Fourmile Beach, Australia is a Shallow, Flat, Chop, Small waves and Medium waves spot. It is a kitesurfing spot for riders of Any Level.
Recommended
wind for kitesurfing is
wind coming
from
SE
.
Kitesurfing conditions
do not depend on Tide
on this spot.
There is
Food
available on the spot.
Have fun after the ride: enjoy
Nightlife
close to Fourmile Beach, Australia !
The spot presents a few things you need to be careful about.
Please refer to the
Riding Conditions section
below.
Fourmile Beach, Australia is a Shallow, Flat, Chop, Small waves and Medium waves spot. It is a kitesurfing spot for riders of Any Level.
Recommended
wind for kitesurfing is
wind coming
from
SE
.
Kitesurfing conditions
do not depend on Tide
on this spot.
There is
Food
available on the spot.
Have fun after the ride: enjoy
Nightlife
close to Fourmile Beach, Australia !
The spot presents a few things you need to be careful about.
Please refer to the
Riding Conditions section
below.
How to get there
From the Cairns Airport, head north along the Cook Highway past the Cairns Northern beaches along one of the most beautiful coastal roads in Australia (Yorkeys Knob and Wangetti Beach are 2 other kite beaches you will pass). There are about 40 or so mostly deserted beaches on the drive north. Turn right into Port Douglas where the signs tell you, then take your second right. Pass a gated residential estate and take the next left, which is a short access road to the beach. Coral Coaches do bus journeys from Cairns, but and even better way is to jump on to the Quicksilver Wavepiercers leaving from the Cairns Reef Fleet terminal. For about $12 each way, they'll take you the 70kms from Cairns to Port Douglas. (Departs Cairns @ 8.00am returns to Cairns @ 6pm).
From the Cairns Airport, head north along the Cook Highway past the Cairns Northern beaches along one of the most beautiful coastal roads in Australia (Yorkeys Knob and Wangetti Beach are 2 other kite beaches you will pass). There are about 40 or so mostly deserted beaches on the drive north. Turn right into Port Douglas where the signs tell you, then take your second right. Pass a gated residential estate and take the next left, which is a short access road to the beach. Coral Coaches do bus journeys from Cairns, but and even better way is to jump on to the Quicksilver Wavepiercers leaving from the Cairns Reef Fleet terminal. For about $12 each way, they'll take you the 70kms from Cairns to Port Douglas. (Departs Cairns @ 8.00am returns to Cairns @ 6pm).
You could kite all year round in a pair of speedos. The water temperature never gets below 20°C and can be up to 30°C. Air temp is 25-33°C in summer and 20-25°C in winter. Stinger suits are available, and there is a stinger resistant enclosure for swimmers only.
Recommended
wind for kitesurfing is
wind coming
from
SE
.
There is
Thermal and Trade wind
at Fourmile Beach, Australia.
The wind from the North is onshore at the southern end, but sideshore at the northern end. Best conditions are in Southeasterlies. If you've arrived at the spot, and it all seems calm, don't give up. Sometimes the wind comes up at 3pm for a good couple of hours. Best kiting is in the winter from late April to October when the Southeast trades come through. Avoid the summer months as the winds are light. The light winds make it pretty tricky in summer.
Wind
usually
blows
from SE
on the spot.
The
best moments to come
to Fourmile Beach, Australia are
May, June, July, August, September and October
.
Wind and Weather Conditions
Wind and Weather Conditions
You could kite all year round in a pair of speedos. The water temperature never gets below 20°C and can be up to 30°C. Air temp is 25-33°C in summer and 20-25°C in winter. Stinger suits are available, and there is a stinger resistant enclosure for swimmers only.
Recommended
wind for kitesurfing is
wind coming
from
SE
.
There is
Thermal and Trade wind
at Fourmile Beach, Australia.
