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Old 04-29-2012, 01:27 PM   #74
GattaFish
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Originally Posted by piemma View Post
I posted this story before so I will not go into details but I was on the same bar and almost got swept off back in the 80s. Took me a good 20 minutes using a big heavy rod as a wading staff to get back in. Very dangerous place and quite a few good surfmen have died there. 5 knt current sweeping across a bar of soft sand with deep water on both sides. The bar tend to slide away from you.
Can be a VERY dangerous place... Not for the inexperienced.... or when its foggy....

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