Kessock Bridge currents.

[jamie N]

For anyone who's had the challenge of the Kessock Bridge current at Inverness, this might be of interest.

 

[Minchsailor]

I've seen the buoy off the entrance to the River Ness (just west of the bridge) practically horizontal due to the strength off the stream.

 

[ProDave]

Lets hope they got the timing right for slack water or they might have ended up somewhere else.

 

[jamie N]

Most people would want to escape Merkinch/South Kessock!

 

[ProDave]

I have just calculated, based on the speed I swim in a nice indoor heated pool, with no current and no waves, that it would take me over an hour to swim that distance. Clearly i am not up to the mark of such a challenge. Add in the cold, the waves and the current and I doubt I would make it.