Auckland Manukau bar crossing over

first time over auckland manukau bar on 16 ft boat
NOTE need alot of experience and knowledge
we made it and fished couple of hours, made it home safe with plenty of fish great time spent

[@Siravingmon]

A calm day by Manukau bar standards

[@Insert.anger50]

Very calm

[@lukawilliams4822]

I would have sat in a safe spot just before the bar and assessed the waves and watch set patterns.. definitely new how to navigate the bar was a great job.. hop you fullas had a secondary propulsion.. lol and bro where’s the life jacket

[@jimbray3812]

I was sitting on my couch watching this and getting motion sickness. Better to stay home I think.

[@stag4x4]

Thanks for posting the video. Ive been through once 4 hrs before high tide & we had a few troffs & waves stand up.
Fishing was fantastic.
Great skippering, though.

[@anita3651]

Why not go down to the fish market, have a pint at a real bar on the way, check out the lovely ladies, save this mental illness for another day?

[@gallipoli95]

This is an adventure.

[@jordano6162]

if everyone had that attitude there'd be no fish market

[@2688133]

Out going tide through the shallow parts , no wonder waves were standing up . Skipper did a good job though , this time.....

[@Insert.anger50]

It was incoming tide, its a totally different scene when the tides going out, theres rows of 12 foot high stationery waves rolling in between the 2 channels, when the tides coming in the waves leap up into you

[@Insert.anger50]

Awesome, hell yeh the Manukau bar can be nasty af

[@markuswilmes3694]

The skipper did a good job considering he kept picking the shallow area to go through

[@jordano6162]

I wonder how a 14m sailboat would do

[@courierdude7250]

LOL. That's the Cook Straight just about every day. Just take it calmly and count the wave sets.

[@Chris-NZ]

I never really appreciated the hazard crossing the bar is till now. It must be unbelievable in a strong westerly . Good skills .

[@Insert.anger50]

If the weather isnt totally perfect you dont even bother trying to cross itll be certain death, angry 20 foot leaping white cap waves that crash into each other, leaping up from the bottom and waves that drop away underneath you

[@colinsmith2005]

Pretty calm day.

[@q.e.d.9112]

You chose to go out where the waves were breaking. You could have had a less lumpy ride if you’d chosen your way more carefully.

[@Kaiwaka27]

I have always been scared of the West coast ,especially the Maukau bar. Bigger balls than me.

[@johnmartlew5897]

Nice POV though next trip I’d trim those bushy black eyebrows for best visibility.

[@johnandtraceygibbs2853]

How’s the life jackets working out ?

[@mitseraffej5812]

There is an ocean rescue adage that 50% of the population wouldn’t survive a 50 metre swim in the open ocean. I’ve been crossing this stretch of water for many years and each life jacket has a locator beacon attached, and my jacket a VHF radio, an LED flare and sea dye marker. No fun to be had if you don’t want to take a few risks bit on saying that you may as well give yourself a reasonable chance of survival if things go bad.

[@JustJokingNot]

Thats narly.

[@rollinrock6696]

Flat as bro….

[@Antipodean33]

Am I missing the editing or is this bar 10 miles long?

[@littlebitofeverything8307]

Probably going against the tide. Water goes pretty fast through here so can be tough for some boats depending on ya engine size. It is also a pretty long stretch too.

[@cmmc502]

this is quite a long bar crossing it can take up 20 min to cross sometimes depending on conditions at the washing machine and in the south channel itself the overall crossing is about 6km from start to finish

[@HemiLenoel-je3lx]

And no egg u dont zig zag it into the waves the skipoer missed that fatal question

[@HemiLenoel-je3lx]

So ive done the MB 100s of tines whys it seem 5km longand and 1hr later to cross it like do u actually know wtf u doin or u going round in circles aye