River Dee Tidal Bore 12th March 2024

One of the highest tides of 2024 produced a decent Tidal bore on the River Dee Today at Saltney Ferry just outside Chester, 12/3/24. there were a group of surfers that rode the wave up the river.

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  • @mattevans8327
    @mattevans83274 ай бұрын

    Thanks. That's me at the front of the wave. Great video.

  • @veryhighguy

    @veryhighguy

    4 ай бұрын

    Nice 1 well done. You was the only one that managed it in full.

  • @davedave6404

    @davedave6404

    4 ай бұрын

    Hello, How did you manage to stay at front wave so long ? A great video from @veryhighguy , clearly a very enjoyable experience, thank you for doing and sharing.

  • @mattevans8327

    @mattevans8327

    4 ай бұрын

    @@davedave6404 once I was on it wasn't to hard to stay on. I think it's down to the board I was on. It's longer than a standard paddle board making it easier for me to stay on the wave. Next time I need to stand up.

  • @fredMplanenut

    @fredMplanenut

    4 ай бұрын

    Time for a cuppa, well done.

  • @graham907

    @graham907

    4 ай бұрын

    Well done Matt.

  • @greenstripeypaint
    @greenstripeypaint4 ай бұрын

    Thank you for filming and posting. It's fascinating. Respect to Mr Blue Canoe for catching it.

  • @denisenoble4010
    @denisenoble40104 ай бұрын

    thanks for filming , the guy on the paddleboard did well to stay in front of the first rise for so long, nature is amazing, thanks for sharing x

  • @knotdavewalker
    @knotdavewalker4 ай бұрын

    Bob Manifold, the ferry man, took me across the river, before they built the bridge, he did not tell me what would be happening, he steered downstream and hit the bore, bow on. I was sitting in the bow and shot up in the air as the boat went over the bore. I thought I would die, Bob just laughed. What a gentleman. What a memory.

  • @veryhighguy

    @veryhighguy

    4 ай бұрын

    great experience, not just the bore but crossing on the ferry

  • @lauradoran3019
    @lauradoran30194 ай бұрын

    That’s really quite spectacular - with the water so still - glass like - up to the tide line and then the rapidly building waves and current behind!

  • @andrewgale2402
    @andrewgale24024 ай бұрын

    Great video, its a surprise what the tide does it was fascinating to see it .

  • @cheshirestringsensembledir7830
    @cheshirestringsensembledir78304 ай бұрын

    Trippy. Thanks for posting👍🏻

  • @annoyingbstard9407
    @annoyingbstard94074 ай бұрын

    This video really captured the spirit of the bore.

  • @mikerandall3819
    @mikerandall38194 ай бұрын

    Love it! I tried to run alongside this once! It’s rapid

  • @alunjones2550
    @alunjones25504 ай бұрын

    I have two, very different experiences of the Dee bore. Back in the 90's, I was a gliding instructor at RAF Sealand and had the good fortune of witnessing it twice from the air. I was also into sea kayaking and attempted to ride the bore a couple of times, but sea kayaks are designed to punch through waves rather than ride them........

  • @veryhighguy

    @veryhighguy

    4 ай бұрын

    i planned to get the drone up and follow it from above but when i got there i forgot i was literally at the end of the runway at broughton

  • @graham907
    @graham9074 ай бұрын

    Excellent video Paul, thank you.

  • @veryhighguy

    @veryhighguy

    4 ай бұрын

    Many thanks!

  • @freesongs4U_Alan_Cooper
    @freesongs4U_Alan_Cooper4 ай бұрын

    Enjoyed that - thanks Paul.

  • @sandrasutton4702
    @sandrasutton47024 ай бұрын

    That was brilliant thanks Paul 😊

  • @veryhighguy

    @veryhighguy

    4 ай бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it

  • @notyhbynorthwest
    @notyhbynorthwest4 ай бұрын

    Great video - it was mesmerizing.

