Beach Erosion and Accretion Update
It's been a dynamic year on the Dewees beach front, in March / April it looked like we were headed for a horrible year of more and more erosion. And…
McGraws Dock Loses Its Footing
On the morning of 5/30 we found that the sand under Gary McGraw's beach walkway had disappeared. A guest at Gary's house confirmed that the sand was under the bottom…
High Winds Predicted; More Erosion Possible
Dewees Islanders are watching the potential breach from the front beach into Lake Timacau closely. At times the beach has accreted (grown vertically or horizontally or both) for a few…
Folly Beach is Eroding, too
Our friend at Charleston Waterkeeper posted pictures of the recent erosion at Folly Beach. The long-term causes are probably different since Folly is on the south side of the Charleston…
Winter Storm Strips Dewees Beach Again
The cycle of erosion isn’t over. During the December Nor’easter of 2009, loads of sand disappeared from the Dewees front beach from Osprey Walk down past Needle Rush. The palm tree that temped fate all summer is gone. Not just felled, but gone. Palms from well behind it are lying on the beach. More than 20 feet of dune is gone in many places. Along much of the beach the primary, secondary and tertiary dunes have washed away over the past 2 years, leaving the island exposed to serious hurricanes and winter storms. In other places, the final row of dunes has been sliced vertically in half. (more…)
Erosion continues in the Middle of the Island
The area south of Osprey Walk down to Needle Rush Walk eroded some more this week. Since 2007 Gary McGraw's beach walkway has been a good barometer of how things…
Beach Erosion
The Turtle Team has been reporting that the sand was washed away from several nests when Hurricane Bill passed by. Even though Bill remained far out at sea, Dewees still…
More reports on Beach Accretion (Growth)
We aren't the only ones to notice that the beach has grown both horizontally and vertically since late June. Here's the text of a report by Gary McGraw from August…
Dewees Beach Slowly Growing Again
The high tides on June 22, 23 and 24 were the turning point. Instead of taking away sand as many feared, they actually brought sand onto the Dewees front beach.…
High Tide Rolls In
The past two nights, we've had tremendously high "spring" tides. The water has come in near 1 pipe all the way up to the sign at the corner of Lake…