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In Pictures: Waves, surfers and a shipwreck among coastal shots captured in 2024

Owen Humphreys Danny Lawson Gareth Fuller

Huge waves crash against the sea wall near Whitley Bay (Owen Humphreys/PA) - (PA Archive)

Britain’s coastline saw spectacular waves, packed beaches and some more unusual sights throughout 2024.

Here are some of the most dramatic and colourful sea or sand-related snaps captured by the PA news agency’s photographers:

Waves break on the seafront in Blackpool as Storm Isha brought disruption to the electricity and transport networks across the UK in January (Danny Lawson/PA) (PA Archive)

Waves crash against the lighthouse in Seaham Harbour, County Durham (Owen Humphreys/PA) (PA Wire)

Huge waves smash against the seafront at Whitley Bay in North Tyneside (Owen Humphreys/PA) (PA Wire)

Giant waves crashing against the harbour wall in Folkestone, Kent (Gareth Fuller/PA) (PA Wire)

Waves crashing at New Brighton beach, Wirral, amid Storm Jocelyn (Peter Byrne/PA) (PA Archive)

A spectator gets a close look at a huge wave in Whitley Bay (Owen Humphreys/PA) (PA Wire)

Away from the wave action, Britain’s beaches saw an array of sights, from sunseekers to surfers.

People flock to the beach in the summer sun in Broadstairs, Kent, in August (Gareth Fuller/PA) (PA Wire)

People enjoy the warm weather on Bamburgh Beach in Northumberland (Owen Humphreys/PA) (PA Wire)

Members of the Edinburgh Tattoo Highland Dancers joined Teamwork Arts India to practise some dance moves on the beach at Gullane, East Lothian, ahead of their performance at the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo at Edinburgh Castle in August (Jane Barlow/PA) (PA Wire)

A lady enjoys flyboarding during the warm weather on the beach in Dover, Kent (Gareth Fuller/PA) (PA Wire)

People splashing about and enjoying the warm weather on Scarborough beach in North Yorkshire (Danny Lawson/PA) (PA Wire)

People zip line from Bournemouth pier towards Bournemouth beach in Dorset (Andrew Matthews/PA) (PA Wire)

A shipwreck on the Cefn Sidan beach at Pembrey Country Park in Carmarthenshire, South Wales (David Davies/PA) (PA Wire)

Vintage vehicles during Race The Waves 2024 on Bridlington’s South beach in Yorkshire (Danny Lawson/PA) (PA Wire)

A surfer at Tynemouth Longsands beach on the North East coast (Owen Humphreys/PA) (PA Wire)

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