Since the outfall was destroyed by the
National Trust there has been a gradual but fundamental change in the
form and function of this storm beach
A beach dangerous to bathers is now
infinitely more dangerous, a major incident waiting to happen.
Freshwater was concentrated over yards
giving a limited but fierce undertow.
Now freshwater enters the beach over
more than one hundred meters in some circumstances,increasing
the rate and volume of water creating the undertow,by lowering the
sand level between high tides,at the southern end of the beach.
Some years ago I was on the beach
trying to to warn twenty adults and children they took no notice and
were predictably washed out to sea, I left to raise the alarm.
I was not there to help luckily there were a group of experienced
canoists who rescued them all from certain drowning.
Two lifeguards would be overcome.
The form altering function is
complicated, the beach changes daily, unpredictably, but the dangers
are increasing.
The outfall which managed the form
of the beach must be replaced by the National Trust.
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