Paddle to Hook Head

We've been hoping to get some good conditions to go around Hook Head and the day finally arrived. Neap tide, slack winds and slack water gave us an ideal opportunity to head for the Hook. The previous day started very foggy and I thought this would be repeated today but fortunately visibility was good so we headed across. We got over in about 50mins and conditions outside the Hook was calm. However there were breaking waves close to the rocks and these needed some watching. We noticed some divers climbing ashore above an inlet and decided to investigate further to see if it was a possible landing point. On entering the inlet we discovered it wasn't as calm as we thought and instead found ourselves in crossfire of incoming waves from different directions. The waves weren't big but combined with the surge and scend of the inlet and the lack of manoeuvrability led to one of the group surfing unintentionally. This led to a BDF moment (be da f**k) and being tossed out of the boat. He is now the only one who can boast about going swimming at the Hook! With some careful timing we left the inlet and headed out to calmer water before heading back after some refreshments on the water.
We all got home nice and early - good to have a family friendly paddle occasionally.