Replenished break

They never replenished east matunuck state beach in recent years. There's a permitting process and you'd see trucks/major heavy equipment. Not something you can hide.. It's a close out break most of of the time anyway, thus why there's never any crowds there while nearby breaks are packed.

It's NOT your break. There's been no waves for over a month. And by no waves I mean not even a waist high swell for a month + and not a chest high wave for 2 months. In 2 decades of surfing I've never seen a summer this bad. This is as bad as a south shore MA summer. Unheard for south facing RI. RI doesn't get much beach replenishment, unlike NJ.

Sea levels are rising due to global warming. If you don't replenish with sand you end up with no beach and just a sea wall with unrideable waves hitting the wall. Look at the area around the ocean mist as an example. The erosion is horrific. Plenty of NJ beaches have been replenished and they work just fine. It depends how they replenish. You can avoid steep/shore pounds beaches if done right. One of the reasons people complain about beach replenishment is because sometimes a jetty is buried. This will of course effect the wave.

Got a question for the NJ boys, I know they notched jetties in belmar. Does that mean that they will continue to maintain the groin that is left or will the ocean eventually eat up the rest of the jetty and it will disappear? If the jetties disappear completely, you'll just be left with long close out waves vast majority of the time or even shorepound. Those rock structures collect sand around their edges causing good waves.

These "surf rider" people always seems to fight jetties(the only reason you have all those surf spots in NJ!/long island) and sand replenishment. Sand replenishment done correctly doesn't destroy a break and storms bring it back to what is was most of the time. It's a pain right after it happens, but it comes back. There's really no other choice. Towns are not willing to tear down houses and take out roads to retreat so you're left with sand replenishment or having no beach/sea wall as options.

 

don't really know the logistics behind the notching of the jettys,i seen a few jettys get buried,big jettys,and after a while they will re emerge but that takes a long time.

in reality it is a giant waste of money to make rich people who occasionally spend time in their beachfront home to feel safe.the ocean is the ocean,theres nothing u can do to stop its power,build a wall,raise the sand in the end it all crumbles down

 

^ which is why you need to just move to a super liberal, entitlement state...they'd never allow dredging anything but harbors anywhere up here

Howevs, my go to left was fokd up for a year due to a weak winter a couple years ago...that really pissed me off, I wanted someone to come and dredge it back