A walk along Cogden Beach this afternoon showed that the storms of the last few weeks came close to over-topping the beach. The two tide lines, one near the top of the beach from the storm event, the other half ways down the beach from the recent spring tides, both contained large number of slipper limpet shells, young whelk shells, and young scallop shells. There were also a small number of razorfish, black mussel, and top shells. Most of the shells were undamaged, but very few were still occupied.

There was remarkably little man-made litter. Most of the debris was of natural origin.

Underwater visibility now very poor. Water temperature 8.1C. The fish have now left the Fleet.   more »