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| **<font 11px/inherit;;inherit;;inherit>Penrhyn Mawr Tidal Race (Wales)</font>** | **<font 11px/inherit;;inherit;;inherit>Penrhyn Mawr Tidal Race (Wales)</font>** | ||
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| - | See descriptions of [[tidal race (or "tide rip") or ("overfall")|]] | + | See descriptions of [[:terminology#rips_and_races|tidal race (or "tide rip") or ("overfall")]] |
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| - | For many years most surfskiers have left human powered boating for recreation in these tidal phenomena to other vessels such as sea kayaks (for example [[https://youtu.be/bwD-UogNY5c|hurricane riders]]). But in the right circumstances surfskis and OCs can thrive there too and do some kinds of wave surfing better than any other craft. Many of the races listed below will rarely if ever provide worthwhile or safe conditions for surfskis. But some probably offer excellent opportunities when conditions are right and a paddler's skills and local knowledge are up to it. Someone just needs to study more of the tidal races that are reasonably accessible and learn how they work. | + | For many years most surfskiers have left human powered boating for recreation in these tidal phenomena to other vessels such as sea kayaks (for example [[https://youtu.be/bwD-UogNY5c|hurricane riders]]). But in the right circumstances surfskis and OCs can thrive there too and do some kinds of wave surfing better than most other paddle craft. Many of the races listed below will rarely if ever provide worthwhile or safe conditions for surfskis. But some probably offer excellent opportunities when conditions are right and a paddler's skills and local knowledge are up to it. Someone just needs to study more of the tidal races that are reasonably accessible and learn how they work. |
| - | There already are a fair share of tide races popular with surfskiers around the world. The surfski and OC communities in the Pacific Northwest have spent time studying and practicing in their nearby tidal races at **[[Deception Pass|]] ** ([[videos|]]) **and [[Ambleside|]]** ([[videos|]]) and find them exceptionally fun and great for conditioning and skill development when conditions are right (though not for the faint of heart or skill when they run big). The **Surfski Center in [[Tarifa|]]** makes **La Bajeta tide race** ([[videos|]]) a regular place for lap parties during their downwinding classes. And **[[Jersey Channel Island|]] **paddlers regularly play in the waves of their **Noirmont Pt. tide race ** ([[videos|]]). | + | There already are a fair share of tide races popular with surfskiers around the world. The surfski and OC communities in the Pacific Northwest have spent time studying and practicing in their nearby tidal races at **[[:tidalrace:deception_pass|]] ** ([[:tidalrace:deception_pass_videos|videos]]) **and [[:tidalrace:ambleside|Ambleside]]** ([[:tidalrace:ambleside_videos|videos]]) and find them exceptionally fun and great for conditioning and skill development when conditions are right (though not for the faint of heart or skill when they run big). The **Surfski Center in [[:tarifa|Tarifa]]** makes **La Bajeta tide race** ([[:tidalrace:la_bajeta_videos|videos]]) a regular place for lap parties during their downwinding classes. And **[[:jerseychannelislands|Jersey Channel Island]] **paddlers regularly play in the waves of their **Noirmont Pt. tide race ** ([[:tidalrace:noirmont_pt_videos|videos]]). |
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| - | **La Bajeta** | + | **La Bajeta, Tarifa, Spain** |
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| - | Tidal races offer unusual variations of downwinding and surfing with their own technical, challenging and **sometimes ill-advised for paddling** conditions. Some tidal currents create standing or slow moving waves that are surfable while other locales offer wind swell going against the tidal current with waves stacking up and moving up-current making for downwind like paddling that can be similar to the [[Columbia River Gorge|]] though often with stronger counter current. Catching such tide race waves, particularly fast moving ones against the tide can require a lot of power and acceleration. Skilled sea kayakers often like to play on the waves and in the roil of [[https://tsunamirangers.com/2020/05/04/playing-in-tide-rips-with-a-sea-kayak/|eddy lines and whirlpools]] that are common around races, while surfskiers generally are looking for sections where they can use their speed to catch, maneuver on and link waves in a downwind surfing manner. Tide races need to be thoroughly investigated in terms of variability and degree of hazard and either prepared for or avoided as conditions and skills dictate. | + | Tidal races offer unusual variations of downwinding