out and about - 2018
17 June 2018 .............. Swansea tidal wave
The above title is perhaps a bit of wishful thinking - on a rather grey and damp morning, I set out from Mumbles and cycled back round to the Marine Quarter and the barrage - and I was very surprised to see a wave - it would have been pretty close to high tide, and the wave had formed where the still incoming water was flowing over the barrage.
Would it have been surfable - possibly, I don`t know, but in a fairly short boat probably yes.
The trouble is of course that you would be stuck between the barrage itself, and the line of buoys that are there to prevent boats going over the barrage - any kind of loss of control and you are in trouble because you would be washed into the buoys.
Would there be a wave once the water starts flowing outwards over the barrage - maybe, but I don`t know, I am afraid to say that the rain had by now started and I wasn`t going to hang around to find out, and I had a very wet cycle back to Mumbles.
However it is worth further investigation I think, as if the current is flowing outwards, then you could paddle upstream from the open sea, and there wouldn`t be a problem with entrapment.
However I do know that as the outside level drops further down, you get a stopper, so any playtime would be quite short - cormorants love the stopper because it traps the fish.
Whether there would be any kind of access problems because it is a restricted area I don`t know.
Cardiff has a white water course - does Swansea have a useable tidal play wave ?
Do you think there is any chance that some of the Swansea Bay City Deal money could be spent on a play wave site - they built something for the fish - what about a play wave for humans.
Well I can but hope.
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