Turning the Tide at Ocean Beach

really? sand? never gonna work. one big storm and see ya sand. there is a comparable place called hatteras island in NC. and the wave energy there is significantly less than OB. sand moves, will move and we will have this conversation again in 3 to 5 years. anything endorsed by the army corp? do the opposite.

http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20110828/ARTICLES/110829710

Actually, sand is the answer. Yes, it moves faster than boulders. This makes it more expensive. But armoring the bluffs with boulders makes the problem worse. It just diverts the erosion elsewhere. Let's face it. most of the outer sunset is built on sand dunes. There is no long term permanent solution to change that, short of tearing down every building and trucking in billions of tons of concrete. Plus, with sea levels rising the whole damn neighborhood is going to be under water soon enough.

Just make a big sandcastle ¥

From what I've heard, there is no perfect answer, but the best answer is, "If you're losing your beach, get more beach." When you consider the fact that we're constantly dredging the ship channel anyway, there's the sand...let's make more beach. Certainly beats rip-rap.

It would find it troubling if sandcastle wasn't pro sand. But, as per the OB master plan article from a couple of weeks ago, this current sand placement op is a sort of litmus test on two different fronts. 1) to see how well it stops erosion and 2) how well it can protect the multi-gazillion dollar investment in our pollution control plant infrastructure, particularly the outflow pipe, from this winter's storms. They don't expect this temp-fix to last more than a year or two at best. But if the "experts" are pleased with the results there is talk of pumping sand directly to the beach from, as Cazart mentioned, the offshore channel dredging. Who knows, maybe we'll end up with a super bank wave...or not.

Im with you T. i got a niece and nephew, twins. 3 1/2 years of age, right around your kids ages. We should just get all the kiddies together and let them build sand castles. Probably do more good then the politicians :)

Sounds like a party

money and resources should be spent moving the things they are trying to protect, mainly a road and pipe that moves sewage. the fact that the ###### area IS a fill job (the whole area was wetlands) in the first place means the lake aka MARSH wants to join back/ connect with the ocean. until this is realized it is all just pissing into the wind. huge waste of time and money.

totally surfpunk, here's my representation of what ###### could like combining the MARSH with a sand castle...