I swam yesterday on a Public Beach- water was gross, is that an every-year result of rainy season storms or smth? How long does it usually last?

At first I thought those are only some broken tree branches and sea plants, but then I realised im swimming between tissues, plastic bottles and other trash.

Any idea whats happening? Ive been living here for 6 months and its the first time I see water so trashy!

Heavy rain washed rubbish into drains and rivers and then the sea, and if the wind and current is right, floats back to the beach.

I've been swimming the last three days in the afternoon.
It was pretty bad on Saturday, better on Sunday.
Monday hardly any floating rubbish, though plenty on the beach.

But almost always if you can swim out to the far line of buoys, it's pretty clear, even when it is scummy close to shore.

The Great Lamma Garbage Patch, outside the Hung Shing Yeh beach shark nets (name inspired by the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch").

I've taken these photos from the Family Trail a few days ago.
Is The Great Lamma Garbage Patch still there or has it dissolved by now, or been washed over the shark net onto the beach?

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Just back from HSY, the water is clear, no flotsam, the garbage patch is gone and even the sand is pretty clean.

I noticed a lot of styrofoam on the rocks at PSB on the way back.

Today, after the amazing thunderstorm last night? The beach looks even worse now, I've heard...

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The beach is often covered with crap in the morning, but the LCSD clean that up every day.

How much is in the water depends on the prevailing winds.
Yesterday at 6pm was almost pristine despite heavy rains earlier in the day.

So "The Great Lamma Garbage Patch", visible from the Family Trail, has gone now? Have we lost another tourist attraction?

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It all depends on the rainfall and currents as several people have said. I swim on the Shek Li beach and always do a clean each time. I average about 3 large bags at about 20 killos per bag. That's about 60 kg a week. After black rain once I shifted about 10 bags at one time and then gave up. A lot of this material has been in the water a while everything from slippers to lighters in a highly degraded state. Polystyrene boxes are very common both as large boxes down to white powder. Collecting below the low tide yields lots of boating rubbish life oil filters and fishing nets. Despite this the thing I find most annoying are dogs on the beach that crap everywhere with no owner in site. I watched three dogs come down to the beach, shit, have a run around and then return home. I suppose it saves the owner taking them for a walk.

News from residents near Hung Shing Yeh beach today: "The trash is dreadful."

Any pictures? What's happening?
The cleaning ladies from FEHD are very busy cleaning up so much washed up trash from this public beach...

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