High tide is at 0645 hrs this morning.  If I want to go outside the bight, I’ll have to make sure I get back through the entrance before the current is too strong and the depth too shallow.  Luckily, there is a neap tide today, so it shouldn’t be too bad.  

Feeling adventurous, I headed outside.  The current wasn’t strong, and I had plenty of depth, so I paddled all the way to the lagoon, where the water had just started ebbing.  In a couple of hours this will be roaring rapids.  I checked the shore where I’ve seen bears in the past, but the tide was too high for them to find any rocks to turn.  So, I headed back to Wallace Bight.

The entrance channel had just a bit of current flowing against me, but nothing like I’ve seen in the past.  I was just thinking this day’s paddle had been a complete bust, as far as photo ops, when this kingfisher appeared just ahead.