South West Coastal Monitoring

18/05/2026

🚨 New blog post alert! 🚨
A Q&A with Cecily and Phoebe about the last year of Asset Inspections.

Over the past year, our coastal asset inspectors, Cecily and Phoebe, have been busy carrying out our first set of in-house asset inspections, beginning right here in Plymouth. From long days on foot, to inspections by boat in all kinds of weather, the project has been a significant undertaking — a...

08/04/2026

🚨 New blog post alert! 🚨
Read all about our response to and

https://southwest.coastalmonitoring.org/blog/storms-goretti-ingrid-and-chandra-south-west-coastal-monitorings-response/

This January we were hit with a run of storms, Goretti (09 January), Ingrid (23/24 January) and Chandra (26/27 January). These had a huge impact on our beaches, which are the first defence for many communities. Figure 1 – Storm waves at Dawlish © Richard Heiron To see how large the waves are, Fig...

05/03/2026

🚨 New blog post alert! 🚨
See this storm seasons impact at Crantock Beach

https://southwest.coastalmonitoring.org/blog/storm-impacts-at-crantock-what-the-latest-surveys-show/

This year’s run of winter storms has left a mark on Crantock Beach, North Cornwall. Our latest coastal monitoring survey highlights significant changes to both the beach levels and parts of the dune system, particularly in the centre and towards the northern end of the bay. Our most recent beach e...

25/02/2026

The team has been out in the salt air this week, inspecting and grading coastal assets. 🔍

​We’ve covered some serious ground, and we're now down to the final 10% of this area!
​But where have we been? 📍

​Hint: We’re wrapping up the very last leg of the journey in Britain’s Ocean City. 🚢

​Drop your best guess in the comments! 👇

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17/02/2026

February half term is here! Visiting the Jurassic Coast to find some ammonites? 💎🪨 or The Eden Project Cornwall for the famous biomes? 🫧🪴
Why not become a by visiting one of our CoastSnap sites too? Pictures here from Par Sands West and Lyme Regis sites. Find one near you on our website. 🌊📸

https://southwest.coastalmonitoring.org/coastsnap-home/

16/02/2026

Dawlish Closures

🚧 Seawall Footpath – Temporary Closures 🌊

Network Rail will be carrying out essential storm recovery works this week, which will require short daily closures along sections of the footpath at Sprey Point (Teignmouth end) and at the steps just beyond Sprey Point.

The works are scheduled from today (Monday 16 February) until Friday 20 February and will take place for a few hours each day. The path will reopen as soon as each day’s works are completed.

There will also be a closure just past the café at Langstone Rock, at Rockstone Footbridge, and in Dawlish at the start of the seawall near the Coastguards breakwater. This is to allow the installation of palisade fencing for public safety, which will be removed once works are complete. Advance closure signage will be placed on the footpath to inform the public.

Thank you for your patience while these essential repairs are carried out.

05/02/2026

☀️Sun ☔️Rain 🌫Fog. The team have had it all this week! We are back out surveying following the recent storms in line with our interim schedule. Keep an eye on our interactive dashboard to see the results soon.

29/01/2026

Thank you to our community scientists for capturing this dramatic change at out Slapton site. 14 Jan vs 25 Jan after 🌊⏳️💨⛈️

Keep an eye on our socials for more coming soon.

28/01/2026

The team have been looking at CoastSnap submissions around and and came across this little cutie visiting Lyme Regis 🐦 We see you Teddy Knight the Cockatoo!

Take a look at the map on our website to find a site near you. We'll be posting some more pictures soon.

https://southwest.coastalmonitoring.org/coastsnap-home/

27/01/2026