Auckland Manukau bar crossing over

first time over auckland manukau bar on 16 ft boat
NOTE need alot of experience and knowledge
we made it and fished couple of hours, made it home safe with plenty of fish great time spent

[@lukawilliams4822]

I would have sat in a safe spot just before the bar and assessed the waves and watch set patterns.. definitely new how to navigate the bar was a great job.. hop you fullas had a secondary propulsion.. lol and bro where’s the life jacket

[@jimbray3812]

I was sitting on my couch watching this and getting motion sickness. Better to stay home I think.

[@Chris-NZ]

I never really appreciated the hazard crossing the bar is till now. It must be unbelievable in a strong westerly . Good skills .

[@markuswilmes3694]

The skipper did a good job considering he kept picking the shallow area to go through

[@Insert.anger50]

Awesome, hell yeh the Manukau bar can be nasty af

[@JustJokingNot]

Thats narly.

[@anita3651]

Why not go down to the fish market, have a pint at a real bar on the way, check out the lovely ladies, save this mental illness for another day?

[@gallipoli95]

This is an adventure.

[@johnandtraceygibbs2853]

How’s the life jackets working out ?

[@mitseraffej5812]

There is an ocean rescue adage that 50% of the population wouldn’t survive a 50 metre swim in the open ocean. I’ve been crossing this stretch of water for many years and each life jacket has a locator beacon attached, and my jacket a VHF radio, an LED flare and sea dye marker. No fun to be had if you don’t want to take a few risks bit on saying that you may as well give yourself a reasonable chance of survival if things go bad.

[@Antipodean33]

Am I missing the editing or is this bar 10 miles long?

[@littlebitofeverything8307]

Probably going against the tide. Water goes pretty fast through here so can be tough for some boats depending on ya engine size. It is also a pretty long stretch too.

[@cmmc502]

this is quite a long bar crossing it can take up 20 min to cross sometimes depending on conditions at the washing machine and in the south channel itself the overall crossing is about 6km from start to finish