I stopped on "Little Island" to make some adjustments to my bar recently in the shallows downwind.
Little island also known as Seal Island is 2.5 km offshore where I occassionally surf and kite. This is also a well known surf break and has had more than it's share of very large whites (5m
)doing laps waiting for the odd unsuspecting seal.
I finished my adjustments, relaunched the kite and as it came to 12 o'clock, in the corner of my eye behind and to the left of me, my worse fear was realised.
A grey/white point with a large black eye only 2 meters away and approaching fast head out of the water. I almost soiled my wettie before I realised it was a playful seal come to check out what was going on.
Then she followed me out towards the break for a hundred meters before retiring to the relative safety of the island.
Little island on your own can be scary, that jaws music always seems to play in your head loudest when you are alone.
Good winds,
