We departed Berg Bay at high slack and had 14’ of water
under our keel Much nicer! Departing at high slack meant we would be
bucking the ebb tide on our northbound route.
We opted to enter South Fingers Bay to view wildlife and wait for the
next flood tide. Again we watched the
otters. At one time Glacier Bay National
Park estimated the otter population to be less than 5 but current estimates are
over 4,000. Our experience is that there
are a lot of otters in the park. We also
watched seagulls and shore birds feasting on the mussels that were in the
intertidal zone.
From Fingers Bay we headed north to Reid Inlet and Reid
Glacier. On our way we idle past Gloomy Knob with binoculars in hand looking for mountain goats. We have almost given up when suddenly they come into view. We find one standing high on the knob and soon have spotted a dozen nearby including at least one baby. The terrain looks inhospitable but the goats seem to get around just fine. We put the boat back in gear and continue on our trip north.We first anchored in the NW corner of the inlet with good holding but the winds from the SE were so strong that we decided to change our anchorage location. We pulled up the anchor around 5:30 pm and found a spot in the SE corner with a depth of 45 feet. We again dropped the anchor and found good holding. The tide was due to rise another 10 feet so we set out 200’ of chain and our trusty Delta anchor. The winds in this location were also strong but we opted to stay put.
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| Reid Glacier |
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| Reid Glacier from anchor |
Sea Wolf arrived in Reid Inlet around 7 pm and dropped
anchor in the NW corner. We called on
the radio and asked if they had a current weather forecast. We learned that winds were expected to top
out at 20 mph and die down in the late evening.
The Captain added that the last time he heard this forecast the winds
rose to 40 mph! Our anchor held firm and
the winds finally abated after midnight.
Our anchorage was at the base of Reid Glacier and was simply stunning.
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