====== Tidal Bores ======

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<font 11px/inherit;;inherit;;inherit>**Lupar River Benak Tidal Bore (Malaysia) **photo: Oxbold youtube video</font>

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===== Intro =====

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See description of [[:terminology#tidal_bore|tidal bore]]

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===== Tidal Bores on a Surfski Website? =====

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Tidal bores as a surfable wave type is a novelty for surfskiers. And they may prove to be not that interesting in terms of the variation in surfing experience that they provide for surfskiers. Given how straight a surfski has to remain to avoid broaching on fast and/or steep waves, will any of the world's bores prove sufficiently accessible, challenging, and/or entertaining to draw the interest of many surfskiers?

  * **More About Tidal Bores**
      * [[http://www.coastalwiki.org/wiki/Tidal_bore_dynamics|Coastal Wiki - Tidal Bores]]
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===== Safety =====

  * //We really haven't been provided with any information on tidal bore safety based on first hand reports yet - so that is a whole additional bundle of safety concerns that need to be identified.//
      * Some obvious ones//://
        * Avoid river edge obstacles
        * Where do these waves tend to break if they are large?
        * Critters - crocodiles, caimans, what does the bore pick up from the banks - spiders, snakes, etc.?
        * River water quality, pollution

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===== Locations =====

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photo: [[:tidalbore_catalog|USGS 1988 Tidal Bore Catalog]] click to enlarge

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==== Australia ====

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Most tidal bores we know about here are fairly remote and can be frequented by crocs.

  * Ord River in Western Australia - crocs and remote (the Kimberley), Styx River in central Queensland [[https://youtu.be/qrEQgcnQ9sQ?t=117|video]], Daly River in the Northern Territory

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==== Brazil ====

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Surfing the Amazon's "pororoca" tidal bore

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  * [[:brazil#tidal_bores|Brazil's Tidal Bores]]

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==== Canada ====

  * [[:canada#bay_of_fundy|Bay of Fundy]] Nova Scotia
  * [[:vancouver_island#tidal_bores|Vancouver Island]] BC

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==== China ====

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Surfing the Qiantang River "Silver Dragon" (best viewed in Haining just east of Hangzhou)

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More sedate version of Qiantang bore [[https://www.facebook.com/share/v/15tVhhMqad/|facebook video]]

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==== France ====

  * [[:france#tidal_bores|France's Tidal Bores]]

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==== India ====

  * Hooghly River (distributary of the Ganges) - the "Baan"

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Jet Surfing the "Baan"

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==== Indonesia ====

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==== Sumatra ====

Bono = tidal bore

  * Kampar River

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Surfing the Seven Ghosts Bono

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==== Malaysia ====

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"Benak" = tidal bore

  * Lupar River  [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5ft7hs0U00|video]]
      * The Lupar does have crocs
  * Sadong River [[https://youtu.be/OWZp_EF0Om8?t=57|video]]

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==== Myanmar ====

  * Sittang (or Sittaung) River
      * These videos are kind of interesting because they are made by a solo SUP paddler using no boat or support. But he does carry multiple cameras including a drone to document his adventures.
        * [[https://youtu.be/sCsOqjpPyrs|video1]]
        * [[https://youtu.be/80By5edDquo|video2]]

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==== New Guinea ====

  * Fly River
  * Turama River

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==== Pakistan ====

  * Indus River

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==== UK ====

  * [[:united_kingdom#british_bores_tidal_etc|Great Britain Bores]]

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==== US ====

  * Colorado River - used to have a large tidal bore at its estuary in Mexico
  * [[https://youtu.be/g1ZDZuW7zjs|Turnagain Arm]] Alaska
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**Turnagain Arm (** [[https://www.facebook.com/tasurfco/|Turnagain Arm Surf Co.]] (facebook)**)**</WRAP>

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