Instructor - Matthew Kelleher
We began our trip at the pier at Star Outdoors Kenmare and heading down towards Kenmare town. This was my first time in a sea kayak since having a bad experience in delphi shortly before so I was nervous to say the least. What made it much better was the fact that it was perfect calm conditions. On our way down Matt was kind enough to be extremely patient with the pace at which I was moving and also the amount of nervous expletives being thrown around the place.
On our way down we saw hundreds of 'Compass Jellyfish'. These are definitely the most common in Ireland but their sting is only similar to a nettle sting.
When we got to the bridge we decided to head back up the bay to hopefully sea the seal colony. Half way back up the bay it we got a small wind against us and I ended up going over. This was so frustrating as I was doing so well and building confidence again. We continued on up the bay and saw one common seal. Apparently the seal colonies hadn't been around as much as other years. After this we headed back to Star but as it was on spring tides it was extremely low on the way and when we were about 100m from the pier we ended up having to hop out and drag our boats through silt.
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