9/15/23 Report - Checking Some Treasure Coast Beaches. A Couple Finds. New Weather Systems As Lee Moves North.

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

John Brooks Beach Thursday Morning.

I went out to the beach Thursday morning.  As I said yesterday, Lee evidently started to move faster than it had been, and the bigger surf hit the Treasure Coast sooner than was expected a couple days ago.

There was more slope than shows in the photo, and it was pretty mushy.

You might be able to see a little dip just to the north of the access, but it isn't much.

It looked just like I expected.  Even though we had a higher surf, sand just got pushed up onto the beach.  I pointed that out when I looked at the forecasts, especially the angle east swells, which I talked about despite the north winds.  The winds were pretty weak.  

Notice the waves breaking at the foot of the beach, suspending sand which would then be pushed up onto the beach.

John Brooks Beach Thursday Morning.

The water had been back to the foot of the dunes at the previous high tide.  You could see shelly sand on the flat beach.

Just left of the center of the photo below, you can see a turtle nest marker, which was a few inches more buried than the last time I was there.  It provides a good marker to compare the level of sand from visit to visit.

Dunes at John Brooks Beach Thursday Morning.

I then visited Walton Rocks to see what the beaches looked like down there.  

Walton Rocks Thursday Morning.

Walton Rocks looked very slightly better than John Brooks, but there was still a lot of renourishment sand. You can see where the waves were breaking on the other side of the dip.  

Walton Rocks Thursday Morning.

You can see the breaking waves lined up parallel to the beach.

There were several surfers.

Surfers At Walton Rocks Thursday Morning.

Since I was going by, I took a look at Fort Pierce South Jetty Park.  You can see that below.

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There was some erosion there because of the jetty.  The cut was at its higherst about four to five feet and got smaller as it went around the bend to the south.

I didn't have much time but decided to do a little hunting for modern items.

There were a few coins and a couple sinkers and the following items. 

One Ten Karat Earring
and One Junk Ring With Missing Stone.

It is always nice to take away at least a little piece of gold.

In summary, the charts and forecasts I've been looking at and posting told me what to expect at the beach, and there were no real surprises.  The higher surf was as predicted, and the angle of the waves and negligible north wind produced erosion only at locations where there were obstacles to the natural flow of sand.

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SurfGuru Surf Chart for Fort Pierce Inlet Area.

Here are the surf charts for the Fort Pierce Inlet and Vero Pier areas.  Not much difference, but the Vero chart shows the surf as being a foot higher for today and the weekend.

SurfGuru Surf Chart for Vero Pier Area.

As Lee moves north, we'll have a couple more days of nice size surf, then our attention will turn to the newer systems developing in the Atlantic.

Source: nhc.noaa.gov.

Good huntng,

TreasureGuide@comcast.net