  • @davemorrlle9587
    @davemorrlle95874 ай бұрын

    Saltney Ferry looking fabulous as always 👍😁

  • @donnlass
    @donnlass4 ай бұрын

    Thanks you lots, its a beautiful video. 😊

  • @veryhighguy

    @veryhighguy

    4 ай бұрын

    thanx

  • @ChristineHatton-sq2mh
    @ChristineHatton-sq2mh4 ай бұрын

    As children who spent our summer holidays with our grandparents in Saltney Ferry we used to meet the tide in Mr Manifold's motor boat. No life jackets!!

  • @TheSpaniel1
    @TheSpaniel14 ай бұрын

    It’s really interesting to see how the banks Dee banks have changed over the years and also wonder in disbelief at how as tides are getting bigger, more water is coming inland that the council gave permission to build dozens of houses in Garden City right alongside the Dee !!! Great video though, thanks for sharing

  • @Oligodendrocyte139
    @Oligodendrocyte1394 ай бұрын

    Call that a bore! When I was a lad they were as big as a house and my mate Charley..........and when I was in India there was one that washed elephants away.......and my granny told me about the Big Bore of 1911 that......Now that’s a bore 😂 Looked fun to ride though.😊

  • @bigbadwolf200335

    @bigbadwolf200335

    4 ай бұрын

    Bores just ain’t what they used to be, back in my day they would wash a heard of wilder beasts clean off their feet.

  • @Oligodendrocyte139

    @Oligodendrocyte139

    4 ай бұрын

    @@bigbadwolf200335 And when you try to tell the young people, they just won’t listen 😀

  • @rapido2963

    @rapido2963

    4 ай бұрын

    When my Grannie was commanding officer of the Ghurkas ……".

  • @PedrSion
    @PedrSion4 ай бұрын

    When I lived in the Quay as a boy it was called the Eddy. Don’t know if my mind is playing tricks, but I seem to remember they were a lot bigger than this one.

  • @veryhighguy

    @veryhighguy

    4 ай бұрын

    thy cud very well be bigger problem was there was a lot of water already in the river

  • @davidblythen9493
    @davidblythen94934 ай бұрын

    Fantastic that !

  • @paulbowler2760
    @paulbowler27604 ай бұрын

    Bay of Fundy - especially the Nova Scotia side. Now there are tidal bores!!

  • @Wheels-Wheels-Wheels
    @Wheels-Wheels-Wheels4 ай бұрын

    Remarkable footage.

  • @veryhighguy

    @veryhighguy

    4 ай бұрын

    thaanx

  • @tonycook1624
    @tonycook16244 ай бұрын

    There are around 60 rivers in the worlds that have tidal bores - 11 of them are in the UK. I had no idea that the Dee and Mersey both had bores despite growing up on the banks of the Mersey near Otterspool in the 60s and 70s (its too far down the river to see the bore - need to be above Runcorn to see it run)

  • @veryhighguy

    @veryhighguy

    4 ай бұрын

    never heard of one on the Mersey

  • @tonycook1624

    @tonycook1624

    4 ай бұрын

    @@veryhighguy Mersey bore action here - kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z4uk3Kprg8fRnco.html

  • @veryhighguy

    @veryhighguy

    4 ай бұрын

    cheers

  • @davidellis279
    @davidellis2794 ай бұрын

    I’ve seen puddles deeper than that,this happens every day on the river Mersey near Warrington as the tide travels up through Runcorn from the coast.

  • @veryhighguy

    @veryhighguy

    4 ай бұрын

    i never knew that

  • @judithbaker5632

    @judithbaker5632

    4 ай бұрын

    It happens every day on the Dee as well. That's how tides work.

  • @veryhighguy

    @veryhighguy

    4 ай бұрын

    not every day, only on spring tides

  • @mikeoglen6848
    @mikeoglen68484 ай бұрын

    Very good!

  • @maskedavenger2578
    @maskedavenger25784 ай бұрын

    Never knew the river Dee even had a tidal bore & lived within easy reach of it most of my life . Not very fast though is it ?

