Hi everybody! Last wednesday I was out paddling by myself. It was a bit windy and some waves (about 2 feet tall, 3 feet length). I had the wind in from the stern, or just about, and was enjoying the surf. Then as I paddled closer to the shore ( a steep cliff) I experienced the first odd thing, I have previously only read about it. First the wind, which should have been blowing parallell to the cliff-face suddenly seemed to blow from both the side and the rear, and also the waves was sort of reflectet from the shore, and I was suddenly in rather chaotic waters with waves comming from "everywhere". I was a bit shaken up, but since I was close to my turning point, which is a small bay right inside a small sound, I paddled on and rode it out, expecting the waters to be calm and quiet on the other side of the sound. I was wrong. As son as I paddled through the sound, the wind hit me full in the face! The sound is about 10 m. long and steep on both shoresides. I turned my head to look at the waves comming from behind, and saw that they were still comming from the earlier direction, with no signs of letting up. I did a horizontal 180, and headed out of the sound again, and still had the wind right in the face. What happened here. Can anyone explain how the wind can blow from two opposite directions at once,parted by a 10 m. sound? Regards Ole *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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