There are others here better qualified to reply (Keef???) But Palm Beach should be good for a southerly, but in a NorEaster, go just around the corner to the boat ramp - it's an awesome spot!

Thanks guys - pretty excited to head down there. Hope the weather is good

I just returned from my first un-fun windsurfing experience off the boat ramp round the corner from palm beach.

I learnt the following:
- shifting to a board that you are unfamiliar with (mines in for repairs) in a location you are unfamiliar with might not be the best combination.
- a freeride thin board is a little more unstable than im used to in choppy conditions (my normal board is a wide formula board). Deciding it might be time to try a less buoyant board at the same time doesn't help either.
- If you get the boom height "just right" and have a board with small fins (like the one im currently hiring from ws&s) it is not too hard to have your harness lines get caught on fins under the board stopping you from getting the sail and boom free
- if you get blown off and happen to get trapped in between the board and the sail with your head underwater andwith the above harness line issue it makes for a very scary experience.

Basically i sailed out across the basin, got blown off by a shift in the wind from n'e to s'e, got trapped under water for half a minute, nearly drowned, struggled to uphaul for about 10 mins Because the lack of buoyancy kept the board sinking on uphaul. Finally got back to shore 50m downwind from where I launched and collapsed in a heap.

2 weeks ago I was loving life burning around in a harness. Today I felt completely defeated....

John williams reserve is full of weed now.. most people sail off Moona Moona creek in jervis bay ... great spot!! NE or S .. the basin is only good for winter westerly's off paradise beach i reckon ..