It's a waterway that commands respect for sure. I have crossed this bar more times than I care to count. Always plays up with a large ground swell and and a outgoing tide but I have also had a few large green walls stand up out of nowhere just due to pressure build up. Dragged two guys from the water who's boat went over the falls coming back from Montague Island one day and they were what the majority of capsizes were about there ...... Tourists who didn't have many days left on their holidays, minimum boating skills and just had to get out for one last fish before going home. Rules for this and any other bar are pretty simple really If you don't have the skills or aren't sure .... Don't go out. No fish is worth dying for! Cheers for the upload 🐠👍
The boat that came in with the first set was doing it right. Stay on the back of the wave and keep ahead of the following one. Don't get too high up on the one that you are following and get through the foam into clear water before you throttle back.
easy coming in especially for a local charter. going out on an outgoing tide is more fun and the current in that entrance is nasty and makes pretty big pressure waves. just sit back and wait for the sets to pass then use power to get out and commit, don't muck around.
Nice video mate. Can't believe how big the sets were when it looked so flat. I wish someone would do an instructional video in a 5 - 6m boat, at a bar like that, on how to cross.
yes experience and more experience if you don't know don't go. we went out in my haines 445 ,on the way out just need to sit in before the bar and wait for the sets to come through as the video shows. there will always be a set and then calm so sit back and wait .good idea to go watch from the lookout for at least half hour and avoid going out on outgoing tide. but it is doable in small boats.
Only a problem for those that don't understand the ocean. There will always be a break between sets,unless it's massive , then you shouldn't be out there anyway. Good video of the pristine waters around the far south coast.
You obviously don't understand the ocean because "a brake between set" is not what is happening Here. Professional and recreational fishermen have lost their lives crossing the Wagonga Inlet bar at Narooma.
@@farqsideways5679 your response to my comment shows you don't understand what I'm saying. Bar crossings are all about timing and reading the ocean. You rude c#nt.
Definitely have to pause and stop before entering and exiting such a tight inlet. Good luck navigating that, boaters have to have lots of patience to wait for opportune moment....🤔
jeez thats a very dangerous bar, Im from new zealand and our bars and be shocker but not like that, greymouth bar could be but doesnt change like that.
funny the crowd applauds for boats who enter during these rough times. you would think the local government, owner, state would dredge it often...unless this happens so much and brings tons of sand it can't be maintained?
It is a river mouth and all river mouths develop a sand bar which contributes to the wave height. Dredging will only provide a temporary fix as the bar will always redevelop.
Well not quite true. When crossing bars, especially coming in through them you keep your eyes ahead and don't take your eyes off the wave ahead of you to look behind.
Quite common at narrow river mouths. Just takes a bit of local knowledge or patience to watch and understand....Not a place for the ignorant or novice.....wave don't look too bad either.
Because it's dangerous sweetie. If you don't know how to navigate you'll flip lose your boat. So the clapping goes on for those that know how to time the waves and get through.
