North Atlantic Skyline » spray http://johnsmyth.ie/blog Despatches from the West of Ireland. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:06:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Splashdown http://johnsmyth.ie/blog/2009/11/24/splashdown-2/ http://johnsmyth.ie/blog/2009/11/24/splashdown-2/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:44:20 +0000 John Smyth http://johnsmyth.ie/blog/?p=2117
The consequences of the severe weather continue to unfold – areas to the north, south and east of Galway City are still severly flooded, with residents and commuters suffering hardship. Over the weekend, the fear that the combination of storm force winds and heavy rain would cause flooding in the city turned out to be unfounded – even at high tide, the water did not reach near the edge of the quay wall at the Spanish Arch.
The sea in Galway Bay was, however, still wild. I was down on the Promenade more than two hours after high tide on Saturday morning and the spray of waves frequently swept over the diving board. While I was there, a lady arrived, changed into a wetsuit and made her way to the end of the diving board before entering the water for a swim.She had to dodge a few waves on her way down – the picture above shows her bracing as a wave swept over her. As I was leaving, another man arrived to go swimming too.
I’ve uploaded a short gallery onto Flickr of pictures that I took while at the diving  board. They were all taken with a wideangle lens, so it won’t be a surprise to learn  that I got an eyeful or two of spray while taking them.

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High winds in Galway Bay meant waves crashing along Salthill Promenade. The diving board at the end of the prom was no place for spectators – apart from the odd ’snapper’ such as myself.

Click on the pciture for a bigger version. Pictures of the same spot in calmer times here and here.

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