Day 4: Day Paddle To Siwash Cove, Flores Island.

Heading Across Cow Bay

Approaching Siwash Cove, Flores Island.

Tuesday we decided to paddle up the coast, the weather was still amazing, so we made the most of it. Heading west around the bay, we reached Siwash Cove were a hermit  once lived in a shack set high on a headland.

We had another good surfing session on the way home as the wind had picked up, and I lead the group between two large rocks just off the point on Cow Bay.

A great morning paddle.

Cow Bay is named after the female whales that frequent the area, often with their young.  We saw them circling in the bay from dawn to dusk, in fact their show entertained us in the evenings.  First we saw the spout of water then the whale would appear on the surface, sometimes breaching but not often.

In the afternoon we all walked the Wild Pacific Trail east to Kutcous Point. This trail uses both the beaches and the rainforest and enabled ship wrecked sailors to reach settlements, now a recreational walk it is particularly spectacular.  We were able to view part of the paddle area we'd made the previous day, and it's amazing how different an area looks from the sea and then from the land.

In Search of Grey Whales, close to Siwash Cove. Gill, Marty & Bill.