Anyone go for a swim yesterday ?

[Dick Knights Mumm]

The sea was fantastic. It was warm, calm, and refreshing. And the beach at Widewater was busy, and lots of beach huts were in use.

Having spent the morning on a rugby touchline, it was most welcome to have a dip in the sea. We were standing in the surf mediterranean-style chatting and talking to various friends that showed up. It was absolutely fantastic, and possibly the last time it will be like that this year.

 

[Lush]

"Ouch - damn pebbles - ow - ouch"

*splash*

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

at Rottingdean it was the rocks you had to watch out for ........................

have they re-groyned your beach lush ?

 

[Man of Harveys]

Good call Mum, the beach was fab yesterday...I discovered the joys of kayaking between the piers in Brighton and am totally hooked (not to mention sunburnt and stiff in the shoulders). I'm now thinking of joining the kayak club down by Peter Pan's. There is simply nowhere better on earth than Brighton on a day like that.

 

[Soton Seagull]

Yes, but in a swimming pool in Southampton. It was very pleasant though.

 

[SK1NT]

was in arundel, having a tipple in the black rabbit! what a county we have

 

[Northstander]

I was sat outside a pub in sunny Leeds!!!!!

 

[Pevenseagull]

a quick dip during the Lunch interval, same again today.

Oh I do like to be beside the seaside.

 

[SK1NT]

I was sat outside a pub in sunny Leeds!!!!!

what ur misses pub?free doesnt sound that bad!

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

There is simply nowhere better on earth than Brighton on a day like that.

true MoH, very true.

Widewater was very passable as well.

A question. Does the direction of the longshore drift depend on whether the tide is going in or out ?

 

[Scotty Mac]

playing cricket in st johns park, burgess hill

 

[Easy 10]

I was once again destroying my 9 year old on the pitch & putt at Hove. I went round in 33, he went round in 46. The boy just cannot live with me, I am the MASTER.

Mwahh haa haaaaaar

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

I bet he can't live with the sledging.

 

[Marc]

I was on Brighton Beach watching the RedBull Vert show, pretty damn impressive! Loads of beer and totty too!

On the subject of going for a dip, decided to have a paddle in Kingston Beach (Shoreham) at about midnight saturday....dunno why though!

 

[CHAPPERS]

"Ouch - damn pebbles - ow - ouch"

*splash*

You should have seen LENNON trying to walk up the beach a few weks back, he was screaming like a little BITCH.

 

[Dave C]

DKM - The longshore drift does indeed depend on the tide.

There are 2 factors - a) time of tide b) size of tide

a) The tide ‘enters’ and leaves the channel from the west… Therefore as the tide is on the push (rising, leading up to high tide), the longshore drift runs West to East, and as the tide drops ( towards low tide), current runs East to West. To complicate this, you have to remember that further out to sea (ie. 200m plus), things happen earlier than on the shore… example, if high tide is at 3.00pm this is a ‘shore’ measurement, and high tide out at sea will actually be approx 1 ½ hrs earlier, and by about 2/2.30pm there will be a current flowing in a Westerly direction (you get a period of slack with little currents over high and low tide for about an hour)

b) Size of tide – simply the higher the tide the stronger the current. A high tide of 5.2m will see weak longshore drifts, whereas bigger tides in the region of 6m+ will see more action.

Note - when there are strong onshore winds and storm surf, these currents may be affected by small rips on beaches, or currents alongside man made groynes etc… but people rarely swim under these condiditons.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Respect Dave C. When I was on the beach it must have been approaching high tide, but the drift was already east-west. Well you live and learn.

The RNLI boat was warning those in inflatables that the tide was about to turn (from high) and there was going to be a strong "rip".

 

[Le Premier Cru]

I went in for a half hour or so from about 10:30 with the folk from Brighton SC, frollicking under the Pier...

...immediately after the usual session in the Prince Regent.

Most excellent temperature. May have to go in again before the week is out.

 

[cheshunt seagull]

Hardly the sea, but we hired a boat on the River Lee at Broxbourne, very pleasant.

 

[Beach Hut]

Swam at Lancing, beautiful, but have to walk to other side of beach work currently going on.

Still it was peaceful round the huts as only users there for a change.