It was indeed a bit rough offshore. I had a plan to combine SWMBO\'s birdwatching with a little wreck detection, but turned back into Teesbay once I was about 2 miles out, as it was getting a bit uncomfortable. Once in the lee of the land, everything was fine. At one point when we were off South Gare, some of the chimney smoke/steam from the works onshore was going straight up, some blowing inland, some blowing out to sea. We had a steady blow pushing us inshore. Bizarre.