Hi Yagon,
I'm a sailor from Melbourne. Portsea / Sorrento is on a narrow peninsula, one side is Port Phillip bay (bump & jump), the other side Bass straight (wave sailing).

Bay:
In northerlies the best place to sail is at Rye, its a long open beach and best just to look for other sailors and join in with them. There is an outer sand bar so you can sail flatter water on the inside or rougher water outside.

You can also sail the westerlies at Rye, but for the southwesterlies best to go further north to Safety Beach (15 minute drive).

Wavesailing:
In south westerlies you wave sailing around at Point Leo (20-ish minutes drive). If you find Point Leo on the map, you sail at "Suicides" which is basically at the end of the point and you walk down a long flight of stairs. Ask some locals where the reef is, and where the gap is to sail out of. Its a bit tricky getting out but pretty safe once you are out.

Another place to wavesail is at the "Pines" at Shoreham. Has to be a fair bit of swell though and not low tide as its a flat reef you sail over. You drive all the way along the dirt track and sail at the point to the right. An easier place to sail, but sometimes the surfers stay out way longer than they should.

You should only get Northerlies (warm & gusty) or West to SouthWesterlies (cool & strong). The "southerly busters" down here can be really windy and cold. So bring all your gear.....this is Victoria!

Bring a good wetsuit!! At the wavesailing nationals years ago the Queenslanders came with 2 mil shortie springsuits....they froze there butts off when it got windy.

The bass straight side of Portsea / Sorrento or anywhere along that coast are nasty places. I wouldnt sail out there unless you surname is Polakow! Worth driving over to Gunamatta beach for a surf though, but again ask the locals where the reefs are.

There are no sailboard shops down there, closest is SHQ in Sandringham, about a 90 minute drive. But there are heaps fo surf shops.

Also worth going out to Point Nepean, which used to be closed for the army, but you can now get out there. You can hire a bike out there as there are no cars allowed.

Have fun.....ask more Q's if you need.
Brett

Hi Richard,
You wont see us on the water, cos we are off to WA on the 5th!!

Me personally, I'd bring the Supercross as well, just because you may not get enough wind for your waveboard.

I've never heard of anyone sailing Quarantines. Though there are some hard core wave sailors down there. If anyone John Jacobs would have. You are right that it probably would work in a SW....problem is getting out to it. I'll ask around.

seeya
Brett

PS. How long is the drive to Sandy Point?

Agree with MikeyS's comments.

Sandy Point is known for its flat water speed sailing, but many of us believe its the best wavesailing spot in Victoria....mainly because it often gets wind & waves. Easterlies at Sandy Point are great....cross off, grovel out but great down the line wave sailing.

Our windy times are winter and spring. Summer is usually northerlies or sea breezes with the occasional southerly buster. I guess you can tell by the fact that all the Victorians are off to WA that this isnt our windy time of year!

Having said that I sailed my 79 litre waveboard and 5 meter sail 3 times over the Xmas break....

Mornington Peninsula is a great area to holiday....and hopefully you'll get some good waves and wind.

Let us know how you go.
Brett

Easterly......um??
Best place is Sandy Point but as we said, thats 2 hours drive from Portsea.

I've never sailed an Easterly on the Peninsula. If you want to sail the bay, it'll be will be offshore and gusty. If it was really strong Easterly you could probably sail Blairgourie....really just get yourself as far around toward Point Nepean as possible, so its more cross shore.

Otherwise go into Westernport bay. You could sail at the Pines in Shoreham but rather than sailing the reef on the right, sail the reef on the left. I've never sailed it, but I've surfed it, its quite good little left hander. Cant remember its name.

You could also go out at Gunnamatta, but only if you are really experienced and its not big. I wouldnt though.

But if you do have the time......Easterlies nearly always blow harder at Sandy Point. Go into town, pull up opposite the shops, walk across the main path and sail upwaind from there. It'll be cross off shore. Its an open beach break, gentle waves and lots of fun.

If you wanted to be really adventurous.....catch the ferry across to Queenscliffe, drive 5 minutes to Point Lonsdale, take the long walk out past the Surf Life Saving club and sail there. I havent done it for 7 or 8 years but its a great spot in an easterly. As you sail in you look in thru the heads toward Portsea. There are some big reefs there, but the water is usually really clear so you can see where they are.

Or of course, catch the plane to WA !!
have fun
Brett