Incoming tide at Weston super Mare 

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 !

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.

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!

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.

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

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

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

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.........

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.

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!

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

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.

I knew it was fast but wow

Got to love Weston Super Mud.

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

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..

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

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

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Weston Super Mud!!

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

fab video

got the message!!

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

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

is that raw sewage?

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

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

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

Why stop filming just when it's getting interesting?

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

We call it Weston-super-Mud.

How very British.

What country is this?

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

Wow !

Turns key- nothing- 🫠🙋‍♂️😰😰😰😰😂

Thats truly scary 8f you didn't know

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

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

Lots of clueless brummies get caught out every year.

ooo interesting

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

The Shipping Forecast. 🛥️📻❤️

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.

Fascinating. So many wonders everywhere in the world.

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.

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

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

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

Wow ! Yip dangerous 😱 watching from NewZealand 🌸

Casually listening to the shipping forecast in the background

Ah, Weston Super Mud, I remember it well.

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

Omg that came in fast !

Reminds me of 'the sands at Dee'.

Great vid', great hovercraft

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

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

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

Nightmare

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

SPED UP SPED UP SPED UP