Headed out after a quick exploring trip
Perhaps it’s the gorgeous May weather. Or the favorable afternoon tides. Whatever the motivating factors are, I have seen more boat traffic on Mud Bay in the last few days than I can ever remember. Kayaks, standup paddleboards, runabouts, even cabin cruisers. Despite its name, at high tide the water is deep enough in Mud Bay’s main channel for all of them. The photo was taken late yesterday afternoon. Both the tide and the boat are on their way out.
Mud Bay is not a navigable waterway. I figure most people who sail, paddle, or motor in know that and just want to see its upper end. But perhaps some think Mud Bay connects to Oyster Bay, its larger neighbor to the south. It doesn’t. You have to navigate through a narrow passage between Marine Drive and Madrona Pont to get into Oyster Bay. Marine Drive is the next point to the west of Mud Bay.
It’s been fun seeing all of the watercraft. With great weather forecast for the rest of the week, I hope the boat traffic keeps up.
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Aren’t you glad you live there.
Mud Bay was one of my summer play areas growing up in the 70’s. Fun to walk the water at low tide. Fun to water ski at higher tide. On a hot summer day the mud/sand would heat up and then the incoming water would be warmer than the rest of Dyes Inlet.