{"id":378,"date":"2011-10-24T09:09:47","date_gmt":"2011-10-24T08:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jeremyshiers.com\/blog\/?p=378"},"modified":"2011-10-24T16:04:33","modified_gmt":"2011-10-24T15:04:33","slug":"holland-on-sea-beach-then-and-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jeremyshiers.com\/blog\/holland-on-sea-beach-then-and-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Holland-On-Sea Beach Then And Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

After posting photographs of the beach on Holland-On-Sea I have been sent some photographs from a few decades ago.<\/p>\n

At Holland Haven looking south.\u00a0 It is clear that the level of sand is much lower, at a guess may be 5 feet lower. Also the breakwaters have not been repaired as most of the boards between the posts have disappeared.<\/p>\n

In both photos the sand comes to about the top of the boards that are there. Could recovering the beach be as simple as repairing the breakwaters?<\/p>\n

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The current photographs were taken at about 11am on Thursday 20 October 2011 when low tide was at about 11:30, though it was a neap tide.<\/p>\n

And looking north it is easier to see that<\/p>\n

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  1. The breakwaters are quite short.<\/li>\n
  2. There is a pattern of alternating long and short breakwaters.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Just south of Kings Avenue looking north, less sand and broken breakwaters compared to the past.<\/p>\n

    Considering this is nearly low tide it is amazing how little beach there is.<\/p>\n

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    \nAnd looking south you can see there is no sand here at all.<\/p>\n

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    \nBut south of the pier there is a wide beach and the break waters are buried.<\/p>\n

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    And just south of the pier there is still a wide beach.\u00a0 The sand by the wall is dry indicating the sea does not cover it, at least on neap tides.<\/p>\n

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    But immediately north of the pier the beach is lower, narrower and there is no dry sand.<\/p>\n

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    And after 2 breakwaters there is no beach at all.<\/p>\n

    Remember this about low tide, though on a neap tide.<\/p>\n

    Further north, towards Holland-On-Sea, the breakwaters seem to be much further apart.<\/p>\n

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    And south of the pier again.\u00a0 The breakwaters are much longer than at Holland-On-Sea.<\/p>\n

    The wooden breakwaters have boards up to the top of their posts, and are almost completely buried in sand.<\/p>\n

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    It seems to me that the lack of breakwaters has allowed sand to be washed away.<\/p>\n

    What sand remains is lower, which allows the sea to cover more of the beach at low tide, even all of the beach in some places.<\/p>\n

    It’s just like the difference between the shallow and deep ends of a swimming pool.<\/p>\n

    If the beach is not restored then the sea wall wash against the sea wall at all states of the tide, allowing it to erode the sea wall even faster.<\/p>\n

    Could the solution be to be building longer breakwaters and making sure they are maintained?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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