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PICS: Winter waves smash the coast

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water, winter has returned with a vengeance. Weekend temperatures plummeted as a cold front hit the region and stormy seas once again attacked the fragile coastline. Ironically, this brought many people to the outdoors, keen to see nature’s fury unleashed on the beaches

September 10, 2018

Dave Savides Less than a minute

A sightseer is taken by surprise as the oncoming wave smashes into the broken stairway and sends spray into the air Photo: Dave Savides

A little too close for comfort, this child scrambles away to avoid getting wet

With the front of a fallen tree imitating a striking panther, the dune front at the dredger pipe outfall takes a pounding from the surf

Definitely no Sunday afternoon dolphin watching from the platform at the end of Alkantstrand’s northern breakwater

September 10, 2018

Dave Savides Less than a minute