Section of sea bluff collapses at Black's Beach

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - An it sounds as if harmless sea bluff cave in was once found out at Black's Beach Friday.

The cliff failure off the 2800 block of Torrey Pines Scenic Drive used to be reported at about 2:30 p.m., consistent with the San Diego Police Department and city Fire-Rescue Department.

Happening now - @SDLifeguards and @SanDiegoPD handling a cliff collapse at Black's Beach. Please steer clear of the area. More information to apply. #cliffcollapse pic.twitter.com/DZitWD7fk5

“I used to be scared however I got outta there. I was safe," said Phinney Cole.

Cole was behind the footage.

He says he left his stuff right under where the bluff fell.

“Yeah, I gathered all my things. I actually left my car keys behind and found them about an hour later so I got lucky there," he explained.

While cole had an in depth view from the beach, surfers watched as the cliff collapsed.

"That whole mountain shifted," explained Matthew Craig.

Craig stated he’d observed bluff’s fall sooner than however said this time was once steady.

"For about ten minutes, there were just chunks of rock falling, and then at some point, this huge column just started collapsing onto the beach. You could see it all washed out onto the beach and it fell into the sand and the sand piled up 30 feet high because all the sand got pushed up from the beach," stated Craig.

Geologist Pat Abbott said a bluff cave in isn’t uncommon right after a chain of showers.

"This is a time of heightened gravity pole for failure because it's winter time, and we’ve had a lot of rain. The ground is saturated. It’s winter time there’s less sand on the beach, which means it’s easier for the waves to hit the cliffs. We also have the highest tides of the year right now," mentioned Abbott.

Abbott mentioned the closing time there was a big bluff collapse at black’s beach was right through this time of year decades ago.

This is the aftermath of the collapse from January of 1982.

Abbott mentioned this won’t be the final we see of the cliff cave in in the house.

“I think it will proceed while we’re speaking right now. I may just proceed some more in the following couple of days as well for the reason that falling away of material par of that subject matter that’s there is in fact supporting the cliff. So, when some fall away that means there are any other steep parts that are much less supported than they had been," mentioned Abbott.

Geologists said extra are on the approach so it’s necessary to influence clear of the cliffs and be protected.

It was once not straight away clear when the landslide occurred and the way huge an area was once affected.

There were no stories of injuries or structural harm, SDPD Officer David O'Brien mentioned.

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