Well, we'd all better book in some wave sailing at Spot X and Coronations over the next 2 years...

Thanks to today's Federal Budget, Oakajee deep water port just north of Geraldton is finally going to happen after being on again off again for the past 15 years. Construction should start 2011 with the port starting operating in late 2013 or early 2014.

http://www.wabusinessnews.com.au/en-story/1/72396/Oakajee-budget-boost-lifts-iron-miners

As previously discussed on various occasions:

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=43624&SearchTerms=oakagee

...that means Spot X gets wiped off the map and Coronation Bay only a few kms north will almost certainly have its wind and waves badly affected by the massive breakwaters extending 2kms out to sea. :-(

So sad - Corros is such a unique place for windsurfing and wave jumping in particular. I'd typically do 5-7 big jumps one after another off perfect ramps in one run out. Nice flat water in between each wave to build up speed for each successive wave which start small close to shore and gradually get bigger the further out you go, never fully breaking until you hit the big waves further out to sea. And then there is the nice flat water closer to shore for slalom and perfect gybes. And of course the titanic 3m to 4m conditions in summer with day after day of 20-35knot+ seabreezes.

The perfect place to learn how to wave-jump.

So much for all the Euros who come over every year - I guess their tourist dollars just don't compare to the billions from the mining industry.

Ah the weeks we used to spend up there every summer.

-Mart

Every time I read about what they're doing it makes me angry - add a comment to the link that was provided - let the commercial paper know how you feel - I havn't sailed there but surfed from the SW to Geraldton, Kalbarri to north of Carnarvon for a couple of winters and the coast was awesome was looking forward to getting over there again in one day in a couple of years - sounds like it could be all over by then.

Just can't believe they need to do it - passive take over of our country and resources by multi nationals to feed Chinas never ending resource requirements - we'll be ****ed when it runs out - so whats the plan for the first big oil spill clean up, feral weeds from ship ballast that take over the reefs - it's just frustrating - I can't imagine how pissed off you crew that live and sail there are.

mrrt said...


Corros is such a unique place for windsurfing and wave jumping in particular. I'd typically do 5-7 big jumps one after another off perfect ramps in one run out. Nice flat water in between each wave to build up speed for each successive wave which start small close to shore and gradually get bigger the further out you go, never fully breaking until you hit the big waves further out to sea. And then there is the nice flat water closer to shore for slalom and perfect gybes. And of course the titanic 3m to 4m conditions in summer with day after day of 20-35knot+ seabreezes.

Yes that's how I remember it, is it truly unique or is there some other place on earth with the wind where the waves break like that?

That’s Farked. The best windsurfing beaches in Australia and there going to stuff it up! There where a lot of crew talking about it when I was up there in Jan and we thought the financial crisis would stop that or slow progress.