There has been a large easterly swell running, and although it diminished by the 19th, and the impounded
water was ebbing out of the river mouth, one sees those kinds of swells at many of the barred entrances. There's a pic somewhere of a
fishing boat that, desperate to go
fishing, got sunk by a larger wave than those. The
boat was re-floated and may still be in
service, but the
repairs ran into the tens of thousands, possibly exceeding $100,00 before it was serviceable. Most barred entries are posted with a number of warnings. That is a don't mess with mother nature sort of video, at best.