Best time to kitesurf Redcliffe – Queens Beach North
The best time to kitesurf at Redcliffe – Queens Beach North is January–February, October–December, the well-known local wind season, with water around 26°C.
Scarborough, Queensland (Moreton Bay), Australia
Sports: Kitesurfing, Wingfoiling, Windsurfing, Parawing
Best time to go: January–February, October–December
Queens Beach North is the northern end of Queens Beach in Scarborough, on the Redcliffe Peninsula in Moreton Bay, about 35 km north of Brisbane's city centre. Local riders call it the place to foil in Brisbane: you park almost at the water's edge, set up on the grass behind a sandy beach, and the water is deep enough to foil a few metres out on any tide. There are toilets by the car park.
Almost any wind direction can be ridden somewhere on the peninsula, but the usual summer winds here are north-easterly and south-easterly; the south end of the beach has a little shelter in a south-easterly on a mid to lower tide. No islands block the bay to the east, so when the wind is up it builds a rolling swell of about 2 to 3 feet, with faces up to 4 feet in a strong southerly, and there is no shore break. This makes it good for downwind foiling, and many parawingers and foilers do runs along the front. South-easterlies are common in autumn, winds are often very light from about May until the westerlies of late winter, and north-easterly sea breezes return from September. The weather station at the end of Redcliffe Jetty usually reads a few knots more than you get at the beach.
It is mainly a wing and foil spot for intermediate and experienced riders. Kiters find it a tricky place to launch and land, especially at a very high tide, when the beach is narrow. Rocky outcrops show along the peninsula at lower tides; at Queens Beach South, just to the south, don't go north past the apartment block, where the rocks start. Expect chop and swell rather than flat water, and keep clear of swimmers. The water is about 18 °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 Redcliffe – Queens Beach North
- January: windy season (local thermal wind), waves 0.7 m, water 28°C, air 28°C (nights 21°C), 27 sunny days, 19 rainy days
- February: windy season (local thermal wind), waves 0.6 m, water 27°C, air 28°C (nights 21°C), 24 sunny days, 17 rainy days
- March: windy season (local thermal wind), waves 0.6 m, water 26°C, air 27°C (nights 21°C), 25 sunny days, 20 rainy days
- April: windy season (local thermal wind), waves 0.9 m, water 24°C, air 25°C (nights 18°C), 28 sunny days, 14 rainy days
- May: outside the windy season, waves 1.2 m, water 21°C, air 23°C (nights 15°C), 26 sunny days, 14 rainy days
- June: outside the windy season, waves 1.4 m, water 18°C, air 21°C (nights 11°C), 27 sunny days, 7 rainy days
- July: outside the windy season, waves 1.6 m, water 17°C, air 21°C (nights 11°C), 27 sunny days, 8 rainy days
- August: outside the windy season, waves 1.6 m, water 18°C, air 22°C (nights 12°C), 28 sunny days, 8 rainy days
- September: windy season (local thermal wind), waves 1.4 m, water 21°C, air 24°C (nights 14°C), 28 sunny days, 7 rainy days
- October: windy season (local thermal wind), waves 1.1 m, water 23°C, air 26°C (nights 17°C), 27 sunny days, 13 rainy days
- November: windy season (local thermal wind), waves 0.9 m, water 26°C, air 27°C (nights 19°C), 26 sunny days, 16 rainy days
- December: windy season (local thermal wind), waves 0.8 m, water 28°C, air 28°C (nights 20°C), 28 sunny days, 16 rainy days
Kitesurfing in Australia: January, February, October, November, December
When is the best time to go kitesurfing, wingfoiling, windsurfing & parawing at Redcliffe – Queens Beach North?
January–February, October–December, the well-known local wind season (weather models underestimate the local winds here).
How warm is the water at Redcliffe – Queens Beach North?
17°C to 28°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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