J Bay "Supertubes" is it Dead - The Sand is Gone!!
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- Its been a very different Summer at J Bay with some huge changes on our beaches never seen before.. Our sand has gone missing after a heavy winter of big seas and followed by a summer of consistent onshore winds. Scary to see how much sand is missing and the question now is will it ever return.
We have seen the demise of Bruces Beauties over the years..is it the end of Supertubes...
Keep them coming Trev, very interesting !
My late dad told me this,,,, IF YOU CAN ACCEPT TWO THINGS IN LIFE YOU WILL HAVE A HAPPY LIFE 1. CONSTANT CHANGE 2 DEATH
I last surfed J Bay in 2012, a life time ago. Thanks for the brilliant video's
thats dope. your dad knew what was up
Strangest summer in cape town as well. No swell for weeks. Banks all gouged away. El Nino changing the landscape. Warm waters here ad well. Dbl digits most unusual
Been very different for sure.. Big winter coming so stand bye.. 🏄
Hope the beach backfills? Sad to see…..certainly difficult getting out to the curl! Thanks, Andrew
Sometimes it takes a long time to fill in after a giant swell. I’ve seen breaks here changed because the reef bottom was altered as big rocks were moved around. When conditions are right again, the sand will come in faster than you can believe.
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We had 2 weeks in Durban in the middle of January cook every day this year with no swell predicted on the charts, the wind reports were inaccurate and the swell seemed to stick around. Seems everywhere is a bit different this year.
Where I live in Massachusetts they tried replenishing a beach by trucking in sand. They spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on this project to fortify the beach. That was about five years ago, and today everything is washed away and it’s worse than ever. The thought that man can alter an ocean Beach is arrogance of the highest order. And where is that sound now? That’s right, it has all washed into the ocean and has made unnatural changes in the ocean flow.
Absolutely.. Development at St Francis Bay south of JBay and covering the dune fields has lead to this..
Good vid, im visiting and found the beach changed quite a bit from 2 years back. Appreciate the information
Hey guys, watched you on Parley Revival. Will watch you some more.
You can have weather events that change coastlines forever .
Yip but a lot of our damage has been as a result if development of the dune fields at St Francis Bay.. Check out the Bruces episode..
Fantastic break.
... Interesting you haven't seen it like that in 60 years mate ... Oddly enough I'm concerned about a lack of sand in my favorite bay for the third year in a row now .. not even a close out bank .. no sand bank at all . 😢
Beaches always re-establish their natural state across time. You have to be patient with Mother Nature. I know having lived in KZN South Coast for decades.
Not if theres no feeder system... Bruces Beauties went same way..
@@oceanadventures365that older video you produced with the aerial photos of the sand rivers was fascinating. I initially thought the same as Colleen but then you raise a good point about how the Sand on these beaches comes from the land (in a round about way) not directly from out to see off the ledge from ancient rivers
Took a drive to Kariega yesterday, and the beach is exactly the same there with rocks exposed everywhere.
Sad story..
Sand gauged out by the huge swells you guys had ,inevitable live with it,it will return.@@oceanadventures365
... Interesting you haven't seen it like that in 60 years mate ... Oddly enough I'm concerned about a lack of sand in my favorite bay for the third year in a row now .. not even a close out bank .. no sand bank at all . 😢
Not looking good...
development of the area has definitely contributed to the lack of natural beach erosion that historically contributed to sand bars etc .
Water temp at J-Bay is 19' at the moment according to Windy. Is that considered cold?
No water temp come up last week with westerlies starting to blow now
Do You think the winter swells wil push some sand back over those rocks again?🤔
Hope so its looking bad..
The sand will come back! Here El Nino it's been very weird, small waves, no wind and hot weather
Some maybe but its gotten worse over time..
Hey Joao hope you well didnt see it was you...
eish never seen all that rock before!!!
Nope looking very bad.. Less barrels for sure..
Is that sewage?
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@@oceanadventures365 19 seconds, sorry just an observation.
Tragedy. Sinking old ships offshore to create a reef and protect the beach ?
Unfortunately damage done by development on dune fields..
All part of a natural cycle.
Nope the sand has stopped due to development at St Francis and that's where most of the sand comes from.. Getting less and less..
@@oceanadventures365in Durban they pump sand from south to north past the harbour mouth ?
No harbour here to pump sand from.. No money either🙈