Sealers Cove crossing the creek - any tips?

[GazmanfromMelbourne]

Hi All

I will be doing an overnight walk to Sealers Cove next week. Any tips on crossing the creek to get to the campsite?

Low tide is obvious but even then I've read the water can be knee to thigh deep.

Thanks

[walkon]

Its not a river that will sweep you out to sea. If the tide is out you can walk down to the waters edge and its really shallow. Most people just take off their shoes walk across.

[Earwig]

Usually two options - cross as far down the beach as possible and get wet feet/thighs or jump across on rocks upstream a bit near the camping area. The river leaves a sand bar at its mouth and, as Walkon said, it's usually quite shallow. The rock hopping risks falling in and getting totally wet. On one trip when I was there a hiker fell while trying to hop across on the rocks and badly gashed their leg. There was a boat anchored in the bay and people called them over hoping they might have a radio (this was pre-mobile phone days) as the wound was quite serious. The boat happened to have a doctor on board who stitched up and dressed the wound.

My tip - walk near the water's edge and get wet feet.

[GazmanfromMelbourne]

Thanks for the quick and clear responses.

Most helpful.

[Penguin]

Shoes, socks and trousers off and take a towel if it is deep

On a king tide I had to swim it once in winter. Cold but easy. Make sure you have pack liner. Normally I have been able to walk it easily.

Have fun and do not worry.

[paidal_chalne_vala]

Insist on using Dry bags for everything. One November we had to ford that creek above waist high. One person who was not with us got his sleeping bag very wet because it was not in a dry bag and it was hanging off the bottom of his pack .
That would make for a miserable experience at bed time.
We usually check the tide times at Sealers' cove with the ranger at Tidal River before we set off.
I always take my boots off there and use trekking poles for balance.