Tom, I suspect a tide book would be a good resource for planning your next between-jetties excursion. Sounds like you were on a bar during the ebb current. That usually causes rougher seas and steepens the swells/breakers. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR -- From: "TomL" <tletourn_at_maine.rr.com> > [snip] Anyway, I often > paddle out between two long jetties, and mostly don't really know what the > seas will be like until I get beyond the ends of them. This time, I found > myself diving up and over 7 foot steep swells, close trains with some other > mixed currents. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Aug 01 2004 - 19:22:26 PDT
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