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| Experiment Bight to Lowrie Bay: 11.4 nautical miles |
I awoke to a chilly morning. I was
able to start later than what I have been and I enjoyed the lie in.
The ocen didn't look as benign as I was hoping but it wasn't bad
either. I packed up and was on the water at 9:35 am, only ten minutes
before slack tide at Cape Scott.
Today, I was wearing my helmet because
of the launch through the surf. Yesterday, I had watched and seen
where the tide rip flowed out and away from the beach and I launched
there. I plowed through a few small waves and then a bigger one and
I was out to sea, riding the tide rip like a conveyor belt.
At Cape Scott, it didn't look bad but I
knew I was unable to see all of it. I stayed well off shore but when
I got there it was huge! Four meter swell going this way and that
like a giant sloshing around water in a bucket. I forged ahead and
before too long I had made it around. It wasn't calm seas on the far
side but it was certainly less intense.
I tried to get a picture of the Cape
Scott Lighthouse but it was obscured by the trees. I had a good view
of Guise and Hanson Bays. The latter was very nice looking in the
sunshine that was just beginning to break through.
I attempted to paddle in and see Hanson
Lagoon but with the falling tide there was a current flowing out and
also a strong wind blowing against me. I stopped at the entrance and
took a few pictures, then it was on to Lowrie Bay. I passed a
Humpback Whale on my way there. Lowrie Bay is awesome in the sun and
I enjoyed relaxing there all afternoon.
Observation: I waded in the water and
saw two schools of fish; herring and rockfish. The rockfish stayed
safely in the seaweed. I tried to herd the herring by walking around
them but they evaded me.
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