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Victoria (Australia) Surfski
Mentone - Frankston
- Queensland (Australia) Surfski Cairns, Sunshine Coast, Brisbane, Gold Coast…
- New South Wales (Australia) Surfski Coffs Harbour, Forster Tuncurry, Newcastle, Sydney, Wollongong, Bermagui…
- South Australia Surfski Adelaide,…
- Western Australia Surfski Augusta, Mandurah, Perth, Margaret River…
- Tasmania (Australia) Surfski Hobart…
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.
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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.
- Bass Strait Cancer Challenge 2024 Crossing with Surfskis
- Videos/Media (many have been made)
- Beau Miles 7 episode video playlist (plus a trailer)
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- PaddletheBlue Interview Mark talks about the Bass Strait at around 21:50 in the interview
- Conditions
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?)
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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)
- to Clifton Springs 12 km video
- to Point Richards (Portarlington)16 km West to East run (Corio Bay adjacent to Port Phillip Bay) Surfski video 1Surfski video 2
- Queenscliff - St. Leornard's ~14 km video
- Sandridge Beach
- Sandringham - Safety Beach 41 km video
- Williamstown - St. Kilda Beach 7 - 8 km video
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Indented Head to Queenscliff
- Torquay
- Venus Bay - Cape Paterson 15 km 1 hr video, video2
Surf
- Anglesea
- Apollo Bay
- Cape Paterson Bombora video
- Cat Bay, Phillip Island long point break surf video
- Policemans Point (Sorrento?) video
- Rye Beach (with strong Northerly) video
- Torquay
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Flatwater
- Lake Tyers video
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Videos
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Coaches/Lessons/Dealers/Rentals
General Rental Advice & Online Rental (rental/club use availability is generally much better in Australia than in most countries)
- East Coast Kayaking surfski lessons
- Kayak Shop Sandringham (Melbourne) Epic surfskis, Sales, Lessons, Rentals
- Peak Adventure Epic, Fenn, Stellar, Flow surfskis - Lessons, Training
- WePaddle Tim Altman, Bill Strachan
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Clubs
Generally an outstanding source of expertise, lessons, and equipment in Australia
- Some of the Clubs
- Sandridge Lifesaving Club ocean ski storage, club paddles, training
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Races
Resources
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Cape Paterson - Inverloch
