I am a frequent visitor to Sidmouth having family living down there. I took the following photos late last summer. A storm was raging, the rain whipping across the bay, and the sea turned brown as a result of the local iron based soil and mudstone that forms the steep cliffs that tower to both sides of the beach.
The water was churned up like chocolate milkshake, something I have ever seen before, frothing away on the shoreline.
Churning up on the rock mounds that protect the beach
And leaving the natural stone beach scattered with fresh kelp of such vivid colour.
Overnight it blew itself out to leave the calmest waters the next morning.
firehorseworld 
Stunning. BTW, when I was commenting on the photos, I can’t read what I was typing. Is it because of the black background?
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I’m not sure. I can’t view the photos from here. I didn’t realise that you could comment on them individually.
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Yes you can.
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I learnt something new today!
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ANd thank you for taking the time to look at this on so much detail. I am glad you liked the photos. It was an awesome day on the beach as well. I love a good storm!
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I enjoy details on photography and stormy sea sans Tsunami.
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Yeah, me too. I,ve never seen the sea turn to chocolate before though.
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I enjoyed your photo essay. I’ve never seen the sea look brown before.
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No me neither. It really looked like Hot Chocolate!
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What an unusual colour!
Working at sea during the high season, I’m not too fond of summer storms.
I googled Sidmouth because I didn’t know the town and was curious to see what it looked like. It looks ideal for summer days.
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Yes, It’s a lovely spot. I’ll put up a fair weather blog one day soon.
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And what do you mean working at sea, when was that?
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I work on ferries. It will be my third season this year. I usually start in May (hopefully sooner this year) until November.
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How interesting. I bet that makes for some good stories.
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There are a few on the blog!
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Sorry, I will have a read through this evening.
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Here are a couple of them. I was quite shy about writing about my job last year because the limit is complicated to draw between what can be told and what I should keep to myself! I might be more daring this year!!
https://uprootedwanderers.wordpress.com/2018/05/26/new-work-week-new-team/
https://uprootedwanderers.wordpress.com/2018/06/09/when-extraordinary-becomes-common/
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Thank you. I will have a look I promise.
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