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Message 1 - posted by superdaff
(U11785943)
, Oct 10, 2009
I have never suffered any ill effects after surfing Aberavon but there is definitely something weird about the water quality there.
Nearly every time I surf there I have to get out of the water after an hour or so because my board has beome impossible to grip due to the brown gunk that is floating around. Does anyone know what this stuff is?
I'm not having a moan, I was just wondering if anyone has experienced the same thing. May be for capable sufers it's not an issue as they don't need the grip that someone of my very limited abilty needs.
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Message 2 - posted by G
(U763660)
, Oct 10, 2009
Yeah I know what your talking about, that stuff seems to stick to your board when your coming out. Keeps the crowds down though  This is a reply to this message
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Message 3 - posted by superdaff
(U11785943)
, Oct 10, 2009
Thanks for that G, I thought it was just me. I feel better now. This is a reply to this message
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Message 4 - posted by laidbacklarry
(U7022634)
, Oct 10, 2009
i used to surf there back in the 80`s & 90`s (before the recentish construction work there) & the water used to be thick with a black powder (coal dust) up to chest depth (if not more).it`s not suprising really if water quality int great as it`s a busy ish port with tankers fishing boats etc using the harbour entrance & harbour (as there must be quite a lot of diesel,petrol,oil etc) floating about on the water
not sure what brown gunk is tho
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Message 5 - posted by NoLiloPedro
(U8571426)
, Oct 11, 2009
I never really seem to notice a problem with gripping my board, i'll try and take note next time i'm over there, hopefully tuesday see if i notice. Was over there yesterday morning though and did notice at one point I was floating about in something that looked like spew!  This is a reply to this message
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Message 6 - posted by gull
(U1549291)
, Oct 12, 2009
give the environment agency a ring and get them to go down and test the water quality. Number is at the top of the page. Lets be pro active here, people! This is a reply to this message
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Message 7 - posted by workshy
(U1965532)
, Oct 12, 2009
just got back from the said place, now someone once told me this it might be bowl acks, i got told that the brown gunk is chocolate, apparantly willy wonker has moved to the corus plant.
its is supposed to be the petrified trees releasing somthing!!!!
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Message 8 - posted by NoLiloPedro
(U8571426)
, Oct 12, 2009
well it certainly doesn't tsaste of chocolate, unless its a mix of willy wonka and some cheese factory a few miles down the coast... This is a reply to this message
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Message 9 - posted by silverback3008
(U6724270)
, 5 Weeks Ago
Walked the dog by the break on Sunday afternoon.
It was all over the foreshore, and smelled like off cockles.
Stuck to my boots lie industrial glue, and absolutely stank, to the point where i had to wash them in bleach.
Thats why I dont surf there any more.
Toxic Trestles !
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Message 10 - posted by workshy
(U1965532)
, 5 Weeks Ago
i called the hotline i will post findings when/if they phone me
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Message 11 - posted by workshy
(U1965532)
, 5 Weeks Ago
had an email off the enviroment agency that backs my theory, they indeed confirm that messas wonker and son have taken site in the corus plant, and more disturbing than that was the shark making room, i27.photobucket.com/...This is a reply to this message
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Message 12 - posted by gull
(U1549291)
, 5 Weeks Ago
are you serious WS?
There's a chocolate factory nr the Corus plant...
so what was the mess on silverback's shoes?
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Message 13 - posted by workshy
(U1965532)
, 4 Weeks Ago
its algae the enviroment guys just phoned, happens when sea is warm, nout to worry about, was only joking bout chocolate humourless ones!!!
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Message 14 - posted by superdaff
(U11785943)
, 4 Weeks Ago
Thanks for that workshy.
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Message 15 - posted by madkiter
(U14076301)
, 3 Weeks Ago
I have reported it over and over again.
I smell a great big rat!
EA always say its algal bloom caused by warmth and shallow water (we all kite the other end from the surf spot and its often horrific that end)
I dont get how we get algal blooms in the winter.
I did do some googling and came up with references to brown tides. Maybe its time to get an independent test done?
I may be able to persuade the kite club to pay for that if someone can recommend someone to do it ?
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Message 16 - posted by workshy
(U1965532)
, 3 Weeks Ago
funny enough i said to the guy on the phone if i should take a sample and he said no just phone us!, has anyone seen this brown gunk in a water temp of say 12 and under?, the water is still realy warm at the moment, seems to be pockets of very warm water now and again
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Message 17 - posted by Kat
(U10372073)
, 3 Weeks Ago
I imagine the water is always pretty warm down there anyway? if its near Port Talbot then perhaps there is a lot of warm water coming from the industrial buildings...
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Message 18 - posted by workshy
(U1965532)
, 3 Weeks Ago
good call kat, the "algae" could be forming on the outflow of corus/wonkers
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