Shade Australia: Leaders in supply of Shade Sail, Shade sails and Shade cloths

Here you will find our range of high quality custom-made and standard sized shade sails.  Our Frontier Shadesails are custom made to your exact specifications using the latest technology in shadesail design and maufuacture.  Our Sundance shadesails are are range of professional quality shades available in a range of standard sizes.

If you can’t see what your looking for and just want to talk to someone about your project, give us a call.  Its Free, just call 1800 155 233  Of course you can also email as well.

More about Shade sails...

Shade sails, also known as shade cloth sails, shade cloths, or even tension membranes are made from high quality shade cloth fabric which is tensioned between a number of points (usually 3 or 4) to create a shade covering. 

Shade sails designed to shade people usually have a UV block of 94% or greater.  Although they do provide some protection against rain, shade sails are not waterproof.  It is possible to have waterproof shade sails made however, they are considerably more expensive and due to a range of factors, it is not recommended that they be done as DIY projects but rather, should be professionally fitted.

The most widely used method of installing professional quality shadesails is to install the posts or attachments points first (always ensuring they are structurally adequate to support the shade sail) and then taking the exact measurements from attachment-point-to-attachment-point and having the shade sail custom made to fit. 

The shade sail is tensioned to create the finished job.  The tension of a shade sail is taken up not by the cloth itself but by cables sewn into the hems of the fabric.  This gives the sail great strength.  Shade sails are made with curved edges called "cutinary edges". The reason for this is that as the sail is tensioned, the cable in the hem becomes tighter and tighter and tries to pull the curved edge out straight.  This pulls any "belly" out from the sail with stops the sail from sagging or flapping. 

Shade sails need to be correctly tensioned otherwise they will flap and the fabric will quickly fatigue. 

Once tensioned into position a shadesail should continue to do its job for many years to come providing high quality shade to the people who use it.