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Best for waves
5 places in Australia have at least one spot with waves: Perth, Gold Coast, Exmouth, Bar Beach and Perth - Lancelin. Between them, 6 wave spots and 13 kite schools.
Ordered by how many spots each place holds.
PerthGold CoastExmouthBar BeachPerth - LancelinEverything Australia doesWaves nearbyAlso in Australia
5 places, largest first
1 of its 3 spots is marked for waves
Modelled share of windy days by month: Jan 87%, Feb 89%, Mar 66%, Apr 38%, Jul 50%, Sep 53%, Oct 63%, Nov 65%, Dec 65%. No figure for May, Jun, Aug. In season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.
also flat wateralso beginnersalso waves and flat
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2 of its 2 spots are marked for waves
Modelled share of windy days by month: Jan 40%, Feb 32%, Mar 29%, Apr 30%, Sep 23%, Oct 45%, Nov 15%, Dec 19%. No figure for May, Jun, Jul, Aug. In season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.
also flat wateralso beginnersalso foilingalso waves and flat
Photo by Gaz, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
1 of its 2 spots is marked for waves
No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec. In season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.
also flat wateralso waves and flat
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1 of its 1 spot is marked for waves
No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.
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1 of its 1 spot is marked for waves
No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec. In season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Oct, Nov, Dec.
Photo by Calistemon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
the figure in a cell is how many of that place's spots qualify; waves is the column you are on
| Place | Flat water | Waves | Beginners | Foiling | Waves and flat | Schools |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perth | 2 | 1 | 1 | none | 3 | 6 |
| Gold Coast | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Melbourne | 1 | none | 1 | 2 | none | 4 |
| Exmouth | 2 | 1 | none | none | 2 | 1 |
| Perth - Safety Bay | 1 | none | none | none | none | 1 |
| Bar Beach | none | 1 | none | none | none | none |
| Inverloch (Andersons Inlet) | 1 | none | none | none | none | none |
| Perth - Lancelin | none | 1 | none | none | none | none |
| Rye Beach | 1 | none | none | none | none | none |
| Shallow Inlet | 1 | none | none | none | none | none |
| Silver Beach | none | none | none | 1 | none | none |
| Tannum Sands Beach | none | none | none | 1 | none | none |
A cell reading none in one of the five facet columns is a rule no spot at that place matches; in the Schools column it is a place with no school on file. A figure links to that facet's page for Australia where there is one - 5 of the five clear the three-place gate here - except in the column you are already on, and the Schools figures, which are counts rather than facets.
Waves nearby
IndonesiaNew CaledoniaNew ZealandPhilippinesFiji
The closest countries with a page for the same kind of riding, centre to centre: Indonesia 3,078 km, New Caledonia 3,238 km, New Zealand 3,970 km, Philippines 4,405 km, Fiji 4,607 km.
A place is here when at least one of its spots describes waves, surf, swell or a beach break in its water, or is tagged for wave riding, surf or strapless. Spots whose only wave mention is "small waves" do not count. A country needs three such places before it gets a page of its own.