Goleta Beach, 17 December 2002: afternoon, low tide, two backhoe operators converse about rebuilding the berm in front of the Goleta Beach west parking lot. ©AGS 2002.
Goleta Beach, 17 December 2002: a few minutes later, the two backhoes are back to work, dredging sand from the existing beach and piling it on the damaged beach bluff to protect it from the waves of the next high tide. ©AGS 2002.
Goleta Beach, 17 December 2002: By dredging the sand from the existing beach, the waves on the next high tide were able to attack the new berm directly - and did. ©AGS 2002.
Goleta Beach, 17 December 2002: Some sand from the previous berm has been spread upon the grass by waves on the last high tide. The tides are astronomic at this time with the higher high tide being about 6.5' and the lower low tide being about -1'. ©AGS 2002.
Goleta Beach, 17 December 2002: Construction of another sand berm to protect damaged beach bluff. The shiny dark rock in the center of the picture was overlain by soil and grass that were striped away by waves from the storm of the previous day. East end of beach. ©AGS 2002.