Incoming tide at Weston super Mare

[@VashtiInez]

Outstanding! I live in the desert southwest and we have our occasional flash floods. Now they are impressive and rapid moving. Not to be taken lightly. We also have quicksand. But this, with the sinking mud is next level. It's already established, dreadfully deep and that small bit of rushing water in a modest channel was backed up by the whole ocean moving in. Truly the tide waits for no one, cheers from usually dry Arizona!

[@hoversurvey7468]

We also have sandbanks out in the estuary...they have patches of quicksand. Long story but I went out on foot looking for the remains of a wartime aircraft .....one second firm sand and then I started sinking.....about 2 miles from shore. A life before eyes moment. Luckily my nav managed to get me back in the hovercraft but it was a very near thing. I was testing the ground, being careful and suddenly the whole area turned to jelly. 3 minutes later it was like concrete again and just a smooth patch where it had liquefied. With a 40 foot tide I would have been a gonner as the rescue services could not have got there in time. Learned a big lesson that day ! Cheers from Sunny....for once ....Weston.

[@hoversurvey7468]

Thanks. It is a potential death trap but there is an efficient rescue service put in place after a fatality. 50 people were recovered in one weekend recently so the level of stupidity is alarming. Signs are there but people know best.....until the tide turns. Beach rangers do a brilliant job. Cheers from a wet and windy North Somerset 😀

[@Oakleaf700]

@@hoversurvey7468 I went on a ride to Severn Beach..Being new to the area, I was imagining firm golden sands to gallop along, but saw instead estuarine mud. I was young and daft {no internet back then} and put my horse and I in danger by venturing onto the mud...He began to sink..Mercifully he was strong enough to kick free, and we were able to reach solid land..but never again rode there. My friends should have warned me..they were local, and stayed on the track. It was so memorable, the feeling of sinking, and the panic I felt...Undoubtedly horse felt the same. There weren't warning signs.

[@hoversurvey7468]

Easily done. It looks fairly benign so lures you into a sense of security... one tip...if you do get in a pickle, try walking in the gullies as the mud will have been washed out and may .... may .... be slightly less deep. However it isn't guaranteed....it is just b dangerous out there.

[@hoversurvey7468]

I nearly got trapped in quicksand on one of our huge sandbanks in the middle of the channel so I can certainly agree there. I was trying to reach the location of a wartime aircraft wreck , right out in the middle of a sand bank and miles from any rescue. I thought I was doing all the 'right' things and testing the surface before each step,. We took the hovercraft as far on to the sand bank as we could and I set off on foot. About 3 metres from the craft the sand went to jelly and in I went. Luckily my crewmate in the hovercraft managed to get me back aboard but it was a very near thing. Looking back it was incredibly stupid but didn't seem that way at the time. The scary thing was that a few minutes later the sand appeared firm again as if nothing had happened. That taught me a huge lesson about expecting the unexpected.

[@hoversurvey7468]

It is really scary. As a young child I can remember being chased up the mudflats by the incoming water and getting very tired by the time I got on the beach. The Knightstone end is very difficult but the Uphill section is lethal. We once lost a 6 foot long oar from the hovercraft. ....pushed it down to find solid ground and there wasn't any. I assume the oar is still there as it was impossible to pull out of the mud !

[@28pbtkh23]

Hell - that’s scary!

[@alejandrayalanbowman367]

This phenomenon is common wherever the tide goes out a long way over mudflats. Off Foulness Island it can go out 14 miles and that really barrels in when the tide turns.

[@martin.feuchtwanger]

Four miles at the most.

[@siryak]

in the San Fransisco bay we have lots of mudflats. there is one that I like to go to where there is a little boat dock that was used when ships used to go down to San Jose that is now just used as part of a park. Anywhoozle, I like going to the end of it at low tide, and walking back to land as the tide comes in. Its kinda scary how fast the water comes in when it is going in, but also pretty cool to see.

[@chrisspere4836]

The tide at Weston-Super-Mare (my home of 68yrs) used to have the second highest tide in the world, but whether that has changed i wouldn't know. Somewnere in China was the highest.I have always lived just down the road near this end of the beach and it is nice to watch all kinds of wading birds and wildlife.

[@weaselworm8681]

Fascinating. So many wonders everywhere in the world.

[@FallenAngel9979]

Uphill is lovely! I live in Kewstoke, just above Weston. I remember years ago seeing cars that had got stuck in the mud. Really freaky.

[@lindsey4416]

I live in a village near by, it's incredible how many people get caught out. They get stuck in the mud, cut off by the fast tide, or even have their cars overwhelmed by the incoming tide. Grownups & children alike have died along this stretch if coast. It's so sad that people don't read or take the warning signs seriously. They are there for a reason.

