Tidal pool in Cork

[Matlock]

Rocky bay yesterday. Water is definitely starting to warm I think.

 

[markyboy]

It was 9.2c today. I was tempted but … nope!

Great photo btw

 

[North end]

Water temp in Alicante is a cold 17 deg at the moment

 

[Roxetten]

The Lough was a tepid 8 degrees yesterday. Cold, but bracing.

 

[SoundMan]

Yet again, and back to some sense of normality(?), a container ship leaving Cork Harbour today. Taken from Graball, under Camden this early afternoon. The incoming tide was mighty. I forgot about the 13 rule, apparently every 13 waves is a big one. Don't know if it's true or not but I was soaked, up to my knees.

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We were always told it was every 7th wave?

 

[markyboy]

We were always told it was every 7th wave?

Per the RNLI

“Waves move in sets and the ‘seventh wave’ – the bigger wave in the middle of a set – often comes further up the beach. That it always happens on the seventh wave is a myth, but sometimes it does!”

https://rnli.org/safety/know-the-risks/waves

 

[Stromovka]

We were always told it was every 7th wave?

Correct, That's actually the number I heard too. Whether it's real or not. I've never been great with numbers, I've been 22 for a number of decades, in my head. I was probably fixated on unlucky 13.

 

[Matlock]

Dock beach today. Savage!

 

[SoundMan]

Dock is always a good spot - albeit less of a hidden gem than it used to be.

Think it's a tad colder than the ocean there though due to it technically still being part of the Bandon River before it turns the corner to the sea.

Great quality in those photos though - if it's not a camera that must be some doozy of a camera phone

 

[Matlock]

Dock is always a good spot - albeit less of a hidden gem than it used to be.

Think it's a tad colder than the ocean there though due to it technically still being part of the Bandon River before it turns the corner to the sea.

Great quality in those photos though - if it's not a camera that must be some doozy of a camera phone

I didn't know that about it being part of the river. Very interesting!

It's a camera phone alright. Galaxy s8, which has a good camera inbuilt