| UCSB Beach Sand Depth |
| The depth of sand on UCSB Beach varies greatly throughout the year
and is easily judged relative to the base of Anacapa Steps. In the
first two images below, it is a single normal step from the lowermost
step to the beach. Just a week later, the drop off the last step is
nearly 2 m high, and then the sand is nearly removed to the bedrock. |
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| Anacapa Steps, 15 December 2000, 1:15 PM, +5.5' tide. ©AGS2000. |
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| Base of Anacapa Steps, 21 December 2000, 1:15 PM, +0.10' tide. On
27 November, the lowest step was flush with the sand surface. The
steps were removed on 30 January 2001. ©AGS2000. |
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