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Ride Safety Bay, Perth, keep it open

A shallow bay on Perth's southern coast, where the afternoon sea breeze arrives almost every summer day. Schools teach on its waist-deep sandbar; experienced riders take the flat Pond behind it.

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Everything you need to know about Safety Bay, Perth

Live conditions

Why riders love it

What brings people here, from the people who manage it and the people who ride it.

  • The sea breeze blows from the southwest to southeast, typically around 22 knots and sometimes near 30, from about 2 pm to sunset.
  • December and January have the highest odds of wind, about 82% of days. September, October and March are the shoulder months.
  • The ocean side is flat with small chop and a waist-deep sandbar for learners. The Pond, behind a low dune spit, is very flat and kept for experienced riders.

Sources: The Kite Spot

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Access and rules

Local governments and environmental agencies set the terms. The chapter works with them, not around them.

  • The Pond is designated for experienced riders. Schools and beginners use the ocean side.
  • Seabreeze has reported council-led meetings with riders on managing growing kite and windsurf numbers in the Pond, with the WA Kitesurfing Association giving feedback and final proposals going to the state's marine safety agency.

Sources: The Kite Spot; Seabreeze

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Kites over the shallow water at Safety Bay

Ecology and habitat

Protected lagoons, wetlands and the species that depend on them. Stewardship days keep launches clean inside the protected zones.

  • The bay lies inside Shoalwater Islands Marine Park, established in 1990 and covering about 65 km².
  • Penguin Island, at the centre of the park, is a separate conservation park and home to a little penguin colony.

Sources: Wikipedia (Shoalwater Islands Marine Park; Penguin Island)

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Riders spread across Safety Bay

Good to know

Location, facilities and history.

  • Safety Bay is a coastal suburb in the City of Rockingham, about 50 km south of Perth's CBD and roughly 45 minutes by car via the Kwinana Freeway.
  • Riders use the sandbar and the Pond at Safety Bay and the adjoining beach at Shoalwater.
  • Water runs about 19–23°C. Most riders skip the wetsuit but wear a long-sleeve rash vest for sun.
  • There are no meaningful tides, so sessions follow the wind, not the water. Obey beach closures and shark warnings.

Sources: The Kite Spot; Wikipedia (Safety Bay, Western Australia)

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Looking west across Safety Bay from the boat ramp

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Safety Bay, Perth

The summer sea breeze runs a consistent 22 knots from about 2 pm to sunset.

Source: The Kite Spot

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Safety Bay, Perth

December and January see wind on 82% of days .

Source: The Kite Spot

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Safety Bay, Perth

A waist-deep sandbar lets learners walk back upwind. No tides to plan around.

Source: The Kite Spot

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Why Safety Bay, Perth needs a chapter

Kitesurfers in the sea breeze at Safety Bay
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Through the Perth summer the sea breeze switches on in the early afternoon and blows until sunset. At Safety Bay it pours across a waist-deep sandbar and a flat lagoon known as the Pond, and the water fills with kites and sails.

29riders call this home
1local schools teach on this water
Kite, Wingdisciplines riding here

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That ease is also the pressure. Numbers in the Pond have grown to the point where the council has held meetings with riders about how to manage it, and the whole bay sits inside a marine park beside Penguin Island.

29riders call this home
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Kite, Wingdisciplines riding here

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A chapter gives Safety Bay riders one organized voice in those talks: clear zones that riders help write, beginners on the right side of the sandbar, and a group the City of Rockingham and marine park managers can call.

29riders call this home
1local schools teach on this water
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The riders, schools and crew of Safety Bay, Perth

Riders from Safety Bay, Shoalwater, Rockingham, Waikiki, Warnbro, Port Kennedy, Baldivis, Kwinana, Mandurah, Fremantle, Perth and the schools that teach them.

