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Post by Fogg on Feb 9, 2022 14:46:20 GMT 12
Struggling to readjust to life back home and not on the boat and desperately missing my daily swims => driven to desperation in the form of swimming off Herne Bay beach…
Is it my imagination or could the water in the Waitemata be more salty than the wider Gulf?
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Post by fish on Feb 9, 2022 16:47:51 GMT 12
Its more likely the runoff from the central city area, and the combined wastewater stormwater overflow coming out of the Cox's Creek / Meolia areas after the recent rain.
Did you check the safeswim website before you went for a dip?
Just keep your face out of the water, and whatever you do, don't swallow any ;-)
PS, unlikely to be any difference in salinity, but temperature, turbidity, suspended solids and biological growth are all likely to be elevated in the inner harbour compared to the outer gulf. Oh, and more sewage. That shouldn't taste salty though. See earlier comment on biological growth.
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