Australia — The Entrance (New South Wales)06h · 2 kt
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Min. level
Beginner
Optimal wind
14-32 kts
Season
March to November
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Discover the spot
The spot
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On the Central Coast, between Sydney and Newcastle, Tuggerah Lake offers a large, flat, shallow body of water sheltered from the ocean. Ridden from its eastern shore, it's one of the region's most accessible spots for learning and progressing on flat water — as long as you read the wind direction well.
The Entrance is the easy water par excellence: a large, flat, warm lake at the heart of a family seaside town on the Central Coast, where you learn without the pressure of waves or currents. The water is low over wide stretches, the bottom sandy and grassy, and you always walk back. It's a drama-free spot, where you come to stack tacks and nail your first moves, among the pelicans and the jetties. Its only demand fits in one sentence: pick the right wind, the one off the lake — the rest takes care of itself.
Who & when
Level and best time
Who it's for
A good spot to learn and progress: the lake water is flat, shallow and waveless, which is reassuring. You mostly ride from the eastern shore (Picnic Point / Long Jetty area). The thing to watch is the wind direction: you want a wind blowing off the lake toward you (westerly sector), otherwise you end up pushed toward the road and its obstacles (see safety). Schools operate on the Central Coast.
source : wind-hounds.com ↗Best time
The good wind here comes from the west through south-west and north-west: it blows off the lake toward the eastern shore where you stand, brings you back, and smooths the shallow water. These are mostly frontal winds, more common outside high summer. The summer thermal breeze comes from the north-east, but it's a trap here (it pushes you toward the road — see safety). The lake being closed, the tide is negligible.
source : wind-hounds.com ↗On site
Arrival guide
Access & water
The Entrance is on the Central Coast, about an hour and a half north of Sydney. The kite spot is Tuggerah Lake, a large shallow lagoon (a few metres deep on average, seagrass), ridden from the eastern shore (Picnic Point / Long Jetty). It's not the ocean beach, behind the peninsula to the east. The town is also known for its pelicans, fed daily by the channel.
source : wind-hounds.com ↗Before you go
Safety
Wrong-side wind: road & power lines
The spot's trap is wind from the wrong side. Since you ride from the eastern shore with the lake to the west, a wind from the east sector (north-east to south-east, summer thermal included) blows at your back, out across the lake, and pushes you on landing toward the road, its power lines and the playgrounds — that's the number-one danger, especially on launch. Only ride in a wind coming off the lake (westerly sector), which brings you back to shore. The water is shallow and grassy: booties help, and mind the shallows.
source : wind-hounds.com ↗Community
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