Spurn Neck sand ripples 1

A visit to Spurn Point 3

Spurn Neck eastern low tide zone.

Asymmetric ripples in beach sand, presumably formed by the previous flood tide(s). The steeper, lee, side of the ripples face west (left); the gentle, stoss, sides face east (right). This indicates that these ripples were formed by water flow moving from right to left, i.e. by the incoming tide. They have clearly survived the previous ebbing tide, suggesting that the incoming tide flows faster than the ebb.