Sea Kayak - Dungeness Spit

Well, not sure how I missed it, but this trip posted as 12 nm.  We only covered 7 nm to include a peak around the end of the spit.  The trip from Cline Spit to the Lighthouse is only 3 nm.  Regardless, we had the day I anticipated with a casual pace out and back, time to watch birds, and time to enjoy the lighthouse.  

We did encounter some morning marine fog, nothing that prevented us from seeing a shore somewhere, but did prevent us from seeing the light house until we were half way there.  This prompted a discussion about navigation and contingency plans if visibility got worse.   Matt, our point person leading the group did an excellent job of estimating a  heading of 30 degrees which took us right to the lighthouse.  Thank you Matt!

While conditions were good, we did the exploration of the end of the spit upon arrival.  We paddled about a third of the way to the red channel marker, opting to turn around as we realized the ebb current was still present.  There was a small swell, maybe 2-3 feet, 7 seconds, and we could see beach break waves on the Strait side of the spit.   

The landing location at the lighthouse (between the two yellow posts) is very rocky.  For now at about 5 foot tide, there is a sandy spot just to the right of the right marker post that can give you a gentler place to land. 

Finally, either cell phone coverage (T Mobile) was spotty  or the recording for the Fish and Wildlife phone was acting up, but it took several tries to "get" our "reservation" to paddle to the lighthouse.  In the past I have noticed that this phone is rarely staffed and all you have to do is leave a message, which what we did this day.