The first strong gale this autumn showed who was boss regardling beach layouts, which was the case of Playa Granada in Motril.

With the groyne recently completed, it did what all groynes do, it seems: carve out sand from one side and dump it on the other.

Whilst making the western side even larger (it’s a 3-day camel trek and a packed lunch to cross from the car park to the water’s edge) the beach in front of Chiringuito Hoyo 19 went AWOL.

According to Motril Town Hall, workers belonging to Costas found themselves having to erect an emergency seawall in front of the soggy chiringuito.

This has helped but the Town Hall is still worried, so today they are meeting with the Costa provincial bigwigs to evaluate the damage and see what can be done about making sure it doesn’t happen again. That might sound a bit like King Canute commanding the tide not to come in.

Costas assures that once a little time (months) is allowed to pass for the groyne to “settle in,” the beach will get a hang on to its new relationship with the groyne, so they are asking for “patience.”

The manager of Chiringuito Hoyo 19, José Lemos, says that the change in wind direction put some of the beach back, but that it was still early to evaluate the damage caused.

Editorial comment: I took a few photos about two weeks back, not long after the groyne was finished (see the accompanying photo from then) and couldn’t help noticing how close the shoreline was to the chiringuito terrace… That was before this latest gale.

(News: Motril, Costa Tropical, Granada, Andalucia)

Keywords: Gale, Playa Granada, Chiringuito, Hoyo 19, Wave Action, Groyne, Seawall, Sand Loss, Costas

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Reader’s comment: “These boulders, badly laid or dumped… they wouldn’t be the ones from the alleged [illegal] Lobres quarry that the locals say has caused them many health issues, not to mention monies that should go to Lobres. I guess you trap, what you badly sew.” – PB Storey