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Townsville Kiteboarding Locations - Pallarenda
Riding Information and safety tips
Pallarenda is the main riding location for the Townsville crew, and on a busy day there can be more than 20 kites out here. The beach is wide and sandy, and at the lower tides there is a wide sand flat that you need to walk out over before launching. The beach runs approximately north-south, and curves away to the SE back towards Townsville.
Park vehicles and pump up kites in the grassed area near the car park, and then walk down to the sandy beach to rig and launch.
DO NOT FLY KITES BETWEEN THE CAR PARK AND THE BEACH! There are power lines running parallel with the road, and several kites have already ended up in the lines, creating bad vibes between kiters and the council, local residents, police, fire brigade etc.
Several instructors conduct lessons to the north of the main launch spot, and beginners also use this area, so try and stay out of this zone near the beach. Don't kite into the small creek mouth as this is very close to the power lines.
Respect the locals and the visitors - families with kids, dog walkers, and potentially dazed tourists use the beach and may not know about the dangers associated with power kites.
E to ENE'ly in the afternoon (2pm-dark) is the main wind direction, cross onshore port tack and usually about 17-18 knots with gusts into the low 20's. Click here for the local waters forecast. In a strong wind warning expect winds 20-25 knots with some higher gusts. Sustained winds over 30 knots are rare. The spot has some nice flat water when the tide just covers the sand flat (about 1.4m) - click here for tide predictions.
The Townsville airport (2km away) weather site updates every 30min and is a good guide to the wind strengths at the beach.
Easterly is straight onshore - use caution on launching and landing, and kite upwind out beyond the shore break before attempting any jumps.
There are toilets and freshwater at the car park, and a small convenience store is along the Pallarenda main street.
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