It was my first attempt at a Go Pro video, so apologies f or the water on the lens, since shooting this I've discovered Rainx. A description of the route is below.
Sumary
As you can see from the film the bore itself turned out to be slightly disappointing and certainly wasn't surfable. The large volume of water pushing into the narrow Kent estuary does however develop into some small standing waves and fast sections for practicing breaking in/out. Larger standing waves and rougher water forms for under the viaduct but only lasts 20 minutes, so be sure to be there before it starts developing.
If you've 4* skills it's great fun in a sea kayak, but I would have thought most reasonable river kayakers in playboats etc would find it a bit tame.
Logistics
Tides
The tide needs to be above 9 metre at Barrow in Furnace for the bore to run. Other factors include, amount of water in the Kent (we went after a sustained period of wet weather), the wind speed (apparently Easterlies are better) and formation of sandbanks (there's not much we can do about this!).
Timing
We found the bore runs approximately 1.15 hours before HW liverpool. We set of 3 hours before HW Liverpool and ended up with 30mins wait in the bay. If it’s a sunny day allow plenty of time to find parking in Arnside.
Additional information
Distance
It's about 2-3km depending on where you decide to paddle to, I think we went a little too far.
Water Quality
I'm afraid I have to mention that this is definitely questionable. Apart from estuary silt we noticed quite a bit of plastic and other rubbish being pushed in with the tide.
Access
Parking at Arnside is very limited, so expect to leave the boats and park else where.
Other information
The bakery/cafe on the corner before the hill out of the village is superb.
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