The boat in the distance is waiting out the currents as not many boats are able to navigate safely through it.
What an adrenaline buzz - who needs a roller-coaster - this was far far better :-) I'm totally scared of going under water, I'm not a strong swimmer, and I wasn't looking forward to this in the slightest, but as soon as it was over I wanted to go again, and again.
#Corryvreckan maelstrom plus
I think it's a different, more repetitive undulation that makes you nauseous - this was just crazy fun - plus it takes a lot of concentration to grip onto the boats rails with your legs an excellent workout for the core muscles too! You could always sit down if you wanted to, or go inside the cabin, but why would I want to do that? It felt like the excitement of riding pillion on a heavily banking motorbike for the first time ever on a long winding road - before you're old enough to worry about silly things like mortality. We drifted with the turning current, suddenly knocked about by the swells which seemed to come from everywhere at once - I was so excited I didn't even remember about sea-sickness - and I have had it really badly before. The roaring sound was amazing and unrelenting, and managing to stay upright whilst still holding the camera was great fun. Flood tides and inflow from the Firth of Lorne to the west can drive the waters of Corryvreckan to waves of more than 9m, and the roar of the resulting maelstrom can be heard 16km away." (Wikipedia, edited)Įn./wiki/Gulf_of_Corryvreckan The Corryvreckan is the third largest whirlpool in the world, and is on the northern side of the gulf, surrounding a pyramid-shaped basalt pinnacle that rises from depths of 70m to 29m at its rounded top. These features combine to create whirlpools, standing waves and a variety of other surface effects. As the flood tide enters the narrow area between the two islands it speeds up to 8.5 knots (16 km/h) and meets a variety of seabed features including a deep hole and a rising pinnacle. Strong Atlantic currents and unusual underwater topography conspire to produce a particularly intense tidal race in the Corryvreckan channel. "The Gulf of Corryvreckan (from the Gaelic Coire Bhreacain meaning "cauldron of the speckled seas" or "cauldron of the plaid", is a narrow strait between the islands of Jura and Scarba, in Argyll and Bute, off the west coast of mainland Scotland. It was filmed by our owner skipper David who has also filmed the Corryvreckan Whirlpool for Coast and for the documentary Maelstrom shown on Discovery Channel.Rollei SL66SE/80mm, Ektachrome EC100 (Kodak 6009), digitised by photographing the original 60mm transparency on a light pad - tethered capture and digital development in Lightroom. Your wildlife guide will tell you the tragic but romantic story of a Viking prince whom the Corryveckan may have been named after. We also see many seabirds around the Corryvreckan with gannets diving from great heights to catch fish. On all our trips you will discover that the area around the Corryvreckan is rich in wildlife, why is this? Well, it is all to do with the currents which bring very rich feeding in to the area which attracts lots of large mammals such as porpoises, dolphins and whales. If you would like to come on a trip when the tides are at their strongest book one of our Whirlpool Specials. Sometimes, depending on wind and tide there are standing waves around the pinnacle, these can be very dramatic and impressive.
#Corryvreckan maelstrom series
The tide runs around the pinnacle and the river of fast moving turbulent water can create series of rotating eddies at either edge as it passes slower moving water. Your trip will take you to an underwater pinnacle, 30 mtrs deep at the top with steep underwater cliffs to depths of 220 mtrs. As the tide flows through the channel it gets squeezed between the two islands and picks up lots of speed. The Corryvreckan is bounded on the north side by Scarba and on the south side by Jura. All trips visit the Corryvreckan Whirlpool where under certain conditions turbulent tides create one of the world’s largest series of whirlpools, upwellings and standing waves.
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