I used to do quite a few weekends at Bacton on the cliff top and some very good sea fishing.
The very first time when we went we arrived in the dark noted the Gas Terminal and put down the constant noise of 'industry' to the plant. It soon became obvious that this bit of coast has some of the noisiest sea that I know of.
Although the beach is sand the sound resembles lorries tipping tons of rubble. Possibly amplified by the bay, I think the sea defences, multiple breakwaters and walls cause the sea to alter its direction this way and that dissipating its energy as noise.

Unfortunately the environment agency are probably right too, holding the sea back here merely makes it worse round the corner, poor old Happisburgh.

You don't often get near the sea to stay in the UK so our stay for a few days right on top of the sea wall was a treat.

Arriving at dusk the noise of the sea didn't have time to register in the sub concious and I awoke a few times wondering what the noise was. After that the constant thundering, even from a calm sea, lulled you off to sleep in minutes.

Then on the last night came 'the blow'. Wind generator up we watched TV on the Sunday evening with ample power. The BBC weather forecast on the 10 o'clock news said "Breezy in the East". I can still see that bloke standing there now, "Breezy in the East" he said over and over again on BBC News 24 (it is just a recording) till 3.00AM, until I gave up waiting for a break in the gale so that I could drop the wind generator.
The wind blew so much it was a real effort to open the door. The sea was a white seething mass breaking over the sea wall and spraying us. Ships at sea dropped anchor and displayed full lights.
The electronic Brake which normally pulls the Wind Generator to a halt did not a thing, I put as much load on as possible and went off to sleep. I saw the full 15Amps output regularly for extended periods. Well the set up has been tested in a gale and all is OK, I didn't intend to do the test. I have made a note, 'take no notice of the BBC Weather forecasts'. "Breezy in the East". "Hurricane, don't worry, it's not". Fools.