Surfers urged to seek advice from locals before entering water at Lahinch

EXPOSED ROCKS

Surfers have been warned about braving the waters near Lahinch beach in Co Clare, as hundreds of tonnes of sand have been stripped from the coastline leaving them in danger of being slammed into bare rocks by changed currents.

Recent storms have stripped over 3ft of sand from the beach, exposing large sections of rock on the southern end of the strand and causing the tide to come in more quickly.