:usaflag: For All you Beach Hunters--a curiosity and a Question!:shrug:!

[Cupajo]

This morning I saw that the sand and light pea gravel have been shaped into a scalloped formation along the beach.

(The top picture was taken at maximum telephoto setting with the little Fuji WP33---I'm learning to like this little camera!!)

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The water has been calm for a couple of days and it seems that the gentle wave action as the tide rises and falls has created this formation.

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Even at the reduced wave action there are still hydralic dynamics at work and I find it interesting that the result is this scalloping at the waters edge

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This surely is not an uncommon occurance.

Has anyone ever recovered anything hunting in the scallops?

(It was too blasted cold to hunt early this AM when I took the shots and by the time it is warm enough to hunt here in Connecticut it may be July!!)

Regards to All,

CJ

 

[Bobbie]

You see that a lot at Rocky Neck, especially after storms.......even ones out at sea..........the currents form the scalloping. I've hunted those and gotten zippo from them. The high points is sand that has moved in. The beach is facing the wrong direction, some of the other beaches, especially the western end of the state have had some nice cuts in them this past weekend. It is the under currents and not the wave action that form the scallop pattern. If you hunt the high tide mark you may find a target line if the sand is not soft.

 

[thebarnacle]

i have seen these alot of times - they never seem to productive to me i think they decieve you into thinking the low areas are gullys but its the normal levil - its the high areas that have been put on, my most productive days has been when the sea has been calm for the long periods, it gentally pushes the beach forwards.

 

[JOHNMARKHAM]

hunt the high water areas for best results..imo...

 

[kered]

we get a similar action here on calmish days, it seems to be caused by Longshore drift the currents running paralell to the beach, its seams stronger when no waves interupt the current, throw a cork in the water and watch its travel

 

[Cupajo]

This AM just after the sunrise the beach along the high tide line was frozen with the 23F temperature.

Sky is clear, water is calm, but I'm waiting for a warmer day!!

Thanks for your reply Bobbie,

CJ

PS The scallops are gone!

 

[JOHNMARKHAM]

oh now thats cold......
72 degrees here today, beach should be good today..
ill post later..
good luck up in the northeast tho....stay warm....

 

[Cupajo]

Thanks to you all Fellow Hunters for your kind words and information!

CJ