Last week Peconic Jeff and I went down past the Flying Point side of Mecox Bay to check out the surf at the Cut... the Cut so named because Mecox Bay is only an actual bay when the barrier beach that seals it off from the ocean is cut by the town (to lower water levels built up by rain over the months) or by the ocean (a big storm often does the trick.) The water that runs one way or another is called (I swear) a seapoose. Before you pooh pooh the seapoose you may want to check out that link...they've been seapoosing all the way back to the 1600's and beyond.
OKAY LET'S BRING THIS BACK TO WATERSPORTS!!!
The gentleman operating the big yellow digging machine stopped digging for awhile and came over to talk to us. He explained that they weren't simply draining Mecox like they usually do, but instead were trying to deepen the channel to the middle of the bay...what he called "deep water" (what we call "six feet" there) in order to improve overall circulation, which should improve the health and mood of the resident shellfish (until they're boiled alive in fine kitchens.) When we told him we windsurfed Mecox Bay and had noticed how it had been weedier and somewhat stagnant this past season he brightened considerably...we were people who actually noticed and appreciated the water state in the middle of the bay! So for Mecox windsurfers this is entirely good news...fresh perky water to shred from the Yacht Club and Flying Point launches. How about the ocean...how will the surfing break known as The Cut fair? For now we must wait and see, but the Puffin has been told that historically outflow from Mecox has improved the outer sand bars.
(Video: From Mecox to the Atlantic, watch the seapoose (and Jeff). Map adapted from Google Maps.)
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