Update 2nd February 2015
Recycling machines left the beach on Friday, and with northerly winds set to dominate for a week or more, reprofiling should be the only activity to occur in the short term. Already attention is turning to the next likely ‘test’ on 21st February when 8.2mCD tides are predicted.
Update 13th January 2015
Mindful of the 8.0mCD tides due late next week, we have two dumptrucks and an excavator starting work on Friday to ensure erosion that has occurred since Christmas is repaired before the spring tides arrive. They will work until at least the end of next week and thereafter to repair any erosion resulting from the coming spring tides.
Before that, we have the potential for two large wave events early tomorrow and again on Thursday. Current forecasts show offshore wave heights almost doubling from 3.0m to 5.6m between 04:00 and 07:00 tomorrow, but with high water at 04:40 and only 5.5mCD tides their effect should be limited.
At present, next week is forecast to be dominated by northerly winds, but still plenty of time for that to change… An 8mCD tide close to the winter solstice is very unusual as the largest tides are usually associated with the equinox. Northerly winds would be most welcome!
Kind regards
Ian
Ian ThomasUpdated: Tuesday, February 3, 2015 15:54