About This Spot
Fourmile Beach, Australia is one of the world's premier wind-sports destinations, located in Australia.
Situated in Australia, the spot offers Shallow and Flat and Chop and Small waves and Medium waves water conditions, making it ideal for beginners and experienced riders alike.
With SE winds, peaking from May to October, Fourmile Beach, Australia delivers the kind of sessions that keep riders coming back year after year.
Why Riders Love It
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.
When to Go
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.
What to Expect
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.
Wind & Conditions
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Best wind direction
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.
Best Months
Water Conditions
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.
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Facilities & Access
📍 Getting There
🚶Short walk to the beach
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).
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