Goleta Beach: Repair Beach Bluff Storm Damage, December 2002

Goleta Beach, 18 December 2002: High tide, the next morning, and no sign at all of the berm built the previous evening. All the sand of that berm was swept away and taken downcoast by the longshore currents. ©AGS 2002.

Goleta Beach, 18 December 2002: A little sand from the berm of the previous evening remains in front of the west parking lot during the morning high tide, but the waves are attacking the bluff directly. ©AGS 2002.

Goleta Beach, 18 December 2002: A cyprus tree at the west end of the beach barely survived still another storm and series of high tides. Kelp fragments litter the lawn in the foreground. ©AGS 2002

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