As we just posted, this morning’s extraordinary erosion of the beach occurred near Boardwalk #8.
SIPOA has closed Boardwalk #8 and has placed a rope barricade on the beach to keep beach-goers back from the sharp drop off caused by the erosion.
The Town’s beach patrol will be directing people away from the area of the beach impacted by the erosion. All beach-goers are asked to cooperate with these efforts.
Submitted by The Town of Seabrook Island
If you’ve visited Boardwalk #8 in the past several days, you’ll find a dramatically different scene from a week ago. The seating area and the stairs are reopened. The ‘washout’ area has been naturally smoothed over and there’s little evidence of the events of the past week. This type of event may occur naturally; as a sandbar migrates landward, the tidal flow of water encounters a more narrow channel which may increase the velocity of the flow. A similar ‘washout’ occurred in this area more than a decade ago and was ‘repaired’ by Mother Nature shortly thereafter.
Could you please try to get an update on the status of the erosion and plans for its “repair”. I’d like to update our guests on what is taking place and don’t have much to tell them.