Pensacola bay,Florida....really rough water is about a mile further out in the bay....below is a excerpt from my river trip book(Old goat in a tin boat) describing events leading up to this picture...



"12:30 we cross Pensacola pass. Mike is driving and I can see huge ocean swells and waves at
mouth of pass about 250 yards to our right...Tide must be going out because there is strong
current flowing out of the pass...We angle to our right after we cross the pass and head straight
toward the bridge connecting Gulf Breeze with Pensacola. Mike has a friend (Kirk Newkirk)
who owns a business near the bridge plus there's a motel where he intends to spend the night
prior to catching a plane back to Atlanta tomorrow...In retrospect we should have veered much
more to the right and got much nearer the island but the circuitous route would have added
several miles to reach the bridge.
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For first couple of miles we were fine running straight up middle of the bay then
the whole sky seemed to turn black on north side of bay. A big
thunderstorm had suddenly formed and typical of these storms, this one
started sucking air across the bay into it. The wind went from 5 mph to
20-30 mph in minutes and waves started building immediately.

I told Mike to turn as far right as he could toward land and still keep the boat
quartering into the waves. We turned the bilge pump on and for next 30
minutes we fought our way over and through waves until we finally got
in the wind shadow of the barrier island..One time the wind was really blowing hard and when I looked at GPS, we were only running 10-12 mph. Told Mike to give it more gas and he said "motor is wide open".

It wasn't a life-threatening situation, worst-case scenario would be for wave to break over
front and boat to fill up with water. We would of had to pull emergency beacon and have somebody come fish us out of the water and drag our boat in.
Resolved right then and there, when this trip is over, no more salt water for Dumarse...Also
learned these bays look small and protected on maps and Google earth. The reality is they are
much bigger than I thought, especially looking at them over the front of a 16ft jonboat...Also I
have no concerns about Mikes ability to drive a boat through rough water now."

Spooky water

That sure is clean looking saltwater compared to the stuff I've been in over in SW La. and along the Texas coast. Nice story and pic.

Love the stories that come with the pictures.

Neat post and picture.

Just purchased Old goat in a tin boat off Amazon.

Plus #1.