[@jeffjames4064]

Amazing. You're right, if you're out there, you're screwed!

[@juliemcmurtrie2713]

Wow ! Yip dangerous 😱 watching from NewZealand 🌸

[@songsmith31a]

I still recall the nickname for the place in my now distant childhood: Weston-on-the-mud.

[@eletronico2024]

Que lugar magnífico!! Obrigado, pela postagem do vídeo.😀👍✌👊👊🇧🇷

[@wordreet]

Dymchurch neat Folkestone has this reputation as well. The tide goes out about 2 miles at times (neaps) but there is deep mud only in places. So people sometimes walk out on sand but don't retrace their steps and find mud!

[@hoversurvey7468]

Pretty much the same here ! People go wandering out and then have an exhausting race against the sea to get back. Best response ever was when we picked a couple of canoeists out of the clag , up to their knees in grey gloop and unable to move ..."we didn't realise the tide went out" . You couldn't write it !

[@wordreet]

@@hoversurvey7468 Damn, this always reminds me of the 2004 Morecambe bay tragedy! 😢

[@mchapman132]

That’s the beach my mum and grandmother went to when mum was a child. They lived in Birmingham. There’s a photo of them in July, 1936 on the beach wearing coats. Mum said it was cold that day…..apparently. Lol

[@lesdrinkwater490]

Got to love Weston Super Mud.

[@taraelizabethdensley9475]

That's what my mum used to call it. Now I understand why 😂

[@TheMilford99]

From having owned a flat to rent out, in Royal Crescent, it`s becoming more of a sink town year on year. I`d never go back.

[@oddities-whatnot]

Great little video, I was hoping you were sat in a hovercraft to record it ! Looks dangerous to be out there on foot.

[@hoversurvey7468]

Where we were in the hovercraft I don't think you would be coming back if you went in the mud. I lost a 6 foot oar out there. Pushed it down to find the bottom, there was no bottom at full depth and so much suction the oar is still out there ! Quite unable to pull it out. Scary place....but beautiful too.

[@ododargo]

hi there i filmed the coast gard on uphill last year playing with there hoovercraft and i lived in grange over sands in the 60s the tide cmming in over morcambe bay is quite a site as well happy flying

[@hoversurvey7468]

Thanks. Yes its really alarming. A lot of people think the film is speeded up....it isn't! You might beat the tide on hard sand but knee deep ..or worse ...in Weston mud you just can't. But people still go out there..crazy.

[@ben-ih1ox]

How often does the time right in to the beach wall?

[@MattyEngland]

Depends on the height of the tide, but in the winter during a storm it quite often hits the wall and floods the road alongside it.

[@michaelcraig9449]

Is this the fastest moving tide in the world? Where is this place? Anyone know?

[@stevegarnham4632]

Weston super mare

[@jonboyjon1976]

Bay of Fundy in Canada is the fastest.

[@silvercoinedge8228]

The incoming tide in this part of the world is one of the fastest moving in the world, and the second highest difference between high and low tide (47 feet, if I remember correctly) in the world. Its utter suicide to walk out onto the mudflats at low tide. You would drown/freeze/ be swept out to sea in less than 2 minutes if the tide started coming in.........

[@JustinCasey216]

I live in Nova Scotia and we have the highest tides in the world. Yes it is a death trap to be out there during low tide!

[@michaelcraig9449]

@@JustinCasey216 What is the tide difference in Nova Scotia?

[@JustinCasey216]

@@michaelcraig9449 depends on the area you are in it varies along the bay of fundy but some get up to 60 feet high. 160 billion tons of water flow in and out of the bay every 12 hours or so

[@28pbtkh23]

@@JustinCasey216 - ah yes, the bay of Fundy. I got to learn about this from several TV documentaries. Have also seen a few videos on KZbin about it as well. 160 billion tons? Sounds crazy. Cheers.

[@billsmith305]

Great vid', great hovercraft

[@hoversurvey7468]

Thanks. We have only been out once this year for a test run due to Covid.

[@aighti]

Do they keep a tally of all the people that drowned overthere?

[@dipakchowdhury31]

I remember when I was about eleven trying to see how far I could walk out. I got about halfway along the Pier before an some guy yelled at me to get back to the beach. I remember being slightly upset at being yelled at but in hindsight whoever that was must have been one of my guardian angels.

[@hoversurvey7468]

@@dipakchowdhury31 I think it was ! No telling, you might have been OK, or found a deep bit and gone in. No way to tell. One person I found was totally stuck near the end of the pier and we had a dreadful job getting her out. Jeans, shoes and socks probebly still out there ! I've collected a few stray people out on the flats but usually it is up to the Beach Rangers and in an emergency the RNLI. The 'walk of shame' when they get them back to dry land !!

