The beach north of Osprey Walk has been accreting for more than a year. The changes are most pronounced in the area about 200 yards north of the walkway where the sandbar welded onto the front beach. A significant number of plants, especially grasses, have grown in the area of accretion. Eventually this should lead to the development of new dunes.

Sand has also started building up at Osprey Walk and in the golf cart parking lot at the walk. The new sand is soft and carts were starting to get stuck. The POA staff put down a layer of mulch, but the area still wasn’t hard enough to support carts. The staff came up with the innovative idea of using portable boardwalks. This solution has worked quite well. Golf carts can drive reasonably well in the parking area, even though there hasn’t been much rain.

The only issue now is that the entry onto the walkway is getting buried by blowing sand. Most people are stepping onto the side of the boardwalk in an attempt to avoid the soft sand. If the dune continues to build, the POA may eventually change the configuration of the walkway.