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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wendy Morris" data-source="post: 1543800" data-attributes="member: 15225">It was actually an ebb tide, Val.  High water had been around half twelve and these were taken at about three.  There was a definite swell on the sea and the surf waves are created mainly by the steeply shelving nature of the beach there.  When the incoming waves hit the deep part, they crashed like the third picture, but if they come further in before breaking, it looks calmer.Here endeth the geography lesson!!!!</blockquote>