[@daveelliott5855]

Didn't realise the tide came in at Wesson, always out when I've been ther 😂

[@joynthis]

I'll try to remember to pack my hovercraft when visiting.

[@kmackay9554]

Make sure you fill it with eels.

[@kategreaves_daisies1000]

🤣🤣🥳

[@MonthlyFails]

Hello Hoversurvey, is it possible to contact you regarding this video (i.e. via email)? We would be interested to discuss a license to use this video if this is generally possible to discuss? :) Cheers, Felix

[@hoversurvey7468]

Contact me via the Farvis.com website, Felix.👍

[@jpmtlhead39]

Ive been trough that, in Burnham on sea, Just a little down the coast. Was my first Time there, i was with a friend, we took our shoes off, and we sarting walking into the empty beach. We crossed ways with a fisherman, Who told us "mates, dont go further, the tide his coming.." yeh yeh, we look at the horizon, and i couldnt see any water... And start walking again, and again, and we crossed ways with 2 guys in fast Mode, and again one of them said "hey mates you are Crazy... Just turn around, Because the tide its" running". They gone, and we stayed there for 30 seconds, deciding the next step, when i realize, that the horizon, was like "moving", thats when i see the water... Man, try to run on those mud, its an herculean job, nevertheless, it was the only way. Never in my life, imagine, that a tide could be so fast. Got to the point, that i was really, really scared, but didnt show it to my friend dont freak out. Conclusion, when going to a beach like that, always, but always read the signs, and see the tide timetable, an listening to the "life guard" there abaut, what distance you can go. It was one scary moment in my life.

[@hoversurvey7468]

Very well put Joao. It comes in so fast and if you hit a soft patch you are in serious trouble. Thanks for the comment .

[@jpmtlhead39]

@@hoversurvey7468 you welcome.

[@user-it2tr7vz5b]

What about swimming when the tide rise? I'm asking cause I really don't know that situation.

[@jpmtlhead39]

@@user-it2tr7vz5b thats not even an option.

[@MattyEngland]

​@@user-it2tr7vz5bIt's more like swimming in a very muddy, cold and fast flowing river. Extremely dangerous and a huge number of people have drowned in this stretch of water.

[@anarchistangler]

I wonder what secrets lie entombed within that mud? What remains of strange beasts cast up as carrion, ancient ships and lost belongings? What monuments and forgotten worlds the slime has buried?

[@DroneHDTV]

Hi is it possible for a clip of this video? I want to show people how the tide comes in so quick

[@hoversurvey7468]

not a problem if it's for safety use. email me or download from youtube. 😀

[@lisar9425]

It’s got to be in Basingstoke by four. Duh?

[@lewisnorth1188]

I knew it was fast but wow

[@cowaylon1681]

Casually listening to the shipping forecast in the background

[@hoversurvey7468]

It just hapened to be on while we were shut down to do the filming. Gives a good feel to the video I thought.😀

[@MartynCole]

Ah, Weston Super Mud, I remember it well.

[@JH-tq3uy]

fab video

[@susanvaughan-schiele210]

is that raw sewage?

[@OllieMartinGamer]

No just silt and mud

[@loulou7963]

Omg that came in fast !

[@steveforster3420]

So scary,, we have the here around South wales gower ect..there some beaches I avoid at low water as there some serious soft mud around,,never bother going out at low water neap tides fishing just to catch fish anymore as I once got stuck to my knees on swansea beach at very low water being inexperienced and I manged to get out but could have been alot worse but I only just hit low water,,if the tide was incoming then you will get stuck and drown plus that extra water that catches you will restrict your movement if legs are stuck as it will fill the voids you make wiggling...honestly scariest thing ever happened to me,,still get goosebumps now thinking of it...never go out at low water if you don't know the beach or have a gut feeling it will get soft...within minutes you can slowly die with water rising round you stick in mud soft sand..DO NOT DO IT...HORRIBLE WAY TO DIE..

[@hoversurvey7468]

Couldn't have put that better Steve. I was told they had to rescue over 50 lemmings from the mud flats over a recent bank holiday weekend. We had someone get stuck while putting a buoy out near the pier last year and that took the full lift of the hovercraft, me hanging over the other side as counterbalance and my crewman pulling like Hell to het her out...and that was inshore of the pier head. It was one stage off a mayday call and that is with a team who knew the area and were fully prepared. Apart from the state of the hovercraft which was plastered, we were all exhausted and shaken rigid. One moment the mud is ankle deep and the next you are up to the knees and going down. It is only the actions of the beach rangers ...a wonderful bunch of long suffering saints .... and the professional rescue services ....RNLI and Fire Service hovercraft ( see previous comments ! ) that prevent major incidents. The signs are there but people ignore them and assume it won't happen to them. It can and does !

