[Leica] IMGs: Storm Angus

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Douglas,
IMHO, you need your head examined! :-)
Cheers
Jayanand

On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 4:50 AM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> I try to swim every day in the sea which can be difficult as it gets colder
> and the weather gets rougher. Yesterday, we were in the middle of Storm
> Angus and the spray from the waves when they broke on the rocks were the
> height of a three storey building. I drove over a couple of miles to swim
> in
> a severely tossing sea at Sandycove Point as it has the benefit of a small
> harbour albeit with strong currents.
>
> The wind was north easterly and very very strong, so the Forty Foot
> swimming hole on the northerly side of the Point was far too dangerous as
> it was taking the full onslaught of the sea. Spindrift was being carried
> 150 metres up the road, and there was a Small Craft Warning from the Irish
> Weather Service. I ignored it, as I'm not small, and not particularly
> crafty. Getting in was easy, but getting out was bloody hard, but I
> survived. I bought a camera along, but, as I was in a rush to catch the
> tide and the dying light, I forgot to check it. The battery went flat after
> two quick handheld photos - see below.
>
> Sadly, the swimming streak ended today as I was caught up in other things,
> despite it being a much calmer day. Hopefully, I'll be back in tomorrow,
> but
> we'll see.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/SandycoveDalkey
> /Sandycove_Storm1a.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/SandycoveDalkey
> /Sandycove_Storm2a.jpg.html
>
> Both taken with the little Fuji, and can be seen large.
>
> And if you're wondering, do they not have swimming pools in Ireland? The
> answer is yes, we do, but I love sea swimming as the sense of exhilaration
> can be profound. OK it's cold and I don't bother with a wetsuit, but after
> you get out you feel great. I normally swim in Seapoint just a couple of
> pedal strokes from my driveway and then a quick zip downhill, but it has
> been freezing - 4 degrees celsius - in the water. The way Sandycove Point
> is shaped you can get some sort of
> shelter from the intensity of the wind and waves no matter what direction
> they're coming from. I swam west from the pier on the harbour and back into
> it where I exited as fast as I could, and back into my clothes
>
> Here's a link to it on Google maps, but you have to use a bit of
> imagination as the tide was flat out when the image was taken and there's
> sand showing in the little harbour. The water level rises 4.4 metres
> between low and high tides.
> https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.288939,-6.1144699,233m/data=!3m1!1e3
>
> One thing I have definitely learned is where the rip tide is during stormy
> conditions, and that it's way warmer than Seapoint on very cold days. That
> long
> flat sandy topography at Seapoint DOES chill the water by an extra 4 or 5
> degrees celsius as the tide inches its way in over six hours. Sandycove
> which always
> has plenty of water felt like a bath in comparision. Who'd have thunk it?
>
> Douglas
>
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