Best time to kitesurf Bribie Island – Woorim Beach
The best time to kitesurf at Bribie Island – Woorim Beach is January–February, October–December, the well-known local wind season, with water around 26°C.
Woorim, Queensland (Moreton Bay), Australia
Sports: Kitesurfing, Wingfoiling
Best time to go: January–February, October–December
Woorim Beach is the ocean side of Bribie Island, facing east across the northern entrance of Moreton Bay towards Moreton Island, about 70 km north of Brisbane's city centre. You cross the Bribie Island Bridge from Sandstone Point and drive over the island to Woorim, about an hour from the city. The Bribie Island Surf Life Saving Club patrols the main beach, with parking by the surf club, and the sandy beach runs south towards Skirmish Point and north for many kilometres.
Woorim works in winds from north-east to south-east, the usual sea breezes and south-easterlies of south-east Queensland. Westerlies blow offshore here; on those days local kiters go to the Pumicestone Passage on the island's west side instead. Locals time it with the tide: in a north-easterly the outgoing tide works best and the incoming tide gives little, while in a south-easterly they ride Woorim on the incoming tide. When a swell runs there are uncrowded waves, but on many windy days the sea is a short, messy chop.
This is a spot for experienced riders. The water gets deep quickly, the shore break dumps when the surf is up, and strong currents run along the island, flowing north in southerly winds, so you need enough power and the skill to stay upwind and get back to the beach. There is no flat water here: learners go to Sandgate or Brighton on the mainland. Keep well clear of the patrolled flags and swimmers (local kiters ride downwind of them), and don't kite north into Bribie Island National Park, where rangers have told kiters off. The water is about 19 °C in August and 27 °C in February: a 4/3 in mid-winter, a 3/2 or a shorty in spring and autumn, boardshorts from November to March.
Month by month at Bribie Island – Woorim Beach
- January: windy season (local thermal wind), waves 0.6 m, water 27°C, air 28°C (nights 22°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 27 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 18; a day can have both
- February: windy season (local thermal wind), waves 0.7 m, water 27°C, air 28°C (nights 21°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 24 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 17; a day can have both
- March: windy season (local thermal wind), waves 0.8 m, water 26°C, air 27°C (nights 21°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 26 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 22; a day can have both
- April: windy season (local thermal wind), waves 1 m, water 24°C, air 25°C (nights 18°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 27 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 16; a day can have both
- May: outside the windy season, waves 1.3 m, water 21°C, air 23°C (nights 15°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 26 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 17; a day can have both
- June: outside the windy season, waves 1.5 m, water 19°C, air 21°C (nights 11°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 28 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 7; a day can have both
- July: outside the windy season, waves 1.7 m, water 18°C, air 20°C (nights 11°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 27 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 10; a day can have both
- August: outside the windy season, waves 1.6 m, water 19°C, air 22°C (nights 12°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 28 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 9; a day can have both
- September: windy season (local thermal wind), waves 1.4 m, water 21°C, air 24°C (nights 14°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 28 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 8; a day can have both
- October: windy season (local thermal wind), waves 1.3 m, water 23°C, air 25°C (nights 17°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 28 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 13; a day can have both
- November: windy season (local thermal wind), waves 1 m, water 25°C, air 27°C (nights 19°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 26 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 16; a day can have both
- December: windy season (local thermal wind), waves 0.8 m, water 27°C, air 28°C (nights 20°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 29 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 16; a day can have both
Kitesurfing in Australia: January, February, October, November, December
When is the best time to go kitesurfing & wingfoiling at Bribie Island – Woorim Beach?
January–February, October–December, the well-known local wind season (weather models underestimate the local winds here).
How warm is the water at Bribie Island – Woorim Beach?
18°C to 27°C over the year: boardshorts, no wetsuit needed in the warmest month, a 4/3 full suit in the coolest.
Figures from 5 years of weather data (Open-Meteo).
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