Once again the seafront bungalows on the Guardamar beach have taken a hit from the high seas and strong wind, this time there are 7 or 8 properties that have been seriously damaged and much of the walkway a has been washed away. The sand seems to have shifted away, so that the heavy seas hit the walkway wall which is not built for such a battering, unless quick action is taken all these properties are going to be destroyed.
The weather is cooling down a bit, so we have to get in some swimming while we can, the sea is still reasonably warm so we had a trip down to La Marina, we got there to find with a stiff breeze the rollers were coming in like it was the Atlantic, we still went in for a dip but it was quite hairy at times swimming in white water and diving through the waves as they were breaking. The depths are very variable so not to be recommended unless you are a strong swimmer. At one time we saw a large shoal of sandeel type fish in an oncoming wave, seconds later a very big fish, possibly a shark, surfed through the wave after the small fish and was gone in a flash. The beach runs from Guardamar harbour northwards and has sand dunes as a backdrop, it is a long section of beach where there is a beach bar, part of it is a recognised nudists beach.
