Cloudbase Paragliding

From Crackneck Lookout above Bateau Bay, the coastline runs south past Wyrrabalong National Park's forested headland, with Forresters Beach and the Pacific stretched out below — a reliable enough site that a paragliding school has flown tandem passengers off it for years. Cloudbase's instructors, led by SAFA Chief Flight Instructor Mark Rossi, fly the coastal cliff lift that builds when onshore winds hit the escarpment, giving tandem flights around 30 minutes of soaring rather than a straight sled ride down. Passengers can take the brakes and steer under supervision partway through. The school runs licence courses alongside the tandem flights and, like most Central Coast operators, sits out the drier westerly winds of late autumn and winter — flights pause from around mid-May and resume in October when onshore sea breezes return. Booking is direct through the operator, with flights weather-dependent even in season. It's a walkable launch from the car park, making it one of the more accessible tandem flights on the NSW coast.