and surfing with their own technical, challenging and **sometimes ill-advised for paddling** conditions. Some tidal currents create standing or slow moving waves that are surfable while other locales offer wind swell going against the tidal current with waves stacking up and moving up-current making for downwind like paddling that can be similar to the [[:hood_river_columbia_gorge|Columbia River Gorge]] though often with stronger counter current. Catching such tide race waves, particularly fast moving ones against the tide can require a lot of power and acceleration. Skilled sea kayakers often like to play on the waves and in the roil of [[https://tsunamirangers.com/2020/05/04/playing-in-tide-rips-with-a-sea-kayak/|eddy lines and whirlpools]] that are common around races, while surfskiers generally are looking for sections where they can use their speed to catch, maneuver on and link waves in a downwind surfing manner. Tide races need to be thoroughly investigated in terms of variability and degree of hazard and either prepared for or avoided as conditions and skills dictate. |
| * **Further Explanation** | * **Further Explanation** | ||
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| * [[https://youtu.be/LuL1JxMNKFc|Reading Rough Water Video]] This one is also aimed primarily at sea kayakers, but surfskiers need to understand eddies too if they want to paddle in these kinds of places. | * [[https://youtu.be/LuL1JxMNKFc|Reading Rough Water Video]] This one is also aimed primarily at sea kayakers, but surfskiers need to understand eddies too if they want to paddle in these kinds of places. | ||
| * [[https://youtu.be/2YgOicfmXw8|Tide Race Safety Tips Video]] again sea kayak oriented, but many of the tips are applicable for anyone approaching paddling in tide races | * [[https://youtu.be/2YgOicfmXw8|Tide Race Safety Tips Video]] again sea kayak oriented, but many of the tips are applicable for anyone approaching paddling in tide races | ||
| - | * **Tides **- Please have a good [[basic understanding of tides|]] | + | * **Tides **- Please have a good [[:tides|basic understanding of tides]] |
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| ===== Safety - Learning Tidal Races ===== | ===== Safety - Learning Tidal Races ===== | ||
| - | * [[Deception Pass|]] - this is one of the better understood tidal races that surfskiers frequent. Notice all of the safety related information included on this page and take it as an example of much of what to pay attention to in many tidal races. But different races can pose other significant risks that need to be recognized, evaluated, and avoided when appropriate (or possibly need to always be avoided). And consider that the safety information for Deception Pass was accumulated from more than just a few trips or a short period of observation. | + | * [[:tidalrace:deception_pass|]] - this is one of the better understood tidal races that surfskiers frequent. Notice all of the safety related information included on this page and take it as an example of much of what to pay attention to in many tidal races. But different races can pose other significant risks that need to be recognized, evaluated, and avoided when appropriate (or possibly need to always be avoided). And consider that the safety information for Deception Pass was accumulated from more than just a few trips or a short period of observation. |
| * If local knowledge is available (sea kayakers, surfers, etc.) - take full advantage of it. but you will still need to develop your own site expertise, biting off bigger chunks to chew as you gain greater familiarity. Hard to get to sites will probably take more time, more people, and more resources (if you have them - like a power boat?) to gain a reasonable understanding and achieve an adequate safety level for paddling. | * If local knowledge is available (sea kayakers, surfers, etc.) - take full advantage of it. but you will still need to develop your own site expertise, biting off bigger chunks to chew as you gain greater familiarity. Hard to get to sites will probably take more time, more people, and more resources (if you have them - like a power boat?) to gain a reasonable understanding and achieve an adequate safety level for paddling. | ||
| * Some sites may take less time to become familiar if they reveal an unusual level of predictability and stability, or they do not have significant hazards or particularly strong currents. | * Some sites may take less time to become familiar if they reveal an unusual level of predictability and stability, or they do not have significant hazards or particularly strong currents. | ||
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| ===== Videos ===== | ===== Videos ===== | ||
| - | * [[Tide Race Video Collections|]] | + | * [[:surfski_downwind_videos#unusual_locations|Tide Race Video Collections]] |
