River Dee Tidal Bore 12th March 2024

[@mattevans8327]

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

[@veryhighguy]

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

[@davedave6404]

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]

@@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]

Time for a cuppa, well done.

[@graham907]

Well done Matt.

[@greenstripeypaint]

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

[@knotdavewalker]

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]

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

[@denisenoble4010]

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

[@lauradoran3019]

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!

[@graham907]

Excellent video Paul, thank you.

[@veryhighguy]

Many thanks!

[@andrewgale2402]

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

[@annoyingbstard9407]

This video really captured the spirit of the bore.

[@cheshirestringsensembledir7830]

Trippy. Thanks for posting👍🏻

[@alunjones2550]

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]

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

[@sandrasutton4702]

That was brilliant thanks Paul 😊

[@veryhighguy]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@mikerandall3819]

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

[@donnlass]

Thanks you lots, its a beautiful video. 😊

[@veryhighguy]

thanx

[@ChristineHatton-sq2mh]

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!!

[@freesongs4U_Alan_Cooper]

Enjoyed that - thanks Paul.

[@notyhbynorthwest]

Great video - it was mesmerizing.

[@TheSpaniel1]

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

[@davemorrlle9587]

Saltney Ferry looking fabulous as always 👍😁

[@PedrSion]

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]

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

[@davidellis279]

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]

i never knew that

[@judithbaker5632]

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

[@veryhighguy]

not every day, only on spring tides

[@tonycook1624]

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]

never heard of one on the Mersey

[@tonycook1624]

@@veryhighguy Mersey bore action here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4jTq3toiMmeo8k

[@veryhighguy]

cheers

[@Oligodendrocyte139]

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]

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]

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

[@rapido2963]

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

[@maskedavenger2578]

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 ?

[@davidblythen9493]

Fantastic that !

[@paulbowler2760]

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

[@donnlass]

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

[@veryhighguy]

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

[@Wheels-Wheels-Wheels]

Remarkable footage.

[@veryhighguy]

thaanx

[@michaelwright3170]

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.

[@grahambrandwood5905]

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

[@veryhighguy]

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.

[@StephenEvans-m8z]

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

[@mickp3526]

Still rises the river at farndon

[@peter23098]

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

[@veryhighguy]

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

[@simongelder76]

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]

River Ribble

[@footscorn]

Runcorn

[@mikeoglen6848]

Very good!

[@anthonymcdonnell5384]

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

[@davidowen6977]

Superb 😊

[@veryhighguy]

Thanks 🤗

[@robshaw3655]

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

[@veryhighguy]

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.

[@Saffy1999]

Oh look at that beautiful clean water …😂

[@theloveboxquartet]

"And we have a winner, yayy""

[@Falstaff1893]

0ne of the big ones was in the 70s when it flooded the Road into john Summers general offices at Garden city the next was in the early 80S which swamped West Kirby & completely flooded Burton marshes & left a fishing boat on the Burton point Breakwater bank

[@veryhighguy]

i would like to see a big one, this was my first

[@charleskoehler9873]

I’d name that surf spot El Disappointo.

[@TokyoNightGirlLofi]

💕Wow💜💜💜💜💜💜💛

[@trevorhoward7682]

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]

Waimea

[@ajediheisnot]

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

[@elizabethyoung4900]

The Severn bore is much more impressive

[@judithbaker5632]

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]

i would love to view that one day.

[@R.sangaralingam]

P😮😮