NORTH WILDWOOD — The ever-changing Hereford Inlet has led to the loss of beach, with 10- to 12-foot dropoffs along the area of New York and Pine avenues near the seawall. There also has been some beach erosion between Second and Fourth avenues.
Mayor Bill Henfey said Thursday that the area near New York and Pine, which is not among the city’s guarded beaches during the tourist season, lost significant amounts of sand, but the change does not come as a surprise, he said.
“For a couple of years we’ll have beach there, and then for a couple of years we’ll have water there,” he said. “We know that beach comes and goes.”
Stewart Farrell, director of the Richard Stockton Coastal Research Center, said the situation is the result of tidal currents that create a whirlpool effect that moves the sand.
“The tidal channel configuration allows it to develop. They happen, and the cost of trying to control it would be in the millions.” Farrell said, adding it is not an area that ever receives beach replenishment.
Farrell and Henfey advised fishermen and others who travel along the beach to be careful and avoid the area because of the steep dropoffs.
Farrell said the erosion between Second and Fourth avenues is the result of a combination of tidal currents and wave action, an ongoing situation for the area.
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Mayor Bill Henfey said Thursday that the area near New York and Pine, which is not among the city’s guarded beaches during the tourist season, lost significant amounts of sand, but the change does not come as a surprise, he said.
“For a couple of years we’ll have beach there, and then for a couple of years we’ll have water there,” he said. “We know that beach comes and goes.”
Stewart Farrell, director of the Richard Stockton Coastal Research Center, said the situation is the result of tidal currents that create a whirlpool effect that moves the sand.
“The tidal channel configuration allows it to develop. They happen, and the cost of trying to control it would be in the millions.” Farrell said, adding it is not an area that ever receives beach replenishment.
Farrell and Henfey advised fishermen and others who travel along the beach to be careful and avoid the area because of the steep dropoffs.
Farrell said the erosion between Second and Fourth avenues is the result of a combination of tidal currents and wave action, an ongoing situation for the area.
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