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Victoria (Australia) Surfski

Mentone - Frankston

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Safety

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. Local Clubs are a good place to start learning.
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Locales

Bass Strait

335 km (Port Albert, VIC to Little Mussleroe Bay, TAS). You can choose a good weather window for smooth paddling, but the Strait can get very rough in strong weather.

Inverloch

  • Bunurong - Inverloch? 12.5 km video (exact start and end not clear from video? We're guessing this is going by the Bunurong Marine Park, with tiers of shore break to negotiate getting out and also coming in. This is possibly pretty much the same route as the Cape Patterson to Inverloch video shows below with a slightly more distant take out?)
  • Cape Paterson - Inverloch 11 km video, video2, extra spicy downwinder 1/2024
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Melbourne Area

Downwind/Paddles

  • Barwon River video
  • Port Phillip Bay
    • Blairgowrie Beach - Safety Beach 18.5 km video
    • Campbells Cove - Sandringham Harbour Beach 27 km video
    • Carrum to Brighton (SE) 25 km video, Downwindfun
    • Clifton Springs/Drysdale - Portarlington 10-11 km video
    • Indented Head to Queenscliff ~18 km video
    • Mentone - Frankston 18 km video
    • Notto Run - Mornington to Patterson Lakes 19 km
    • Point Henry (Geelong)
    • Queenscliff - St. Leornard's ~14 km video
    • Sandridge Beach
      • Sandridge Beach - Sandringham ~14 km video
      • Sandridge Beach - Black Rock Beach ~18 km video (NNW wind). video
      • Werribee South to Sandridge Beach ~24 km video
    • Sandringham - Safety Beach 41 km video
    • Williamstown - St. Kilda Beach 7 - 8 km video
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Indented Head to Queenscliff

  • Torquay
    • Point Addis -Torquay approx 12 km video
    • Urquhart's Bluff - Torquay approx 22 km video (course of annual “Great Ocean Paddle” race)
    • Torquay - Barwon Heads - approx. 16 km
    • Point Roadknight - Torquay 18 km dolphins
  • Venus Bay - Cape Paterson 15 km 1 hr video, video2

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Coaches/Lessons/Dealers/Rentals

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Clubs

Generally an outstanding source of expertise, lessons, and equipment in Australia

Races

Resources

Cape Paterson - Inverloch