The wet weather persists, keeping me – and the foxes – under cover. Occasionally though I think I see a glimpse of blue in the sky and this afternoon I risked the short trip to Rottingdean. I left home in sunshine and arrived a few minutes later in rain. It was intermittent (the winds move it on quickly enough), and I went down to the beach to investigate. It wasn't crowded, but a surprising number of people were out enjoying the bracing sea air; a fair few had cameras too.
It wasn't the sea crashing high into the sea-wall that was attracting the attention of the snappers. It was this… sea foam.
There were piles of the foam scattered along the beach, seemingly migrating in the wind and flying into everything in its path. It was job to keep the camera lens clear. On days like today it's more or less essential to use a filter (easier to clean, and if there is any damage it's a lot cheaper to replace a filter than a lens).
Strange stuff indeed, but naturally occurring. And while that's the most I've ever seen it falls some way short of this example from Australia. Now that's a lot of foam.
With the winds so high the birds were generally keeping away from the shore, though a cormorant wandered in a little closer than they do usually. 
Cormorant
And yes, I did take a few photos of the sea. I couldn't really not.
Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 40D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens and UV filter.
22 Comments
Impressive seas, WOW!
I have never seen a sea foam in my life, but this is normal considering that I live in continental part. It would be fun to see it, though.
I bet those two standing there by the fence were completely soaked 😆
Wow! :yikes: i thought you had snow for a while then hehe 😆 The Weather is certainly very wild, iam glad i went to Cumbria the other week or i would have been stranded by floods!
I thought it looked like snow as well. Very interesting pictures!
AMAZING! enjoyed this post very much.
That is really astonishing. It looks almost like pack ice! :eyes:
:yikes: Interesting pics 🙂
Adele, a video would have been handy. It was constantly moving, almost prehensile.
Mark, it does look like snow doesn't it. And I'm glad you missed the floods. It sounds awful up there.
Lois, it's very strange stuff, but great to watch in the wind.
Antonietta, thanks!
Andy, thanks! It was pretty wild out there.
Darko, the sea foam was weird but quite impressive. And yes, they'd have got a soaking by the wall.
Jill, thanks!
Thanks Erwin!
Great pictures!
Makes me wantt to go take a hot bubble bath…
Living in Canada at this time of year, it's easy to picture snow.
Great photo. Ive never seen that much foam before. And that Australian foam is something else…
Neil, thanks!
Thanks Tab!
Yeah! :up: Really cool photos!
Thanks Cynthia!
Wow a great set of pict