10/12/24 Report = Treasure Coast Beaches: Turtle Trail, Seagrape Trail and Wabasso. Wind Angles from Milton and Cutting Beaches.

 

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

Turtle Trail Friday Afternoon.
Photo by DJ.

Yesterday I posted photos of some beaches along the northern end of Sout Hutchinson Island.  Later in the day, Dj sent photos of some of the Indian River County beaches.  As you will see, that area had more erosion than the area I shoed from South Hutchinson Island.

Seagrape Trail Friday Afternoon.
Photo by DJ.

Seagrape Trail Friday Afternoon.
Photo by DJ.

Notice that despite the erosion, the erosion in these photos did not remove all the replanted renourishment sand from in front of the dunes.  I would therefore pay more attention to the low tide area rather than the foot of the dunes if I was targeting the old stuff.   I would definitely check down low on the beach especially for dips.  There might also be some better areas farther from the accesses.

All the renourishment sand has not helped.

Wabasso Friday Afternoon.

Thanks to DJ.  Getting photos of the different areas is a big help.

If you think about why you see cuts on the Indian River County beaches but not the South Hutchinson Island beaches that I showed yesterday, there are a couple explanations.  First is the distance from the center of Milton as it went out to sea, and the second is the recency or amount of renourishment sand.

To help explain the first, here is an image I posted a few days ago.

Image from Windyty.com Posted a Few Days Ago.

As the winds are tightly wound around the center of Milton, the angles at the time of Milton passing out into the ocean, the wind is hitting the area to the north, Jacksonville for example, are hitting the coast from a more east or northeasterly direction, and hitting Daytona more parallel to the coast, and down around Palm Beach, moving offshore.  So the point is with these winds circulating around the storm, the angles of the wind relative to the coast is different for different areas of the coast.  It seems that the angles were better for erosion for some significant period of time for the Indian River County beaches.  I'd like to see Ampersands and Sebastian and Malborne.    As you go north from the area of erosion, there would be a point at which the wind angles changes enough that coastal erosion would be less due to the winds becoming more easterly before the storm moves too far out to sea.  Of course, you also have to consider the changing angle of the coastline since it is not a straight line.  That accounts for some of the changes over smaller distances.  

If the winds ran more parallel to the beach, rather than in a circular motion around the storm, the erosion would be more similar for the different areas of the Treasure Coast.

There are always the large-scale effects that affect a large section of the coastline, the smaller scale effects and the very local effects.  There will be rocks, jetties, reefs and nooks and crannies where things will happen are not characteristic of the larger area.

Thank you once again Dj.  Your photos helped by showing more than a few beaches.  They helped me explain a larger phenomenon that will help any beach detectorist.  One of the biggest factors for the beach metal detecting is hitting the right beaches at any particular time.  You can't cover it all, but the more you are out there, the better chance you have.

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There were some gas stations that ran out of gas both before and after the storm.  Here is a link to a site that will help you find out which stations have gas and which are out. 

GasBuddy.com.

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The most powerful hurricanes to hit Florida, in terms of barometric pressure (a chief indicator), include:

Hurricane Wilma (2005) – Reached a minimum pressure of 882 millibars, making it the strongest Atlantic hurricane recorded in terms of pressure at the time of its impact​.

1935 Labor Day Hurricane – This hurricane hit with a central pressure of 892 millibars, making it one of the most intense to strike the U.S.​).

Hurricane Michael (2018) – Made landfall with a pressure of 919 millibars, ranking it too among the most intense storms at landfall in the U.S.

Here is the link for more about that.

‘Irma’ Had Double Effects Of ‘Milton’ (spiritdaily.org)

The tornados from Milton were uncharacteristically large and damaging for Florida.

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Source: SurfGuru.com.

We are still having those King Tides and the surf is still a little rough.  

Too early to give up so soon.  Check some of those dips when the tide gets out and keep scouting for the right spot.

Treasureguide@comcast.net

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1 dead and 12 others trapped underground in Colorado gold mine, officials say.

Here is that link.

Multiple people trapped underground in Colorado mine, officials say (msn.com)

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