Blyth East Pier - found this photo on google..

[5150]

Stunningly big wave hitting the pier, don't think I've seen one this big hit it before.



But now look again at the photo - spot the rods resting on the railings? What nutter was on there in that weather?!!!

[phill_itofish]

Stunningly big wave hitting the pier, don't think I've seen one this big hit it before.


But now look again at the photo - spot the rods resting on the railings? What nutter was on there in that weather?!!!

WAS being the operative word !!!!

[Brashy]

do you think theres a sea on? lol

[CHOPPER]

Jesus!

[Lowrider]

Seen that pic a few times,still gob smacking though.

[Davyred]

In my mad youthful days, I used to fish Roker (quite successfully) in some massive seas, but one really sticks in my mind.

Myself and my mate(Mick 65) went down an hour before dusk, and climbed over the pier gates at low water. There were waves splashing up as per normal for a force 4 Northerly, but we were used to that.

We got on the roundhead and starting fishing. After about an hour, we notice the troughs of the swell were getting deeper and deeper, the peaks higher and higher, so much so that an hour after low water the top of the swell was about a foot from the top of the roundhead.

Now we were quite experienced at judging swell size and frequency by then, so we decided on a hasty retreat. We done our usual studying of the swell breaking over the pier and legged it at their lowest point. Fair to say I was bricking it.

I'd love to tell you all that it stopped me and Mick65 doing it again, but it didn't, but I'll never ever forget how menacing that sea looked.

[Jaguar]

i know people on this forum i may add that fish and Will fish again there in Bigger sea's than that. Totaly foolish i may add but you cant teach common sence.

[Defective]

Has it not just been photoshopped. sure ive seen it elsewhere and the general thought that it was fake

[DIGGER]

dont think it is a fake there is plenty of pics like that about here is a one of seaham pier in a big sea

[geordie]

Looks fake to me ' the view through the piers supports to the left of the picture looks like a huge wave is about to hit the pier ' now my knowledge is the waves have alredy been broken by the rocks on that side of the pier and i have never seen a sky that colour in my 40 odd years ..

[cocomonkey19k]

it dont look fake to me like as it looks like the tide on the inner side of the pier is broken down because its the mouth of blyth and the sky just looks like a good old rainy day at blyth lol and to photochop that would take some amout of doing.

also found this link on bbc website with same pic

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/content/images/2006/11/15/blyth_east_pier_376x470.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/content/image_galleries/terry_cavner_northumbria_gallery.shtml%3F4&h=470&w=376&sz=32&hl=en&start=2&um=1&tbnid=_zcUizxfcp-mfM:&tbnh=129&tbnw=103&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dblyth%2Bpier%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

[CHOPPER]

Aye, he takes a canny photo that Terry! Got a nice one of church point and dunstanburgh castle amongst them!

[CHOPPER]

Just found this one while perusing the net, looks like the bounty was on a visit to Blyth last week, anyone see it?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/content/image_galleries/september_2007_gallery.shtml?3

[codseeker]

bounty was on the news tonight

http://www.itvlocal.com/tynetees

watch the itv northeast news if ya missesd it

[CHOPPER]

Thanks for the link codseeker, unfortunately i can't watch it overhere in the states as its for uk viewers only, looks like ill just have to make do with the pics! Would of been cool to see though if anyone was on the pier at the time!