After at least two days of very heavy seas they calmed down somewhat on 2 April. Looking out from Captain Stevenson's Point the beach to the East of the Mouth was strewn with seaweed suggesting that the big swells had been breaking over it (or at least flinging the weed over it). So I took myself and my camera to Bastion Point.
There was still a large amount of seaweed floating in the water.
As well as the amount washed up on the sandbar East of the Mouth.
The water level in Bottom Lake was still very high (80mm of rain in the catchment and Southerly gales pushing sea water in will cause that) so the bars usually occupied by waders etc were well under water. So the birds shifted towards the Mouth.
An example of the seaweed flung over the beach.
This situation went as far as I could see along the beach.
Although much less disturbed than the previous two days the sea was still quite rough.
I then moved to look at the improved breakwater. It was unclear whether the highest rocks had been thrown there by waves or were the ESGC view of needed sculpture.
Waves were still breaking over the wall. It will be interesting to see if rocks have been knocked into the channel which the redesign and current dip into the public purse is supposed to have prevented.
Saw the big blue mover thing moving rocks onto the breakwater jsut when the sea was at its most angry - on Tuesday?
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