Powerful ocean near Nahoon Reef in East London

 

The first and last photos of these 6 photos above had us flying backwards to avoid being splashed.  These photos were taken today (Friday 23 April) down on the beach near Footprints Cafe in Nahoon.  We were there to meet a client, and had some time to kill before she arrived.  The ocean was rough and beautifully alive and we couldn't resist strolling down to the water's edge for a few photos of the waves spashing over the rocks.  This was in the morning and the tide was high.  Later in the day we were in the Kwelera area of the East Coast Resorts area, when it was low tide, and the sea still looked just as rough, with huge and powerful swells approaching Yellowsands and Kwelera River mouth.  The sea is terribly powerful, and although it's exciting to watch the ocean and the waves when it's rough like this, it's a little scary too.

Water boys in Gonubie in Gonubie River

Gonubie river, about two or three hundred metres from the river mouth, somewhere during high tide and low tide, there is an island thing, separated from the shore by a 7 metre wide channel. The water in the channel is, at that stage of the tide, less than a metre deep, and is a great place for kids to play semi-safely.

(post by Tony)