Francois40 wrote:
I wasn't interested so he would go away and swim back and forth
Oh, speaking of that! How deep was that water in that channel? It looked like it wasn't over your head for a lot of it, but was any of it, that you actually had to swim, rather than wade?

If you found the right spots, you could walk most of it. But when the tide was coming in, it was neck high and some parts were over your head.