Runswick Bay is one of Britain's best beachcombing spots, especially during a spring tide. |
Pollack feed longer during smaller neap tides than they do through a big spring tide. |
The last spring tide had brought lots of pieces of fishing nets and plastics. |
For Hurricane Bill, waves were weaker than Juan hitting the shore, it did not occur near a perigean spring tide and the surge was less. |
The current soon builds to a maximum 6-8 knots on a spring tide. |
In 2006 and 2007, spring tide sampling occurred during ebb-to-flood tide periods, when flooding water entered the estuary as a salt wedge. |