North Sea beaches and North Sea Resorts...?

Question

Are beaches pretty much a given in the resorts in North Sea?

Answer 1

You need to be aware of the distinctive nature of the Waddensea. It is not a beach as you know it, but rather a very unique environment that needs to be savoured as it is.

The Wadden Sea habitat, on the German North Sea coast, is unmatched anywhere else in the world. The following factors combine here to form a unique and very special place.

- The seabed slopes gradually and is only up to 10 metres deep

- Sediments are carried here from rivers which flow into the Wadden Sea and form deposits in quiet waters

- At a tidal range beyond 1.7 metres the tidal current is strong enough to deposit material from the sea.

- The dunes and sandbanks which were formed from deposited sand act as natural breakwaters

- The temperate climate causes the open character of the tidal landscape (under the same conditions that mangrove woods can be found in the tropics)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadden_Sea

http://www.germany-tourism.de/ENG/nature...

http://www.wattenmeer-nationalpark.de/fl...

There are only a handful of resort spots where you got direct access to the sea, especially during the low tide. Sylt is one, I think and St. Peter Ording another.

Answer 2

Not sure if you would really consider it as a beach. You can verify this for yourself by going to http://www.nearnorthsea.info/resorts.htm...

Answer 3

The beach extends all the way from Denmark to the Netherlands. One could say that is is a continuous beach.