Sunday 06 Dec 2020
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Schedule
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0640,0700 waking up
0700,0740 stroll along the beach
0750,0830 sitting outside in the sun
walking to New World with Hannah for hash browns
1000 breakfast prep
1100 breakfast (hash browns, fried egg, ciabatta)
1118 call Surfsup about kayak hire
1130 get ready to go kayaking
1215 chris and I kayak across bay
1300 hire kayaks from Surfsup 4
1315,1445 kayak around Whenuakura island
1500 drive back to AP2 to help chris and hannah with kayak
1600 group walk into town and get ice cream
1700 group walk to supermarket for dinner supplies
1715,1745 swim in the sea by myself
1800,1900 nap on the couch
help with dinner
1930,2000 dinner (onions, roast potatoes, salad, hummus, veg skewers)
dishes
card game: last card
board game: poetry for neanderthals
meringues, brandy snaps and ice cream for desert
board game: what do you meme?
board game: cards against humanity
2300 bed time
Todo
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- [x] Figure out what the best time to go kayaking is...
- [x] Hire kayk from Surfsup / get a refund for lesson
- [ ] Play a game of chess with Chris
- [ ] Basketball hoop shooting competition?
- [/] Hire a buggy
- [x] Go for a swim
Tide Times
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0541 low tide
0800 mid tide
1206 high tide
1511 mid tide
1816 low tide
0023 low tied
I wrote some short functions to make it easy to work with times
// map 0:60 minutes to 0:100
const m = (n) => (((n % 100) % 60) / 60) * 100
const h = (n) => (Math.floor(n / 100) * 100)
// convert time (format hhmm) to decimal
const t = (n) => h(n) + m(n)
// convert decimal back to hhmm
const _ = (n) => h(n) + (((n % 100) / 100) * 60)
The t & _ functions convert time between hhmm and decimal.
For example,
12:00pm t(1200) -> 1200
12:30pm t(1230) -> 1250
12:59pm t(1259) -> 1298.333
12:30pm + 1h = _(t(1230) + t(100)) => 1330
12:15pm + 2h55m = _(t(1215) + t(255)) => 1510
WARNING: do not prepend 0 to numbers in javascript or else they might be parsed as base 8. For example 0255 === 173
We can then use these functions to find midtide times by average low and high tide:
const avg = (a, b) => _(((t(a) - t(b)) / 2) + t(b))
avg(0541, 1206) // => 0759.5 (7:59 am)
avg(1206, 1816) // => 1511 (3:11 pm)
It would be fun to have a language to make this easier to express:
$ calc
> 05:41 + 3h22m
09:05
> avg(05:41, 12:06)
07:59:30
Kayak Afternoon
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Hannah has a 2 person kayak we can borrow, but we need to get it 2k down the beach. Hannah, Chris and I walk it to the beach on a trolley and then paddle it across the bay. Tough work but faster than walking it. We have to navigate around the Surf Lifesaving competition which has a course set out in the water.
The others drive to Access Point 14 to meet us there. We hire 2x 2 person kayaks from Surfsup for $30/pp (total of $120). We can use the kayaks for 2 hours which gives up plenty of time to paddle across to Whenuakura island and have a swim on the beach next door.
After a quick lesson on how to paddle a kayak and what to do if you fall out, we set off. We've all got life jackets and have done a bit of kayaking before (except maybe Chris S?). The three kayak groups are: Chris G and Anna, Chris S and Hannah, and me and Anthony.
We cross over to Whenuakura island first. On the southern side of the island, There is a 12m high cave entrance with stunning rock formations. We paddle the kayaks through the narrow entrance. The island is nicknamed "Donut Island" because of it's shape. In the center is a beautiful lagoon of water surrounded by cliffs and trees. It's a magical spot, but also home to a wildlife sanctuary and the locals ask that we stay in the water and do not step on the land. There are a couple of other people in kayaks visiting as well.
Apparently there are tuatara that live on the island!
Whenuakura Island: [[ https://goo.gl/maps/6ozhrEZ9FseBm6HHA ]]
Hauturu Island: [[ https://goo.gl/maps/TzCwhCgrDDMMRSdE8 ]]