We had a light fair wind in the morning, accompanied by a heavy swell, which caused us to roll so much that I found it very difficult to do anything.
All the morning we rolled about, becalmed, in a heavy swell.
But at the Bell Rock neither snow nor rain, nor fog nor wind, retarded the progress of the work, if unaccompanied by a heavy swell or breach of the sea.
The wind still continued from the eastward with a heavy swell; and to-day it was accompanied with foggy weather and occasional showers of rain.
The wind was still easterly, accompanied with rather a heavy swell of sea for the operations in hand.
There being little wind, and a heavy swell in the sea, it was not safe that the vessels should come in contact with each other.
The boats landed at a quarter past 9 this morning, but not without considerable difficulty, owing to a heavy swell of sea which accompanied the change of wind.
The wind still continued from the eastward, with a heavy swell; and to-day it was accompanied with foggy weather, and occasional showers of rain.
The agitation of a sail with sheet or tack carried away, or the sudden jerk of the sails in light winds and a heavy swell on.
Friday, 11th May] The wind was still easterly, accompanied with rather a heavy swell of sea for the operations in hand.
Saturday, 28th May] The wind still continued from the eastward with a heavy swell; and to-day it was accompanied with foggy weather and occasional showers of rain.
A heavy swell is generally found outside, owing to the comparatively shallow water, in which there are soundings to about three miles from the Cape.
Afterwards we examined Valentyn Bay, and found it unfit for vessels, being exposed to a heavy swell, and affording but bad anchorage.
Contrary to my expectation, the wind did not much increase; but the thick weather, and a heavy swell, induced me to stand farther out than I had at first intended.
The light morning breeze, which scantily filled her sails when the tug let go the tow-line, soon died away altogether, and left her riding over a heavy swell, in full view of Table Mountain and the high peaks of the Cape of Good Hope.
On the following day, the weather was extremely hazy and unsettled, and there was a heavy swell setting in from seaward.
There was a heavy swell outside, the result of the strong breezes which had prevailed for several preceding days.
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