When weather is not so good ...... squalls, tropical waves etc....... please don't hop in a kayak and head out to (or beyond) the reef?
Sounds sensible, but just now I watched people launch a kayak into a whiteout and begin to paddle towards the reef.
Before you argue that you have every right to risk your own neck, ask yourself honestly if you expect somebody else to rescue you? Probably you do .... and that means by putting yourself at risk you put others at risk. Just sayin'.