I'm trying to put together a plan to paddle around Cape Flattery and would appreciate some help with the logistics. I'd like to do a one way paddle from Neah Bay to Mukkaw Bay I'm not familiar with the area and would like to know where the best put in is and if it's possible to do a pull out and hitch hike or walk back to the put in to pick up vehicles. Where's the best put in? Is it wise to leave a boat on Mukkaw Bay beach? I could call a taxi if such a thing exist in Neah Bay for the return trip. My present chart, I'll get a new one in Port Angeles, is a (1932)1:158,000 chart of the entire Juan De Fuca Strait and shows almost no detail of the cape. Is it possible to land at Warmhouse Beach? The only other two features on the chart are, 'Hole in the Wall,' and two adjacent waterfalls NW of Waatch Point. This charts so old I would not be surprised if the Hole has fallen and the water dried up. If there is anyone on line that knows the area well please contact me back channel or if anyone can recommend a guide book which details the paddle route please let me know. I'm only planning on doing this trip if the weather is favorable. Thanks Gordin Warner *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
In a message dated 7/6/2004 5:34:27 PM Pacific Daylight Time, gwarner2_at_shaw.ca writes: > I'm trying to put together a plan to paddle around Cape Flattery and would > appreciate some help with the logistics. I'd like to do a one way paddle > from Neah Bay to Mukkaw Bay > > I'm not familiar with the area and would like to know where the best put in > is and if it's possible to do a pull out and hitch hike or walk back to the > put in to pick up vehicles. Where's the best put in? Is it wise to leave > a boat on Mukkaw Bay beach? I could call a taxi if such a thing exist in > Neah Bay for the return trip. If you choose to launch at Neah Bay there is a public beach next to the Makah Cafe and adjacent to Waadah Island. We buy the annual $7.50 Makah Rez Rec pass at Washburne's General Store across the street. We park there, too. I think the northern approach is a good one in westerlies or southwesterlies, as there are numerous features to offer some protection. > > My present chart, I'll get a new one in Port Angeles, is a (1932)1:158,000 > chart of the entire Juan De Fuca Strait and shows almost no detail of the > cape. Is it possible to land at Warmhouse Beach? Yes, but not in a blow. > The only other two > features on the chart are, 'Hole in the Wall,' and two adjacent waterfalls > NW of Waatch Point. We landed at hole in the wall for lunch. In big seas I can see how hard it would be but it was as easy as riding a 1 foot swell once past the turbulence of Hole in the Wall's center. I think someone on PW wrote about camping on Waatch point, wasn't me, but it is landable, just depends on when, is the question. This charts so old I would not be surprised if the > > Hole has fallen and the water dried up. It's still there. > > If there is anyone on line that knows the area well please contact me back > channel or if anyone can recommend a guide book which details the paddle > route please let me know. I'm only planning on doing this trip if the > weather is favorable. If the weather is favorable it is absolutely stunning. Now, here are some cautionary issues. The ebb dumps out of Juan De Fuca and is usually a lot longer than the flood. Captain Jacks is the tidal almanac of choice amongst many paddlers over here and will detail this. Currents between Flattery and Tatoosh Island can hit a few knots so you will see a very respectable race develop here. It is a continuous whitewater run and will get your ticker going. The caves along the shore are fantastic, but so are the usual risks of caving, too. In reality there are really only 2 pullouts along Cape Flattery: Neah Bay and Makah Bay. The rest is very committing. In good summer weather with moderate seas you will definately find pullouts. When it is lousy you will find difficulties. In big seas Makah Bay can get fenced in by huge offshore breakers. My last trip we had to poke our way in through the south end and dodge boomers for an hour as it was pretty dicey on the north end. (Swells were 8 foot westerlies and winds calm.) The bay can get shut out quickly. Hobuck Beach is at the north end of Makah Bay and is usually fine for leaving stuff while you jog the 3.5 miles to town and pick up your vehicle. It is a good place to camp, too. Lots of paddlers and surfers. If you want a really great camping experience Shi Shi beach to the south is great as well as the mouth of the Ozette river in Olympic National park. You need a permit which is easily obtainable in Port Angeles. (Just follow the signs to the Park HQ.) Conditions are key here as well. > > Thanks > Happy to help out. If any thing else comes to mind ask away. Rob G *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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