As the Beach Management Plan is now, hopefully, about to enter a testing phase the following information is of importance…
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Last weekend, Sidmouth was being splashed across the national news with the story that Storm Ciarán had swept a car into the sea by surging waves – or so the media says…
Beyond that particular incident, Sky News had video footage of the Storm Ciaran sea surge at Sidmouth – taken from the camera at the Lifeboat Station.
Much more impressive is the Video taken by Kyle Baker Photography at 9.30 am on Thursday 2nd November: note the wave height up the cliffs on East Beach.
With further links to storm videos from the last couple of years on the VGS website…
Here is a short analysis of the 2023 storms, also on the VGS pages, and also very much still a work in progress, as wave heights and tides continue to be examined:
There have been no major storms this year until the end of October; storm Ciaran hit on the evening of 1st of November and swiftly followed the previous named storm which had had little effect on Sidmouth. As the BMP is now, hopefully, about to enter a testing phase the following information is of importance...
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