On the average the sea chips away a meter of the coast line within a year at Bernāti, but during the December 1999 storm the sea swallowed 35 meters of coastland. In Jūrkalne and other locations a fierce storm can wash away anywhere from 5 to 15 meters. The total length of the Latvian coastline is about 490 kilometers, and about 60 km of it are subject to erosion.
