Milnerton Lagoon Mouth continued ......... 25.8.14

Another north-west day and high tide at Milnerton lagoon mouth. The pushing tide has widened the lagoon mouth and there are more kiters than I have seen in the mouth. The wind is blowing fairly  consistently for a north west at about 16 knots. The freestyle kiters are at it on the flat water. See some of the action below:

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The mouth. Note buildings on the left with the wind blowing toward them - not a setup for beginners.

Launching in front of the light poles rocks etc. This guy had just dropped his kite into the car park

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Handlebar pass

Occasionally this happens........

4 Days of Wind 8 -11.9.14

Had 4 days of south east wind this week. The wind reached up to 20 knots on 2 of the days and though a bit cool still was consistent. The cloud pouring over table mountain like a giant waterfall is a sure sign of the south east wind. The kites came out and the beach had signs of the activity of kiters setting up.

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One of the last Winter Storms 28.8.14

Took a few pictures of one of the storms that hit Cape Town in late August this year. The pictures tell the story of what happens to the ocean as it gets churned by winds which arise due to the high pressure of cold air in the Antarctic during the southern hemisphere winter and blast towards the southern part of Africa driving great swells with them.

This particular storm had deep sea swells of 6 - 7 metres and winds of 25 - 40 knots. Not the most intense but a bit above average. Coming almost at the end of August and close to the 1st September which is officially the start of spring this was the last storm of winter, though for the next couple of months cold fronts will continue to penetrate through to Cape Town from time to time, however the period between will increase and the intensity will slow as summer rolls around and the wind switches into the predominant summer direction.

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