On June 5, 2012, the banks of Lorne, Australia were covered in 6 and a half feet of foam. The foam had started to show up the day before but reached its peak by June 5th. The foam is created by the breakdown of algae that grows in the water and on the beach; when the algae would breakdown, it would release air bubbles. The days leading up to June 5, there was also heavy rainfall that washed a lot of dirt and nutrients into the sea. This, the air bubbles from the algae, and the combination of rough sea wind and the rolling tide, lead to massive amounts of foam. This is a once in every three to five year phenomena. Tourists and surfers alike spent the day playing and body-surfing in the massive amount of foam.
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