  • @michaelwright3170
    @michaelwright31704 ай бұрын

    Such a shame the river is so high after all the rain it would have been a great wave otherwise, I used to meet it when I was a lad with Bob Manifold the ferry man, it was terrifying and exciting at the same time, used to go home soaked.

  • @donnlass
    @donnlass4 ай бұрын

    Is that the River Dee near Chester or the one in Aberdeen, thanks. 😊

  • @veryhighguy

    @veryhighguy

    4 ай бұрын

    Oh sorry I never knew there was two. It’s chester

  • @anthonymcdonnell5384
    @anthonymcdonnell53844 ай бұрын

    Also this month the former presserved class 503 wirrel line has been scrapped this month one cab was saved and has gone to the cab yard in wales and one driving coach has been saved rest of it has gone

  • @Saffy1999
    @Saffy19994 ай бұрын

    Oh look at that beautiful clean water …😂

  • @davidowen6977
    @davidowen69774 ай бұрын

    Superb 😊

  • @veryhighguy

    @veryhighguy

    4 ай бұрын

    Thanks 🤗

  • @theloveboxquartet
    @theloveboxquartet4 ай бұрын

    "And we have a winner, yayy""

  • @grahambrandwood5905
    @grahambrandwood59054 ай бұрын

    Thanks Paul. Did not realise this happened on the Dee. Where does it run out of energy.

  • @veryhighguy

    @veryhighguy

    4 ай бұрын

    Not much further up. There are bends in the river what bring it to a stop. You can see the bend at the end of the video.

  • @user-yy3yn6eu5s

    @user-yy3yn6eu5s

    4 ай бұрын

    The River Dee is tidal as far as the weir in Chester.

  • @mickp3526

    @mickp3526

    4 ай бұрын

    Still rises the river at farndon

  • @TokyoNightGirl-fk4cn
    @TokyoNightGirl-fk4cn4 ай бұрын

    💕Wow💜💜💜💜💜💜💛

  • @peter23098
    @peter230984 ай бұрын

    It would be nice to know where that was. I thought the Severn had the only one in the country.

  • @veryhighguy

    @veryhighguy

    4 ай бұрын

    River Dee, I will update the info a bit more later. It was just outside chester at a place called saltney ferry bridge

  • @simongelder76

    @simongelder76

    4 ай бұрын

    There’s one at Arnside in the River Kent Estuary near Morecombe too. Not as spectacular as the Severn but sometimes lethal to anyone who is unaware on the beach / mud flats.

  • @davidowen6977

    @davidowen6977

    4 ай бұрын

    River Ribble

  • @footscorn

    @footscorn

    4 ай бұрын

    Runcorn

  • @ajediheisnot
    @ajediheisnot4 ай бұрын

    Waimea

  • @robshaw3655
    @robshaw36554 ай бұрын

    would that travel all the way to the weir in chester?

  • @veryhighguy

    @veryhighguy

    4 ай бұрын

    the river is tidal to the weir but am not sure the wave would reach it. there are to many bends. my opinion but cud be wrong.

  • @trevorhoward7682
    @trevorhoward76824 ай бұрын

    I know you have to make do with what you've got but having just watched the video of those riding the Severn Bore this seems a little flat, in every sense of the word. I still wouldn't do either of them.

  • @ajediheisnot
    @ajediheisnot4 ай бұрын

    Why would you bother putting a wetsuit on for that ? Hardly Nazare or Wainea 😁😁😆

  • @elizabethyoung4900
    @elizabethyoung49004 ай бұрын

    The Severn bore is much more impressive

  • @judithbaker5632

    @judithbaker5632

    4 ай бұрын

    Its not a competition. It is what it is. Having watched the Dee bore many times I think it's the noise that hits the senses the most.

  • @veryhighguy

    @veryhighguy

    4 ай бұрын

    i would love to view that one day.

  • @user-ee1nt5cd4y
    @user-ee1nt5cd4y4 ай бұрын

    P😮😮