Sea kayak surfing the Arnside Bore on a 10.5m spring tide

Here's a quick post with my pics from the Arnside Bore last weekend.  The 10.1m spring tide in Liverpool bay (10.5m Arnside) produced a small but surfable wave, which we managed to ride from Blackstone Point on the edge of Arnside Knott to Ash Meadow (see map below).

Here's the pics...

Here it comes!

Surfing the front of the wave

As the water shallowed and the bore raced across the sand, we moved onto the waves behind the main wave.

A rough ride under the railway viaduct arches.

10-15 minutes after the bore had finished the flood of the tide built up and formed some good sized standing waves and rough water under the viaduct.

This time we caught the bore at Blackstone point and rode it to Ash Meadow, where it shallows and races across the sand flats by the village.

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 2.5 hours before HW Liverpool and ended up with 15mins 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.