Recent Storm Photos

As ever in winter, there are storms in Cornwall. Named, un-named, followed by the national media or passing virtually unnoticed, they are a fact of life at this time of year. Yesterday was quite spectacular on the coast, but lacking any notification by news media, social media or verbal media, there were only a few people out to see it.

A lone sea bird defying the Rule of Thirds

Are these waves literally wasting their energy against granite and sand if no one is there to record it?


The 'Monkey Hut' at the end of Portreath pier has gone, what will the sea take next?

At Porthtowan, Christmas has come early - ex-Christmas trees have been planted to help slow down beach erosion. The lorry is tipping sand which had blown across the road during the previous storm.

Porthtowan

Godrevy Island - no stranger to waves during a Cornish storm

Godrevy Lighthouse

There's another big blow coming in on Saturday - will you be there to record it?

Comments

The Silent One

A couple of days ago a storm system showed up mid-Atlantic, with winds hitting Force 11 (Violent Storm) and open ocean waves sending the wave buoys up to around the 30ft mark. The main thing about this storm was that no-one really noticed it. Perhaps due to the brilliant sunshine and blue skies that arrived at the same time, the lack of a grey canopy and squally rain making folk unaware of the stormy seas nearby. There were few reports on the radio or TV, no warnings about walking on the beach, or storm watching. All was silent. So I thought I might get a sneaky wave at Sennen. Cornish Fireworks at Sennen The swell was too big to surf though, with waves bursting over the cliffs in a fifty mile an hour SW breeze, watched only by a handful of dog walkers and locals. Longships in a cloak of spray So I returned to the south coast, where the recent storms have uncovered remnants of a forest, believed to have covered the entirety of Mount's Bay about 5,000 years ago...

What are you up to this weekend

With this sort of forecast sweeping through the national press, I felt it only fair to rev up the Storm Blog just in case anything actually materialises: Link to forecast: http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/480038/Shock-UK-weather-warning-Tornadoes-hail-thunderstorms-and-lightning-to-ravage-Britain?fb_action_ids=10152046422950895&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_ref=s%3DshowShareBarUI%3Ap%3Dfacebook-like Better check that this forecast fits in with what you're doing this weekend!

Charlie don't Surf

People who live in Cornwall are a resilient bunch, used to a bit of heavy weather and the odd gale. We will doubtless have to foot the repair bill, currently estimated at £21 million, via council tax rises, so it was encouraging to see an international windsurfing competition, the Red Bull Storm Chase decide to run their grand final of this year's event slap bang in the middle of the biggest storms for decades, Winter Storm Charlie. Bringing with them hundreds of spectators and tourists and TV crews during the off season, broadcasting the beauty of a Cornish Storm to the rest of the world. Jumping for joy Checking the beach at Godrevy about 8am, there were some heavy head-plus size waves coming in. By nine am, the storm had fully arrived with waves hitting twenty to thirty feet. I saw the first two sailors to go out try and ride over the mountainous broken waves that were headed shoreward, but they were just crumpled under the weight of whitewater. Rumbling rivers of ...

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