Waikawa Beach drone photos, January 2022

Over the past couple of weeks Twitter user SirWB has published a fair few drone photos of Waikawa Beach. The following are posted with permission. All photos are from a drone and show various views of the river mouth, estuary and river, and Strathnaver.

Beware if you’re viewing using cell data — there are about 20 photos totalling around 10 MB. There is only one photo on the first page, the rest need a click to see them. No captions or alt text.

Waikawa Beach January 2022.

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High seas; low river

Since a heap of rain and wind and some high tides in the second half of June, the river has been very low by the footbridge.

Very low river by footbridge.
Very low river by footbridge.

It seems the sandbar that forces the river into a slow lazy loop has gone for the moment allowing the sea to flow in all the way to the groyne, and the river to flow out.

Sea coming right up to the groyne with no sandbar.
Sea coming right up to the groyne with no sandbar.

River mouth drone photos May 2021

Blair kindly takes regular drone photos of the river mouth, village and Strathnaver areas. Beware data use on phone plans.

The photos below have been reduced in size and quality. The full-size versions are worth viewing though, so at the end of the post is a set of links to the larger, better quality photos, each of which is around 9 MB in size.

Looking south, at the river mouth.
Looking south, at the river mouth.

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Drone photos, January 2020

Blair very kindly takes regular drone photos of the river mouth. This time he has also included the village and Strathnaver. The photos below have been reduced in size and quality. The full-size versions are worth viewing though, so at the end of the post is a set of links to the larger, better quality photos, each of which is around 5 MB in size. Beware data use on phone plans.

Update: See a 3D model of the area. Also added: an overhead view.

Drone Photo 01: Manga Pirau Street and river mouth.
Drone Photo 0002: Manga Pirau Street and river mouth.
Drone Photo 0401. Coastal Waikawa Beach.
Drone Photo 0401. Coastal Waikawa Beach.
Drone Photo 0400. Village and Strathnaver.
Drone Photo 0400. Village and Strathnaver.
Drone Photo 0399. The village.
Drone Photo 0399. The village.
Drone Photo 0398. River from footbridge to groyne.
Drone Photo 0398. River from footbridge to groyne.
Drone Photo 0381. River by groyne.
Drone Photo 0381. River by groyne.
Overhead view from drone.
Overhead view from drone.

Full size photos

  1. Drone Photo 01 large: Manga Pirau Street and river mouth.
  2. Drone Photo 0401 large. Coastal Waikawa Beach.
  3. Drone Photo 0400 large. Village and Strathnaver.
  4. Drone Photo 0399 large. The village.
  5. Drone Photo 0398 large. River from footbridge to groyne.
  6. Drone Photo 0381 large. River by groyne.

River mouth photo 07 October 2019

Drone photo of the river mouth, taken on 07 October 2019.

Drone photo of the river mouth, taken on 07 October 2019.
Drone photo of the river mouth, taken on 07 October 2019.

Note: since then the river cut through that narrow stretch of sand and started flowing more directly out to sea.

Compare this with the River mouth photo 20 July 2019:

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