Corryvreckan whirlpool and tidal race.
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- čas přidán 27. 06. 2012
- An explanation of the tidal and geological features which on spring tides combine to produce turbulence and sometimes one large whirlpool in the Gulf of Corryvreckan.
The Corryvreckan Gulf lies between the Islands of Jura and Scarba on the west coast of Scotland.
This occurs every two weeks when the moons influence is greatest and the effect also varies depending on wind strength and direction.
There are some videos of dives to the basalt rock formation 30 metres below which are worth viewing. It's a very dangerous dive only done by very experienced divers!
If you stay down too long the tidal currents will push you down to the seabed and there is only about 15 minutes of slack water.
I sailed this in early summer 1982 in a 24 ft. Frazier sailboat during a force nine gale. We took "shelter" in Pig bay (Tai-na-bruich) and spent the night reseting our anchors. We are still alive because a huge Lobsterboat saw our situation and told us to tuck ourselves behind him. Its an experience I shall never forget. I'm lucky to be alive.
That’s insane
Brave man
This is what CZcams should be...beautiful, informative, and awe inspiring.
It is like that, at times, but you have to wade through a huge amount of dreck to get to where you care to be.
Thank you Hebridean Wild and D. Philip, very informative with excellent CG too. For me, that was the icing on Madeleine Bunting's cake, 'Love of Country - A Hebridean Journey', pp 63 - 68. Very good final shot where we really feel how hard the boat has to accelerate to stay ahead of the bore. All I need now is to see it for myself.
Awesome. A fantastic job, of portraying the underlying world, of the Gulf of Corryvreckan. Well done. From Texas---Wes.
I live on an island in The Bay of Fundy which has the highest tides in the world. Extremes are the norm here. This vid is very, very well done. The CGI to explain what is happening on the surface helps me to understand some of the things I've seen around here. Great video.
Thank you, glad you found it interesting, I would love to visit there some day.
Yes, thanks to you both. Bag of Fundy is on my list, and not too far.
Truly one of the best videos on you tube. Certainly one of the best if not THE best video I have ever seen. ( I am 62 today ). The unobtrusive yet beautifully instructional use of the computer graphics to illustrate in an instantly comprehensible manner what we were all seeing with our eyes was beyond outstanding !!!. Bravo Bravo Bravo !!!!
Thanks John, your comments are much appreciated!
Exactly what I wanted to say- thanks!
Incredible video! But I am so terrified of this place! :o
Superb video! I've sailed these waters but your video clearly demonstrates why the waters behave as observed from the surface. Brilliantly done!
I heard about Corryvreckan as a child growing up in Scotland and always wanted to see it.
Thanks for posting and making a 50 year old dream come true. Fabulous.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it
This was very satisfying and relaxing to watch, also very informative. Very well done.
Excellent film! I've been reading about this and other British coastal phenomena and thought I'd see what was on CZcams...apparently the Corryvreckan whirlpool and race can be heard 20 miles away...
What a wonderful video - beautifully made, instructive, intelligent and clear. Thank you so much - this has made me want to come and see it for myself.
Absolutely wonderful and inspiring. So lucky to have great weather AND the right tide timing. Fascinating to see the graphics of the sea bed and the mechanics of the process. Well done!
Glad you enjoyed it, I appreciate the comments.
A superb video - quality camera images and fine CGI's. Music is lovely, too - a refreshing change from the shit many folk think mandatory for their efforts to succeed.
"Music is lovely, too - a refreshing change from the shit many folk think mandatory for their efforts to succeed" - I agree with all, post your hyphen. However I didn't like the music, I don't think adding music is appropriate to a factual / documentary piece.
Your mileage may differ.
Very informative and well made, thank you.
What a stunning video.
Truly fantastic video! Very informative, as well as calming and inspiring. Excellent use of the internet to allow people far and wide to discover some of the gems that are tucked away in our beautiful country.
Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge so eloquently.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
I've been through here a few times on the P.S Waverley but the whirlpool was only playing the once. Timing is key!
Absolutely beautiful. Endless thanks for recurring memories of 60 years ago when I tackled the Corry with my 25foot sloop 'Snafu'. Your video is the finest I have ever seen. Bless you from Australia.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.
Camping on JURA at
Kinuachdrachd Which is 2.5 miles away You can hear the Corryvreckan ,. its like distant thunder, even with a hill in the way
reminds of the Edgar Allen Poe story ' a descent into the maelstrom
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@@jimjinable A great story. The Maelstrom is a real place in the Lofoten Islands in Norway and is the biggest whirlpool in the world. Corryvreckan is number two in the northern hemisphere, number three in the world.
How can the explanations given explain the thunder and roar ? They can't, according to me.
Just awesome ❤️. Thank you❤️❤️❤️
That was breath taking
Brilliant video...
Thank you for this...
Totally engrossed...
The formation of the whirlpool is fascinating...
George Orwell...
Oh my...
A magical place within an awe inspiring country...
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Many thanks!
I so need to see this whirlpool!
Just magnificent!!
i have been to scarba and jura amazing islands. there are also other small islands above scarba; lunga, droma, maenech, eaeshore rua fiola the black ilses and gavalacks
Nicely explained and excellent graphics. Congratulations to whoever was respnsible.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.
