Locals reported the bizarre phenomenon at NSW's whitest sand beach. Photo / Getty Images;
Locals reported the bizarre phenomenon at NSW's whitest sand beach. Photo / Getty Images;
The wild weather across NSW has had a dire impact on the beach with the "whitest sand in the world", with one disgusted local filming the maggot-filled algae.
The NSW beach that has long been regarded as having the whitest sand in the world has temporarily lost its title afterthis week's wild weather.
Hyams Beach, in the Jervis Bay region on NSW's south coast, is one of the most popular in the state thanks to its crystal clear, turquoise water and squeaky, blinding white sand.
But thanks to this week's east coast low, that saw parts of NSW suffer its worst flooding event in history and dangerous weather all week, the iconic Hyams was looking a little different.
Local Jayde Clarke took to Facebook to show what the usually picturesque beach looked like following the storms and huge swells, that forced a massive algae bloom to be pushed onshore.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, Ms Clarke described the red seaweed dump as a "monstrosity".
"My husband and I go surfing out there all the time so we wanted to see how the sets were rolling in and then we saw that monstrosity," she said.
