Gunnamatta/Simpson's Bay]]** - a long shallow that produces long waves when the conditions are right (strong ebb tide? - a NE wind can also bring swell worth playing on - better at the east end of Port Hacking?)
+        * **[[:bundeena_videos|Bundeena Videos]]**
+        * …
 </WRAP>
+=== Flatwater ===
+  * **Port Hacking River ** [[https://youtu.be/9Ue96vs0-2A|video riding ferry wake]]
+  * …
 <WRAP centeralign>
@@ Line 433: / Line 489: @@
 **Surfski surfing Bundeena**
-{{youtube>_mubI_T17to?medium}}
+{{youtube>_mubI_T17to?large}}
 ----
@@ Line 447: / Line 503: @@
   * [[https://www.manlyboatshed.com.au/our-services.html|Boat Storage in Sydney]]
   * [[https://www.manlyboatshed.com.au/our-services.html|Sydney Harbour Kayaks Mirage Care]] kayak and surfski repair (Gosford)
-  * [[https://oceanpaddler.com/dwp/|Sydney/Northern Beaches Shuttle Service (Ocean Paddler)]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9V2DlZDgI8|promo video]] 25 seat bus with trailer
+  * **Downwind Shuttles**
+      * <del>[[https://oceanpaddler.com/dwp/|Sydney/Northern Beaches Shuttle Service (Ocean Paddler)]]</del>Is this still in service? The link is not valid any more.
+        * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9V2DlZDgI8|promo video]] 25 seat bus with trailer
+      * [[https://www.facebook.com/sydneyharboursc/|Sydney Harbour Surf Club]] (facebook) has a shuttle van and trailer
   * …
@@ Line 476: / Line 535: @@
       * **Coal Cliff to Woonona **13 km
       * **Scarborough to Woonona **12 km [[https://youtu.be/C36FkqO-5U0|video]], [[https://www.downwind.fun/courses/scarborough-to-woonona-downwind|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)
+      * [[https://rivercanoeclub.org.au/events/lake-illawarra-2/|River Canoe Club Trip]]
   * …
@@ Line 513: / Line 578: @@
 [[:australia#newused_gear|Find Dealers Across Australia]]
-[[:rental|General Rental Advice]]
+[[:rental|General Rental Advice & Online Rental]]
   * **Boat Delivery**
@@ Line 519: / Line 584: @@
       * [[https://www.facebook.com/groups/CanoeKayakTransportAustralia/|Facebook Group for Arranging Transport]]
   * **Dealers, Rentals, Lessons**
-      * [[https://www.allwaveaustralia.com.au/|Allwave]] Mona Vale
+      * [[https://www.allwaveaustralia.com.au/|Allwave]] * Shop - Mona Vale
+        * Clinics - Collaroy
       * [[https://australianpaddlesports.com.au/|Australian Paddle Sports]] Sprint Canoes and Kayaks, OCs, Surfskis (Carbonology, Vajda)
         * [[https://www.facebook.com/australianpaddlesports|On Facebook]]
@@ Line 563: / Line 629: @@
 ===== Races =====
-  * [[:races:races_australia|]]
+  * [[:races:races_australia|Races in New South Wales]]
+  * …
 ----
+===== Resources =====
+  * [[https://globalpaddler.com.au/trails/nsw/|Global Paddler Guide to New South Wales]]
+  * [[https://www.visitnsw.com/articles/water-activities-in-nsw|Visit New South Wales Paddling Guide]]
+  * [[https://www.waterwaysguide.org.au/map?region=New South Wales _blank|Waterways Guide to New South Wales]] (click on the NSW section of the map)
+  * …

Surfski Knowledge Base

User Tools

Site Tools

Differences

Page Tools