have just got back from Tynemouth Beach with the dog, the tide was so far out i was standing on rocks in walking boots that the last time i can remember being there i had chesties on. Gulleys that you normally would of had to jump over where bone dry. The weed on the nettly berds was about a foot out the water for their whole lenght. The weed on some of the rock marks that i used to fish around in my boat was quite visible.