Very nice!
Superbly informative and beautiful
Thank you. Much appreciated!
Very well done.
So beautiful.
Two things truly amaze me watching this video. First house still the camera appears to be that videoed this trip. Why wasn’t it bouncing all over the place? Was there some type of video stabilizer on the camera? The second thing that surprised me was in this rough water, not a single person who was videotaped was wearing a life preserver! This was a truly amazing video. Thank you.
Amazing!
Been on that catamaran through the Corryvecan and pig Bay great day trip from Crinan had lunch In Pig Bay , awesome place Sea eagles and dolphins and Wales. PS it was a white knuckle ride. Spring tides are the best
Brilliant video
Thank you.
One of the BEST videos on CZcams, kudos to you Hebridean, and as a Kayaker the main lesson learned here is - Make Last Will and Testament, and don't forget Bible, should you go anywhere near. Absolutely amazing, and God only knows what it would be like in a Gale.
we came thru the west side in a force 5 I was shitting my pants
KRIS BRZEZINA paddled through from east to west in 1982 in a E F4. Absolute anticlimax as at HW slack everything was calm. Never been so relieved before or since.
Once went through this on slack water neap tide and it was bliss full and quite …even a stag on Jura looking down at us ..we were on a dive boat out of Cuban sound by a guy called David Ainsley ( skipper) ….but I’ve heard it roaring from 10 miles away when on spring full flood …..
Que bello lugar y curioso fenomeno. saludos
I have watched trawlers leave Criban and head straight out through the Gulf of Corryvrekan, however I have heard the take of a naval vessel which attempted the passage when a heavy sea was running outside and it came o of much 'the worse for wear'.
During the First World War a large British warship tried to force its way against the tides in the narrow stretch of water between the Scottish mainland and Orkney, another area of dangerous tide races. It ended up badly damaged with its gun barrels bent and out of action for months.
If you are mad enough you can dive to the top of the pinnacle on slack. I can very definitely say that there is bugger all to see except round holes and crabs. Apparently the crabs use the holes to hide from the current on flood though how they know that I’m not sure. We didn’t wait there long enough to check it out. It’s much more interesting on the surface and the video, though very good, misses out on how loud the noise of the surf is. A great place to visit.
nice video, thank you
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
Wow!
It'amazing
Beautifully made video. The Hebrides are such a beautiful. and fascinating part of the World
This brings back memories of passing through Corryvreckan aboard PS " Waverley" out of Oban, and in 1989 while staying at Kinaughdrachd, just "over the hill" from the Strait at the Northern tip of Jura. Thankfully I've only experienced it "topside", I'm quite happy to see below the surface in simulation!
George Orwell nearly drowned there while staying at Barnhill when he and his stepson foolishly set out to pass through the Corryvreckan in a small boat with an outboard motor, which was lost overboard as they passed through the strait. Luckily they were washed ashore and rescued.
Orwell been advised to go to Jura for the "clean" Atlantic air as he was then terminally ill with TB. He was working on his final novel "1984", and had he been drowned we'd never have learnt of "Big Brother"!
Went through a few times on the fishing boat Harmony BF 158
Am I the only one here that came here to see a whirlpool and didn't see one?
i should visit scottland...
What's the music?
let's go swimming!
Wow, !
"hello Tin can, Tin can, Tin can..."
" ...this is Romeo Sierra, Romeo Sierra, Romeo Sierra, over..."
who remembers this kind of walkie-talkie chat?
That is settled weather, It can get very angry indeed.
It can indeed!
Took the kids through in my little drascombe scaffie all you have to do is get the tides right and little incoming swell. Took them all down the sound of Islay and spent the day at Glengarrisdale bothy. We found the best one for excitement was the grey dog ( well at the right time) no mystic really just common sense the what the sea is and what it can do if you don’t take care.
Drat. Shazam gives FOUR different artists for the same piece of music, and then I gave-up..
So, starting at 4:15 who's the artist, what's the piece called? Anyone?
Hi,
All the music is purchased from a company called akmmusic.co.uk, at the moment I can't remember the track titles but
will look at my original edit when I can and let you know.
Okay, appreciated.
Excellent video, btw; informative, visual, interesting. Scotland is undoubtedly a world-class location with something for everyone.
Great vid!
Hi,
Managed to id two of the titles "Ascent" on tranquility vol 2 and "dreamscape" on soundscapes 2002.
Ah, good work!
Thank you for this.
Yikes !
Amazing.
Its all fun and games sitting there in the waves like daher daher until your boat breaks and your in the shit.
no life jackets? tut tut!!
It would only take a bump and a slip in those rapids and bye bye
They don't work in such fierce currents.
Ah, that's nothing ! Hillary told me that old Bill can out swim that any day.
R
Oh yes, water.....zzzzzzzzzzzz
Dreary, mind numbingly awful video and even worse music, by the time it shows a whirlpool you're ready to throw yourself in. Please DON'T SAVE ME.
With such closed mindedness I don't expect anyone will.
DubYahJohn Off to your sad little life.