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WWA SurfLocal school teaching on this waterWWSThe chapterHolds the line on access: one standing voice with whoever manages the launch.WWSThe chapterRuns stewardship days, so the people who manage the beach see riders as an asset.WWSThe chapterRuns sponsored certification weekends, so riders are trained and self-policing.WWA SurfLocal school teaching on this waterWWSThe chapterHolds the line on access: one standing voice with whoever manages the launch.WWSThe chapterRuns stewardship days, so the people who manage the beach see riders as an asset.WWSThe chapterRuns sponsored certification weekends, so riders are trained and self-policing.
Karla CautivoLevel 4X, PerthAmbra CannistraroLevel 3M, PerthMichael CummingLevel 4Y, PerthMark HaningLevel 3L, PerthUrsula EschenburgLevel 3J, ShoalwaterFelipe EspinosaLevel 4Q, PerthGraeme WingLevel 3K, PerthKerstin Bartsch BartschLevel 3K, PerthJason XiaoLevel 3J, PerthHaruki Hattori HattoriLevel 3K, Port KennedyPaul CrispinLevel 3K, RockinghamJennifer Aitken AitkenLevel 3J, PerthDDenver YoungAssistant, PerthKKirsten MacAdieLevel 2H, PerthBBrian Newcomb NewcombLevel 4W, PerthEElla GiudiceLevel 4V, PerthCCaitlin O'Connor-VethLevel 3L, PerthNNoah CrispinLevel 3L, RockinghamOOlivia SoderbergLevel 3K, PerthBBruno Brunetti FrontiniLevel 3L, PerthDDaryl FraserLevel 3L, PerthSShannon WheelerLevel 2I, PerthRRoger PerkinsLevel 2I, PERTHJJames FowlerLevel 2I, PerthDDimitrii MusiiakoLevel 3L, PerthMMatt BrookesLevel 3J, FremantleHHanif GhaniLevel 2I, PerthBBrad WoodLevel 2H, PerthBBrennan YorstonCertified rider, PerthKarla CautivoLevel 4X, PerthAmbra CannistraroLevel 3M, PerthMichael CummingLevel 4Y, PerthMark HaningLevel 3L, PerthUrsula EschenburgLevel 3J, ShoalwaterFelipe EspinosaLevel 4Q, PerthGraeme WingLevel 3K, PerthKerstin Bartsch BartschLevel 3K, PerthJason XiaoLevel 3J, PerthHaruki Hattori HattoriLevel 3K, Port KennedyPaul CrispinLevel 3K, RockinghamJennifer Aitken AitkenLevel 3J, PerthDDenver YoungAssistant, PerthKKirsten MacAdieLevel 2H, PerthBBrian Newcomb NewcombLevel 4W, PerthEElla GiudiceLevel 4V, PerthCCaitlin O'Connor-VethLevel 3L, PerthNNoah CrispinLevel 3L, RockinghamOOlivia SoderbergLevel 3K, PerthBBruno Brunetti FrontiniLevel 3L, PerthDDaryl FraserLevel 3L, PerthSShannon WheelerLevel 2I, PerthRRoger PerkinsLevel 2I, PERTHJJames FowlerLevel 2I, PerthDDimitrii MusiiakoLevel 3L, PerthMMatt BrookesLevel 3J, FremantleHHanif GhaniLevel 2I, PerthBBrad WoodLevel 2H, PerthBBrennan YorstonCertified rider, Perth
iSportsKite, WingiWind spotSafety Bay beachiKnow thisSafety Bay, City of Rockingham, about 45 minutes south of Perth.iKnow thisSummer sea breeze around 22 knots most afternoons over flat, waist-deep water.iKnow thisInside Shoalwater Islands Marine Park; the council has met riders over managing the Pond.iSportsKite, WingiWind spotSafety Bay beachiKnow thisSafety Bay, City of Rockingham, about 45 minutes south of Perth.iKnow thisSummer sea breeze around 22 knots most afternoons over flat, waist-deep water.iKnow thisInside Shoalwater Islands Marine Park; the council has met riders over managing the Pond.

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