Monomoy Island and South Beach, Cape Cod.: Sea Kayaking
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Via sea kayak rom the Morris Island causeway in Chatham to Monomoy Island and the gray seal colony at South Beach. Nor'east wind on an overcast grey day.
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Thanks for the feedback. Slept on the beach where camping laws are ambiguous. To fix the audio quality, I used the high and low-pass filters in iMovie, then used graphic eq to nearly mute the mid-range. The combo took out the wind screech and rumble.
Shot the vid with a Kodak Playsport, cheap from Amazon.
Thanks for the feedback. Slept on the beach where camping laws are ambiguous. To fix the audio quality, I used the high and low-pass filters in iMovie, then used graphic eq to nearly mute the mid-range. The combo took out the wind screech and rumble.
Shot the vid with a Kodak Playsport, cheap from Amazon:
Very nice picture and sound quality on that... would have loved to see the camp.
I can see this is an old video but hoping you still check comments. For many years, I have wanted to do exactly what you did. Paddle to Monomoy and or circumnavigate North Monomoy and possibly camp. I cannot get my wife or bro in law (Or anyone) to join me and no way I’m doing it alone.
Also, people (even locals) have really discouraged doing this. Sharks on the east side and possibly sneaking through inside the sound side. Tricky waters, even on the sound side. Yet, when I look at a map, it looks like a simple kayak trip straight shot from stage harbor to Monomoy. Looks like a simple 20 minute paddle. What am I missing?
Apart from that, I was thinking if launching from barn hill rd launch and poking around stage harbor, mill pond, inside Morris Island. Do you have a recommendation?
I’m experienced - kayaking for 30 years, but recreational.
I have kayaked from head of Mystic river to Fishers island in my Wilderness systems Pamlico recreational. I cannot imagine this Monomoy would be any more difficult than that. Advice?
Thanks,
John
Hi JA. Thanks for comment. It's been about four years since I was last at Monomoy. Just keep in mind both the south and north islands are national wildlife refuges and we're not supposed to camp there. When I last paddled there in 2018 I was a little apprehensive about great whites on the ocean side. There were dozens of seals. The inside passages were very shallow and in many spots impassable during low water, requiring a couple of portages. I've always paddled there from Morris Island - paddled there once or twice from Stage Harbor but didn't enjoy the trip through the dense anchorage. You're right, it's a very short trip to the north island from Stage Harbor, but the tide can run pretty hard. The west side, on Nantucket/Vineyard Sounds, is very shallow at low tide but it's doable. The southwesterly winds that prevail during the summer can make the trip demanding. I shot my video twelve years ago when the Southway extended along the entire length of the north island and a good portion of the south island. Looks like Google Earth has compiled a time-lapse of the area that shows what's likely its present state. (ruclips.net/video/LSbdZhk3SrU/видео.html&ab_channel=GoogleEarth) I've been paddling there since 1984, when the vid begins. The most recent view in the vid is from 2018, when I was last there. The view shown from 2018 pretty much represents what the waters looked like. Take care if you paddle there - two young women drowned there in kayaks in 2003 after they launched in heavy fog and were swept miles southward by the wind.
Link to creenshot from Google Earth 2022 showing the route I took in 2018: drive.google.com/file/d/1UtekLrTc0gi6kbimm3s7qRJrDeJtCVKG/view?usp=sharing