Category: Tides & Surges
A consideration of Tides in different locations around Suffolk, in estuaries and the open coast. Including how they operate, heights over periods of time, the characteristics of tides in the North Sea. An examination also of the separate phenomenon of surges, how and why they occur, their size and the weather conditions that create them.
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Anyone who has been among mountains knows their indifference, has felt a brief, blazing sense of the world’s disinterest in us. In small measures, this feeling exhilarates. In full form, it annihilates.” – Quote from film Mountain. The sea inspires fascination, its otherness captivates and evokes awe and a sense of calm. But it is…
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This discussion will look at tides and surges to consider whether the data suggests the presence of conditions likely to cause beach erosion. This will follow-up a previous debate concerning big vs small erosion events, that looked at the transformation of Thorpeness beach, below North End Avenue between 27th August and 1st October 2022. Values…
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This discussion will travel down the east coast with the tides and surges of East Anglia and will consider how the features of the North Sea influence tidal patterns. Along the way, it will also consider the tendency of surges to occur around 3 to 5 hours before peak high tide. The shape and position…
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On 29th January 2022 a weather system, named by the Danish Meteorological Institute as Storm Malik, brought significant winds to the UK. The storm passed to the North-East of the UK and generated a large storm surge on 30th January 2022, which travelled down the east coast and had considerable impact at several locations on…
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At the time of writing on the evening of February 9th 2022 there are flood alerts issued again for the tidal River Yare, from Thorpe St Andrew to Breydon Water and the tidal River Waveney from Ellingham to Breydon Water. This area is of interest because the alert mentions a heightened risk at the Haddiscoe…
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Iken Cliff, near the Snape Maltings, in the Alde Ore estuary, is an area backed by sandy cliffs, fronted by reed beds and salting’s and boat moorings. One noticeable feature is the presence of breached flood defences. One cause of breaches in flood defences is a process known as desiccated cracking, which involves flood water…
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A selection of photos taken in February 2021 show the current landscape of Aldeburgh Marshes and Hazlewood marshes as well as the history of the scouring effects of the tidal surge in December 2013. The first photo shows the lasting affects of the scouring of the trees at the back of Hazlewood marshes, alongside the…
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In field studies on the Essex and Kent coasts following the North Sea 1953 storm surge, academics, Cooling and Marsland listed four possible causes for flood embankment failure. Three of these causes are particularly useful to consider regarding the failure of river walls at Hazelwood marshes and Havergate Island. These are, a) erosion of sea-facing…
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