[@charliecharliecharliecharl8554]

It's like an octopus 🐙 spreading out its tentacles seeing what it can catch

[@joebloggs2857]

Depends on how strong and fit you are......?

[@hoversurvey7468]

It might help but in reality not much. You might delay the inevitable for a few minutes but it needs specialist equipment to get someone out so I think the level of fitness is secondary.

[@joebloggs2857]

@@hoversurvey7468 👍👍👍💪💪

[@harryflashman3141]

I love the way the council call it sinking mud rather than quicksand. Fools those tourists every year.

[@delta7155]

Weston Super Mud!!

[@sudhirchopde3334]

Reminds me of 'the sands at Dee'.

[@MrRusty058]

What country is this?

[@lukecarrow3776]

🇬🇧

[@danburns9653]

Crack City

[@hetedeleambacht6608]

got the message!!

[@cockroach85]

I used to live there, someone i knew died from that.

[@Winstonchurchill-s6q]

And this film is brought to you by Weston Super Mare tourist board.

[@hoversurvey7468]

That was about a mile out beyond the sand at low tide. If you watch 'Sideways round the Bay' on my channel you can see some of the sand we have at Weston - there is quite a bit !

[@randycox3522]

the tide could be coming in, in it's spare time

[@chasbodaniels1744]

No it couldn’t!

[@randycox3522]

@@chasbodaniels1744 yes it could

[@chasbodaniels1744]

Say, I came here for an argument about dangerous tides and people getting caught in mud flats!

[@randycox3522]

@@chasbodaniels1744 no you didn't

[@jd_jd_jd]

Why stop filming just when it's getting interesting?

[@hoversurvey7468]

It wouldn't really show anything more as the water was past the craft and she was about to float off, so no obvious changes from then onwards. If you want to see her in operation, have a look at some of my other videos.

[@jd_jd_jd]

@@hoversurvey7468 Will do. Cheers 👍

[@pleakhouse]

If you really want to piss off the RNLI, try to walk to Brean.

[@hoversurvey7468]

I had to take the hovercraft down the bank at low tide....hell of a drop and huge mud boulders. During the process we pushed a 7 foot oar into the mud....and it didnt bottom out. People have died trying to cross that section on foot ......

[@michaelmcgrath4059]

Time and tide wait for no man even more dangerous down the other end of weston by the old pier

[@hoversurvey7468]

Yes, but less chance vanishing up to...or beyond...your head. Somewhere at Uphill is a 2 metre oar that we lost trying to find the bottom...we couldn't and mud was so sticky it was impossible to recover.

[@alzmarshall3197]

Turns key- nothing- 🫠🙋‍♂️😰😰😰😰😂

[@bv3bv334]

Wow !

[@alicesacco9329]

It would have been interesting to see this from a spring tide. Unless it was unsafe to film.

[@hoversurvey7468]

Its more interesting on a spring tide as the water is a lot further out and there is more to see. Its no more 'dangerous' on a spring tide , but the current is much faster and the beach floods so you have to be off and clear before the trailer and tow car are flooded ! That said, the Bristol Channel has a very nasty way of biting the unwary !There is more video of other trips, including the war time wrecks in my other videos.

[@thomasmint1761]

Or unless one is being over dramatic here…

[@davidreynolds3082]

We call it Weston-super-Mud.

[@pennysargent9557]

Thats truly scary 8f you didn't know

[@hoversurvey7468]

Pretty scary when you do know ! The Channel dosent take prisoners !😀

[@leonb5293]

Typo-he meant to write weston-super-mud😂😞

[@optimusmoose9171]

Leon Plays yea you got that of inside raf brize norton

[@SuperAndyowen]

lol lay on yer back n get a free ride in 😳

[@phillipjones3998]

why is he on a dingy?? when the shore isnt there

[@ashrevlution3456]

Hovercraft. Try watching the whole recording!

[@doyerknives6415]

How very British.

[@carolalmond278]

Add in all the plastic and rubbish washing in with the tide on the main beach..

[@jeffiles7953]

Lots of clueless brummies get caught out every year.

[@phillipjones3998]

ooo interesting

[@eileenhavern77]

Nightmare

[@aighti]

SPED UP SPED UP SPED UP

[@hoversurvey7468]

It is real time. That is how fast it comes in and why I put up the video.

[@julianaylor4351]

The Shipping Forecast. 🛥️📻❤️