At low water a large sandbar is uncovered opposite the light house on Kingston Beach with big concrete blocks running out to the Middle Pier from the shore. In this tidal basin most of the wharf pilings are of wood that provides a home for a multitude of algae, hydroids, sponges, truncates and barnacles. Fish and crabs forage around this rich feeding ground and in some cases make their permanent homes there. The start of zone 2 though still close to the sea is a place of change. Gone are the sand bars and rocks these being replaced with iron pilings and shifting mud at their bases.
Large ships unload sand and shingle, scrap iron and wood.
At low tide they sit on the mud which on the low spring tides may only give them four to six feet of water. The sea weed is different here. Gone are the Bladder and Saw wrack this being replaced with other Fucus species more tolerant to long exposure and changes in the water composition. Within this zone is a modern fish market and Shorehams commercial fishing fleet moorings. The Yacht Club is positioned to the north side of the river just prior to the footbridge.