Written by the Treasureguide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.
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| John Brooks Beach Thursday Morning. |
I went out the beach this morning and found significant erosion. Also, to my surprise, there were a lot of coins and things to dig down by the water line. I was surprised by how many coins were out there to be dug.
Before I get more into that, I should mention there were a lot of beach closures today. Palm Beach beaches were closed. I heard on the radio, that Vero Beach, although I don't know exactly what that includes was closed. I think also Juno Beach. Frederick Douglass Beach has been closed for some time and is still closed. The Fort Pierce Causeway Bridge is still closed. Also, there were a lot of tornado warnings on the radio.
I'm afraid i see a disturbing trend here of earlier and more beach closures for less cause. Pretty soon every little rainstorm will get us locked down.
Just in: I got the following details on Indian River County beach closures from DJ.
“ The county is not expecting to open shelters, according to Emergency Management Coordinator Ryan Lloyd. However, it will close facilities such as all county beaches — Amber Sands, Golden Sands, Round Island, Seagrape, Tracking Station, Treasure Shores, Turtle Trail and Wabasso. Beaches are expected to reopen at 7 a.m. Friday.”
Unfortunately,
the above photo does not show well how much erosion there was at John Brooks. The beach was pretty far back and the drop-off steeper than it looks.
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| John Brooks Beach Thursday Morning. |
This one really doesn't show the erosion well.
There was a tight inverted coin line down in the wet sand. I probably could have spent a couple hours digging those clad coins.
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| Surf Thursday Morning. |
My pictures this morning aren't great. The surf was rougher than it looks too.
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| Tree Across Access Road at Walton Rocks Thursday Morning. |
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| Walton Rocks Beach Thursday Morning. |
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| Walton Rocks Beach Thursday Morning. |
The slope at Walton Rocks was generally firmer than the slope at John Brooks. In general, it exhibited a distinctly different character.
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Third home in a week collapses into Atlantic Ocean on North Carolina's Outer Banks.Here is that link.
Third home in a week collapses into Atlantic Ocean on North Carolina's Outer Banks (msn.com)
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| Source: nhc.noaa.gov. |
Helene is the big news today. Above you can see the likely path.
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| Source: Surfguru.com. |
So today we will have more good surf. There is scattered erosion out there and things waiting to be dug.
Good hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net