Beach Reclamation

[lindalou61]

I was thinking the same thing.

[hummbaby11]

Those pictures look pretty horrible. It looks like nobody even wants to swim in the murky areas...I can't believe how brown the water is...last year it was crystal clear blue water. Looks like before long, those beach chairs and loungers will be falling off the cliff. I sure hope the people involved in the initial reclamation have taken notice of what is happening to the beautiful beach and try to do something to rectify it. Staying at Luna encantada is early may...I don't even want to know what it might look like by then, looks really bad in my opinion.

[LB4Playa]

Wow I can't believe how nasty it looks, when I was there last March the sand went out to where the brown stuff starts.

[D33RHUNT3R]

the beach looks awful compared to the past 2 yrs ...as far as the beach goes I'm glad were head to Waikiki this yr.. they will have their beach reclamation done about a month prior to our arrival
I just lucked out ...

[ryberg]

Well folks might want to hang on and check some of these comments, here. Remember that the beach changes all the time, and in cycles of both accretion and erosion. Don himself pointed out the recency of this change in the his post with the photos:

Originally Posted by YWGDon&Deb

There was enough beach for three rows of chairs that day, but, in the four days since, two days of strong south-east winds eroded a further 6 to 8 feet and there is only space for two rows of chairs today (26 Feb 2012).

And if you check back just a couple of pages, you'll see photos from another guest of ours from just 2 weeks ago with considerably more beach. For example:



So when thinking about a couple of years or talking about it in terms of the authorities doing something, it's good to keep the rapidly changing state of things -- again in both directions, for better or worse -- in mind.

[hummbaby11]

Understood Ryberg. All I can say is from when I was there last year to now, the beach has eroded significantly based on the pictures I've seen...especially in front of Fusion/Luna encantada area. So are you saying when there are days of accretion on the beach the areas in today's pictures that look like a musty dirty swamp land, look like the beach in the picture u took, with nothing but blue water in front and no rocks? All I know is last April when I was there we spent every day swimming in front of Luna encantada and didn't have any obstacles like rocks or coral or anything obstructing our entrance into the ocean. Looks like there are obstacles to contend with everywhere in that area now.

[terzaghi]

Are there specific beach clubs in pdc that are less effected by the erosion?

[Jacko]

Things look great north of the Constituyentes pier at Kool, Mamitas and Canibal Royal...

[TMel]

Originally Posted by terzaghi

Are there specific beach clubs in pdc that are less effected by the erosion?

Mamitas, Kool, Canibal Royal...


Edit: How did I miss your reply, Jacko?

[ryberg]

Originally Posted by hummbaby11

Understood Ryberg. All I can say is from when I was there last year to now, the beach has eroded significantly based on the pictures I've seen...especially in front of Fusion/Luna encantada area. So are you saying when there are days of accretion on the beach the areas in today's pictures that look like a musty dirty swamp land, look like the beach in the picture u took, with nothing but blue water in front and no rocks? All I know is last April when I was there we spent every day swimming in front of Luna encantada and didn't have any obstacles like rocks or coral or anything obstructing our entrance into the ocean. Looks like there are obstacles to contend with everywhere in that area now.

Yes, a shift of currents in the other direction with the proper strength (usually happens for 3 days, give or take a day) can build up the beach by filling in those lower areas. This is maybe a little earlier than usual but generally in the spring you get such shifts that eat away at the beach and then in November or early December you get the shifts going the other way, that help fill in and build it back up again. But even within either of those periods, things can go the opposite direction over just a few days. And they can definitely change a great deal over a few weeks, back and forth. Just depends on how Mother Nature feels, you know.

Been happening like that ever since we came on the scene. A beach project or an appropriately placed storm/hurricane somewhere in the general vicinity can throw a bigger swerve into things -- and the storms also help, by the way, not just hurt -- but then we get back to this sort of cycle.

[moke]

Beach from Fusion north to G.P.R. Feb 25

[Goodtobehere]

Thanks for the photos.....wow....now I know what everyone is talking about. There was very little two years ago and what was there was down by the Royal.

[hummbaby11]

Ryberg,...thanks for the info. Moke....those pictures make me . I think back to just a year ago and how beautiful the beach looked, without obstacles to dodge anywhere in sight,...looks like a game of hopscotch will have to be played to enter the Carribean Sea this year. Very unfortunate photos to look at compared to the ones I took from late april of last year. I rarely saw any seeweed at all last year either. Crazy what mother nature can do.

[moke]

Made us very sad as well bring water shoes glad we did

[Babaloo]

Mother Nature taketh what man puteth.
And where is all of this sand going? The tons and tons of sand that was deposited on the beach two years ago?
The reef has been the real victim in all of this.