The swell in Fleet Bay was much bigger than a force 5 wind would suggest.
I decided to paddle out to the mouth of the bay and go round the Garvellan rocks at its entrance.
As the spring ebb tide was assisting me, I made good progress, despite the head wind. There is a good little tide race off the Garvellan rocks and in the wind against tide conditions I found the it quite exciting. The low brace proved to be most useful.
The evening sky turned blood red as the sun sank below the western horizon.
18/10/2008
The red sky had not foretold a fine day. The wind was averaging 34 knots and gusting to 55 knots. Not a day for sea kayaking but ideal for windsurfing! At least I now knew where the previous day's swell had come from! This photo shows the flood tide. Later on when the spring ebb started the swell steepened up in a most satisfactory way!
Sadly that was our last weekend on the Solway until next spring.
19/10/2008
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