Report 1
| Submitted: | Philip Linsell |
| | Rascal (Super Seal 26) |
| | September 2006 |
Between Wootton Creek and Osborne Bay lies Kings Quay Creek. This really must be the last ditch in the Solent area, not yet visited by us Seals.
I decided it was the right time, 1½ hours before a good high spring tide.
The entrance is small, no sign in the foreshore other than a gap in the shingle beach, it was also shallow, a bit more than a metre. Once inside the water deepens to 2m or so. The narrow channel twists right and left, with a strong current flowing in.
I was enjoying the ride until the second bend, only a few hundred metres, when the end of navigation appears, a stone wall with a small hole letting the water through.
A tricky turn round and lots of engine got me pointing back out.
I would definately go there again, it was very sheltered and quiet inside the creek.
It would be a ‘nice spot’ for lunch on spring tides, maybe an overnight on neaps, if there is enough water to get in.
Signs inform you that this is a SSSI and private land, so no landing.
Note: The creek can be seen very clearly from the air using 'Google Earth'
Update 1
| Submitted: | Geoff Turner |
| | Dawn (Parker 21) |
| | August 2009 |
I went in just before high water on a 4.8m spring tide. What a lovely spot! and just an hour from the Hamble. I agree with Philip - it would be a possible overnight spot; I think there would be enough water on (say) an 8 o'clock 3.9m high water. The shallowest I found was 1.9m, and there was 2.2m where I anchored.
Update 2
| Submitted: | Geoff Turner |
| | Dawn (Parker 21) |
| | August 2009 |
There's been some input from the landowner about landing there on the YBW Scuttlebut forum here.