| * … | * … | ||
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| - | * [[Tidal Races|]] | + | ---- |
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| + | * [[:australia#tidal_races|Tidal Races]] | ||
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| ==== Canada ==== | ==== Canada ==== | ||
| - | * [[Ambleside|]] Vancouver, BC | + | <WRAP indent> |
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| + | * [[:tidalrace:ambleside|Ambleside]] Vancouver, BC | ||
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| **OC Surfing Ambleside** | **OC Surfing Ambleside** | ||
| - | {{youtube>o8AGW1yiCyQ}} | + | {{youtube>o8AGW1yiCyQ?large}} |
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| - | * [[Bay of Fundy|]] Nova Scotia | + | * [[:canada#bay_of_fundy|Bay of Fundy]] Nova Scotia |
| - | * [[Inside Passage Tidal Races|]] BC | + | * [[:tidalrace:inside_passage_tidal_surfing|]] BC |
| - | * [[Vancouver Island|]] BC | + | * [[:vancouver_island#tidal_races|Vancouver Island]] BC |
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| - | Baynes Channel Victoria BC | + | **Baynes Channel Victoria BC** |
| - | {{youtube>lu55j-trw9g}} | + | {{youtube>lu55j-trw9g?large}} |
| - | </WRAP> | + | </WRAP></WRAP> |
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| ==== France ==== | ==== France ==== | ||
| - | * [[Tidal Races|]] | + | <WRAP indent> |
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| + | ---- | ||
| + | |||
| + | * [[:france#tidal_races|Tidal Races]] | ||
| * … | * … | ||
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| + | </WRAP> | ||
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| ==== Germany ==== | ==== Germany ==== | ||
| - | * [[Tidal Races|]] | + | <WRAP indent> |
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| + | ---- | ||
| + | |||
| + | * [[:germany#tide_races|Tidal Races]] | ||
| * … | * … | ||
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| + | </WRAP> | ||
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| ==== Norway ==== | ==== Norway ==== | ||
| - | * [[Tidal Races|]] | + | <WRAP indent> |
| + | |||
| + | ---- | ||
| + | |||
| + | * [[:norway#tide_races|Tidal Races]] | ||
| * … | * … | ||
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| + | </WRAP> | ||
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| ==== Spain ==== | ==== Spain ==== | ||
| - | * [[Tidal Races in Spain|]] | + | <WRAP indent> |
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| + | ---- | ||
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| + | * [[:spain#tide_races|Tidal Races in Spain]] | ||
| * … | * … | ||
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| + | </WRAP> | ||
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| - | * [[UK Tidal Races|]] (including tide races in [[Jersey Tidal Races|]], [[Scotland Tidal Races|]], and [[Wales Tidal Races|]]) | + | ---- |
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| + | * [[:united_kingdom#tidal_races|UK Tidal Races]] (including tide races in [[:jerseychannelislands#tidal_races|Jersey Tidal Races]], [[:scotland#tidal_races|Scotland Tidal Races]], and [[:wales#tidal_races|Wales Tidal Races]]) | ||
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| - | **Penwryn Mawr** Tidal Race in Wales | + | **Penwryn Mawr,**** Wales** |
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| ==== US ==== | ==== US ==== | ||
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| - | **Jupiter Inlet**, Florida Tidal Race Surfing | + | <WRAP col2> |
| - | {{youtube>YeevUSi9Mdg?large}} | + | * [[:california#tidal_races|California]] |
| - | + | * [[:new_england_usa#tidal_races|Connecticut]] | |
| - | ---- | + | * [[:florida#tide_races|Florida]] |
| + | * [[:middle_atlantic_usa#tidal_races|New York]] | ||
| + | * [[:new_england_usa#tidal_races1|Rhode Island]] | ||
| + | * [[:california#tidal_races|San Francisco Bay]] | ||
| + | * [[:washington#tidal_races|Washington State]] | ||
| + | * [[:tidalrace:deception_pass|]] | ||
| </WRAP> | </WRAP> | ||
| - | <WRAP col2> | + | ---- |
| - | * [[California|]] | + | <WRAP centeralign> |
| - | * [[Connecticut|]] | + | |
| - | * [[Florida|]] | + | |
| - | * [[New York|]] | + | |
| - | * [[Rhode Island|]] | + | |
| - | * [[San Francisco Bay|]] | + | |
| - | * [[Washington State|]] | + | |
| - | * [[Deception Pass|]] | + | |
| - | </WRAP> | + | **Jupiter Inlet****, Florida, USA** |
| - | <WRAP centeralign> | + | {{youtube>YeevUSi9Mdg?large}} |
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| - | Big Day at **Deception Pass** Tide Race (Washington State) | + | **Deception Pass****, Washington State, USA** |
| {{youtube>V0eGusa8EC4?large}} | {{youtube>V0eGusa8EC4?large}} | ||
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| + | </WRAP> | ||
| </WRAP> | </WRAP> | ||
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