Monday 18 February 2013

A super sunny Spring weekend ...

The advanced sea kayaking weekend, called Perform was back and so was some super sunny blue sky weather.  Zoe, Gary and Andy were on for the weekend and we were soon sat down planning the day and having a coffee.

Rhoscolyn was the original plan for some swell, wind and current.  But with a F4/5 S/SW forecast I wasn't sure it would really work and particularly for the first day. We headed for Porth Dafach, to have a good look before committing to our original plan and we were pleased we did.  It certainly was the forecast and a good  2 ft of surf in the bay and confused water.  We headed North for Cemais Bay



Zoe on the left and Andy working in the flow off Middle Mouse ... and Gary below ...



We paddled on to the brick works had the best sunny lunch shot of the year so far and then worked our way back into the bay of Hells Mouth, to catch the beginning of the early ebb and some lovely gentle and playful current ...


The weather was so lovely that another paddle out to Middle Mouse, just had to be done, before heading back into the sunshine and Cemais Bay.


Forecasts were mainly saying F3/4 S/SE, although one was still F4/5 and we were keen for some surf and swell.  A journey back to Porth Dafach, had to be done, to see if Rhoscolyn could work or we would pick to working between the bays.  

There was a good ground swell running and a mix of 2-3ft surf was channelling into the bay... but the wind was F2.  We decided to get on and work our way to Trearddur Bay and then back.



Zoe and Gary ... I was trying to capture the rise and fall of the swell,  which is all ways difficult, but an impression can be gained form this shot, above.


We stopped at at Porth Gain for early lunch and to soak up some sunshine ... before heading into Trearddur Bay to see if there was any surf ....


Andy above ... and then two of Gary and Zoe on the last couple ...






There was some good mixed surf and good runs in and I found my self saying just another 10 minutes and then another 10 mins would be OK...

We headed back to Porth Dafach, with a gentle breeze on our back's and at the entrance of the bay, I briefly parked the group close to a buoy as I paddled in to watch the surf.  Rather than settle down it had increased in size with an occasional HUGE bank of swell pushing through.  Thankfully this just had a very gentle curling top ...

We were soon at the beach and on for more surfing ... what a weekend as we packed the van and drove back to Menai Bridge and a real feeling of Spring.

Roger

roger chandler
www.coastalspirit.com

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