1. Winter Storms 2013/14 One Year On
Portreath Storm Waves 05/02/2014 Photo: James Archibold
Mark Wiggins

2. Overview Winter 2013/14. Reports – Post Storm and Recovery.
One Year Recovery?
Examples
- Fistral
- Sennen
- Sidmouth
Summary.

3. Winter 2013/14
Lyme Regis 05/02/2014 Photo: PCO

4. Winter 2013/14 October 2013 to March 2014.
Up to 8 storms recorded at some PCO Wave Buoys.
Largest storm waves recorded since deployment.
By 25th feb, New records have been set for many parts of the UK, with southeast and central southern England having seen well over double the rainfall expected in a normal winter.
It has also been the wettest winter in the long running  England and Wales Precipitation (EWP) series going back to 1766, with 435 mm of rain being recorded up to 24th February. This beats the previous record of 423 mm set in 1915.

5. Perranporth Wave Buoy 09/02/2014 Photo: twitter.com/malpracticesurf

6. Reports
Post Storm Report.
June 2014

7. Results Most beaches lost material. Overall volumes similar to 2007.
Prior to the 2013/14 winter storms, most beaches had accreted.
Damage to dunes and sea defences, despite low volume losses.

8. Reports
Recovery Report.
September 2014

9. Results Resurveyed throughout summer.
Over half the beaches showed recovery.
Some beaches had eroded further.
Latest data required.

10. One year later.
Have any of the sites shown recovery?

11. One year later.

12. Examples
Fistral Beach (Newquay)
Sennen (Cornwall)
Sidmouth (Devon)

13. Example 1
Fistral Beach (Newquay)

14. Baseline Survey at Fistral 21/03/2012 Photo: 40Seven Ltd.

15. Example 1 Fistral Beach (Newquay)
Pre-Storm Beach Volume Sep 2013 = 958,682m3

16. Storm Damage at Fistral 12/01/2014 Photo: 40Seven Ltd.

17. Example 1 Fistral Beach (Newquay)
Pre-Storm Beach Volume Sep 2013 = 958,682m3
Post-Storm Beach Volume Jan 2014 = 867,728m3

18. Example 1 Fistral Beach (Newquay)
Pre-Storm Beach Volume Sep 2013 = 958,682m3
Post-Storm Beach Volume Jan 2014 = 867,728m3
Has the beach recovered?

19. Recovery
Pre-storm
Post-storm

20. Example 1 Fistral Beach (Newquay)
Pre-Storm Beach Volume Sep 2013 = 958,682m3
Post-Storm Beach Volume Jan 2014 = 867,728m3
Has the beach recovered?
Autumn 2015 Beach Volume = 957,996m3
99.9% of pre-storm beach volume.

21. Example 2
Sennen
Sennen Cove 12/01/2014 Photo: 40Seven Ltd.

22. Example 2
Sennen
Pre-Storm Beach Volume Sep 2013 = 704,471m3

23. Example 2 Sennen Pre-Storm Beach Volume Sep 2013 = 704,471m3
Post-Storm Beach Volume Jan 2014 = 602,477m3

24. Example 2 Sennen Pre-Storm Beach Volume Sep 2013 = 704,471m3
Post-Storm Beach Volume Jan 2014 = 602,477m3
Has the beach recovered?

25. Pre-storm
Post-storm
Recovery?

26. Example 2 Sennen Pre-Storm Beach Volume Sep 2013 = 704,471m3
Post-Storm Beach Volume Jan 2014 = 602,477m3
Has the beach recovered?
Autumn 2015 Beach Volume = 558,684m3
79.3% of pre-storm beach volume.

27. Example 3 Sidmouth, Devon.
Sidmouth 10/01/2014 Photo: Plymouth Coastal Observatory.

28. Example 3 Sidmouth, Devon. Pre-Storm Beach Volume Oct 2013 = 204,354m3
Post-Storm Beach Volume Feb 2014 = 195,657m3
Has the beach recovered?

29. Recovery
Beach Recycling
Pre-storm
Post-storm

30. Example 3 Sidmouth, Devon. Pre-Storm Beach Volume Oct 2013 = 204,354m3
Post-Storm Beach Volume Feb 2014 = 195,657m3
Has the beach recovered?
Summer 2015 Beach Volume = 211,066m3
103.3% of pre-storm beach volume.
Recycling of beach material. Jan 2015

31. Not the whole story
Thurlestone has recovered 104% of pre-storm beach volumes…

33. Not the whole story
Thurlestone has recovered 104% of pre-storm beach volumes…
Damage to dune face etc. will take much longer.
Continued monitoring is required.
Possible intervention to restore previous profiles.

34. Summary Large losses in Winter 2013/14 Summer 2014 – Some recovery.
Autumn 2015 – Volume recovery at some sites.
Damage to beach features still present.
Continued monitoring required.