SUNDAY/MONDAY STORM and SWELL

[Nick Hearne]

Photos just don't give you any idea of that it is like

[matt h]

Originally Posted by Swain Marine

Went for a blustery walk at Hengistbury Head a couple of hours ago, got "sand blasted" a few times..

Good Pics David

[Hightower]

Originally Posted by Starovich

F9 Gusts already in the solent . F7 Average

Only a F6 now. Perhaps it's the calm before

[matt h]

Originally Posted by Hightower

Only a F6 now. Perhaps it's the calm before

Really. damn. im tuning back, not worth going out in that!

[longjohn]

Originally Posted by Swain Marine

Went for a blustery walk at Hengistbury Head a couple of hours ago, got "sand blasted" a few times..

not as big waves as last weekend when Avocet & I came through last Sunday

[HughN]

Originally Posted by Adamn

this storm is going to produce some HUGH swell.

Thank you very much.

Interesting heights already.

[HughN]

5m waves already down here...

[Boatnomad]

Sevenstones Lightship-1pm=24.5ft

[Jeff Hutcheon]

Originally Posted by Adamn

Hi all
I have been to Porthleven and Perranpotth on the North coast. Slightly bigger on the north and blown out. How big? I would say out back 12ft bigger on some sets. All that with an outgoing tide you can put a few more feet on that this evening.
I have many photos and I will upload them this evening.
Gusting to 55mph this afternoon hence why Cornwall has only a few trees!

Got a mate that lived in Porthleven for a number of years and saw some cracking storms hit the area, hope they have put the harbour gate in today !!

[Avocet]

Well, in the absence of anyone wanting to join me as crew for a passage to Yarmouth for supper, I've battened down the hatches and am listening to the rain fall and the wind howl: we live at the second highest point in Bournemouth and will get the full brunt (expected around midnight). Let's hope that our beech tree stays where it is!

[Aries]

Kind of hoping my fir tree (preservation order) will fall down. Just hope it falls away from the house...

[Adamn]

Hi all here are some photos of this afternoon in west Cornwall
The first 3 are of Porthleven in a 6-8ft swell winds gusting to 50mph

The rest are of Perranporth on the north coast. The swell was blown out so difficult to say how big. The cliffs in the background are over 200ft. Two are the photos show two children on a rock outcrop the sea was surging with incredible power. The shots of the rocks show the before and after surge with just 45secs between.

[Adamn]

The Kite surfer was getting some good air time.
You needed to be on your guard and have trainers on ready to run when a surge came!!

[Erin]

We had a brief gust to 36kts this morning at about 11 but so far it's only been around F5 or F6. They're still predicting it will get a bit exciting later tonight.

Screenshot from my weather station.

[Adamn]

Originally Posted by Jeff Hutcheon

Got a mate that lived in Porthleven for a number of years and saw some cracking storms hit the area, hope they have put the harbour gate in today !!

Yes the oak planks are all in place.

[Adamn]

Originally Posted by Mollers

There's a biggun' over my garage/boatshed.

You have a TREE you lucky B@$T#€D! Can I have a look or will it be in Hampshire tomorrow!

[kerny]

Thanks for taking the time to post your great pics Adamn, if that kite surfer stays out while midnight I'm sure that he will get some superb air time

I'm surprised that there were no hardened surfers out there.

[Adamn]

Originally Posted by kerny

Thanks for taking the time to post your great pics Adamn, if that kite surfer stays out while midnight I'm sure that he will get some superb air time I'm surprised that there were no hardened surfers out there.

There were a couple further down the coast on a more sheltered beach. Looking at the swell size it still looked like
Death on a stick! ( famous film quote)

[kerny]

Originally Posted by Adamn

There were a couple further down the coast on a more sheltered beach. Looking at the swell size it still looked like
Death on a stick! ( famous film quote)

Point break!! great film

[gennaro]

BBC News - Teenage boy 'swept away' by sea in Newhaven

Sussex Police received a call at 16:15 GMT to say the boy, who had been swimming with a friend off West Beach in Newhaven, had been "swept away by the current".

The Newhaven Lifeboat team said at 21:45 GMT all teams searching off the coast had been stood down.

In a tweet, it said its thoughts "go to the boy's family and friends at this sad time".

The boy was last seen playing in the surf about 10m offshore, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said.

Earlier, a spokeswoman had said weather conditions at the scene were very bad.

Family 'distraught'
"The weather conditions are just atrocious, with poor visibility making it extremely difficult," she said.

She explained that police were with the boy's family and they were "distraught".

A police spokesman said it was a "very distressing incident".

He added: "All agencies remind people of the dangers of being at seashores in adverse weather, especially in view of the approaching severe weather conditions overnight.

"The advice is straightforward - stay clear."