Backhore:

• consists of the storm beach
• made up of large sediment, that is pushed to the top of the
  beach by storm waves
• Berms are formed fortnightly by the spring tide

Nearshore

• Also known as the Breaker zone
• Between the normal low tide mark and the spring low tide mark
• On beaches with a low tidal range, they often form a point where waves break known as breaker bars

Foreshore:

• The zones between the the normal high and low tide mark
• The width is dependent on the greadent of the beach and the
  tidal zones
• Low ridges running parallel to the coastline (fulls) are often
  formed by constructive waves.
• The amount of sediment on the foreshore is depend on the
  sources of sediment and LSD

Offshore:

• This zone is always underwater
• Longshore bars can also be found within this area
• These bars can grow to be quite substantial and can contribute to the formation of barrier beaches and barrier Islands

There are many landforms that can be found on beaches, these include:

• Berms
• Bars
• Fulls
• Swales
• Ripples

Beach cusps:

• semi circular deprestion cut into the lower edge of the storm
  beach.
• There formation has not been found out but once they have
  been formed they self-sustain due to the cusp causing the
  backwash to take away the sediment .
  

swash-aligned:

• The costs are aligned parallel to the crests of the prevailing
  waves
• swash and backwash occur straight up and down the beaches
  therefore LSD does not occur
• beach cusps and cuspate tombolos can form along these
  beaches due to the waves being refracted
  

Drift-aligned:

• The costs are aligned at an angle to the crests of the precaling
  waves
• on these beaches the swash waves up the beach at an angle
  and the backwash runs straight down the beach and therefore
  LSD will occur
• spits, bars, tombolos and cuspate Forelands can form at this type of coastline

Simple spits:

• A simple spit is the most common spit
• They can be straight but are usually curved due to the wave refraction or the prevailing wind
• They accumulate to form a long, narrow spit which can grow over time due to the waves carrying sediment along

Compound spits:

• They have a narrow base that attaches to the mainland and then this widens into a broad re-curved end
• these consist of a series of ridges which have grown over time
  

Formation of a spit:

• Spits are formed when LSD extends past the beach section of the coastline and makes its way across an estuary,bay or inlet.
• sand spits are formed by constructive waves
• shingle spits are formed by destructive waves
• A spit will never reach the other side of an estuary due to the river currant and depth of main river channel

Formation of a beach:
Beaches are the most common coastal landform, normally made from sand and/or shangle. Beaches have a pebble line a the top of the beach followed by the high water mark and the low water mark, in between these two marks is the intertidal range

Longshore drift moves the sediment across the beach and therefore the beach is a dynamic landforms and the sediment is moving along it, as if on a conveyor belt