The wind from the North is onshore at the southern end, but sideshore at the northern end. Best conditions are in Southeasterlies. If you've arrived at the spot, and it all seems calm, don't give up. Sometimes the wind comes up at 3pm for a good couple of hours. Best kiting is in the winter from late April to October when the Southeast trades come through. Avoid the summer months as the winds are light. The light winds make it pretty tricky in summer.
Wind
usually
blows
from SE
on the spot.
The
best moments to come
to Fourmile Beach, Australia are
May, June, July, August, September and October
.
Beach and Tide Conditions
Kitesurfing conditions
do not depend on Tide
on this spot.
Fourmile Beach, Australia is a
Shallow, Flat, Chop, Small waves and Medium waves spot.
The
launching/landing area
is reported to be of
Medium size.
Fourmile is a stunningly beautiful beach that stretches for four miles in the beautiful township of Port Douglas. Be careful about the tides, at a complete low, you may need to launch, then walk about 50m over a sand bar to access the water. Pack a pair of booties, there's a slight muddy channel in front of the sand bar that is a heaven for small shellfish, so a pair of booties will offer you great comfort at a low tide. There is a BBQ area and sparse toilet/showers so you can kite all day, wash off and take off.
The water at Fourmile is generally flat to choppy. The Great Barrier Reef stops most of the larger ocean swells, so there's no real surf. Low tide reveals a sandbar at the southern end of the beach. Waves get a little larger the further north along the beach you go. Peak season is in winter when the swells generally appear from the Southeast and the wind is a steady 15-25kts. In summer the water is flat and still, with few winds. It is also monsoon season. From November to May, wear a stinger suit as the deadly chironex fleckeri Box Jellyfish is in abundance.
Beach and Tide Conditions
Beach and Tide Conditions
Kitesurfing conditions
do not depend on Tide
on this spot.
Fourmile Beach, Australia is a
Shallow, Flat, Chop, Small waves and Medium waves spot.
The
launching/landing area
is reported to be of
Medium size.
Fourmile is a stunningly beautiful beach that stretches for four miles in the beautiful township of Port Douglas. Be careful about the tides, at a complete low, you may need to launch, then walk about 50m over a sand bar to access the water. Pack a pair of booties, there's a slight muddy channel in front of the sand bar that is a heaven for small shellfish, so a pair of booties will offer you great comfort at a low tide. There is a BBQ area and sparse toilet/showers so you can kite all day, wash off and take off.
The water at Fourmile is generally flat to choppy. The Great Barrier Reef stops most of the larger ocean swells, so there's no real surf. Low tide reveals a sandbar at the southern end of the beach. Waves get a little larger the further north along the beach you go. Peak season is in winter when the swells generally appear from the Southeast and the wind is a steady 15-25kts. In summer the water is flat and still, with few winds. It is also monsoon season. From November to May, wear a stinger suit as the deadly chironex fleckeri Box Jellyfish is in abundance.
Need to know
There is
no beach users
reported here.
When you are on water,
be careful
of
Animals
.
Beach risk reported:
Other
.
There are
riding zones
on the spot, be sure you respect them.
Need to know
Need to know
There is
no beach users
reported here.
When you are on water,
be careful
of
Animals
.
Beach risk reported:
Other
.
There are
riding zones
on the spot, be sure you respect them.
A
parking
is available at Fourmile Beach, Australia.
The spot has
Showers
and
Toilets
facilities.
There is
Food
available on the spot
Launch from the far southern end of the beach - avoid landing too far from that location as some resorts fronting the beach don't take to kiters too kindly. There is a sailing club a few hundred metres north of the launch, downwinders the length of the beach are OK as long as you keep away from swimmers, and land your kite well before the swimming enclosure/beach patrol at the northern end. Keep your kite away from the palm trees on gusty days. Like any location used by a number of different sports, any accidents or attitude from kiters will get the sport banned by a pretty hard core local council. Because it is such a tourist area, and a flagship destination, respect for other beach users is important.
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