Bournemouth Surf Reef » Dr Shaw Mead http://www.bournemouthsurfreef.com Europe's First Artificial Surf Reef in Boscombe (Bournemouth) Dorset Sun, 22 Aug 2010 09:35:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Reef Construction Begins! http://www.bournemouthsurfreef.com/2008/07/22/reef-construction-begins/ http://www.bournemouthsurfreef.com/2008/07/22/reef-construction-begins/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:06:20 +0000 admin http://www.bournemouthsurfreef.com/?p=81

These large mounds of beach material lying infront the Honeycombe Chine development will be used to fill the 55 ‘geotextile bags’ that make up the surf reef. After refinement, the sand will then be pumped using piping from the beach to the reef construction site which is 260 metres offshore.

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Video: First Day of Construction

Other videos include this short video interview with Dr Shaw Mead, featured on BBC South Today, or the following video on BBC News.

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