Saturday, August 31, 2019

9/1/19 Report - Beach Closings and Beach Conditions, Including Some Early Erosion.


Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.

Fort Pierce South Inlet Park Afternoon 8/31.
I took a look at some of the South Hutchinson Island beaches Saturday afternoon.

The gates at John Brooks and Frederick Douglass beaches were closed when I was there, which was around 3 or 4 PM.  I could not see any reason why they were closed, especially considering that you could visit the other neighboring beaches.

I also saw barricades on the west side of the causeway, but they were on the side of the road instead of blocking the causeway.  It seemed they either planned to block the causeway and decided not to, or were getting ready to.

Fort Pierce South Inlet Beach 8/31 Around 3 or 4 PM.
There was already some erosion at some locations, as you can see from the following photos.

South Hutchinson Island 8/31 Afternoon.

South Hutchinson Island Erosion 8/31 Afternoon.

North of John Brooks 8/31 Afternoon.

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DJ drove from Sebastian to Vero on a little earlier in the day and found all of the Indian River County beach accesses closed, including Wabasso.  He did walk over the dunes north of McClarty and took the photos below.  He said he saw two other detectorists.

North of McLarty Afternoon 8/31
Photo by DJ

Beach North of McLarty on 8/31
Photo by DJ

North of McLarty on 8/31.
Photo by DJ.
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The surf is supposed to begin building on Sunday.

It seems that all of the Vero and Indian River County beaches were closed except for the beaches between McLarty and the Sebastian Inlet.

On South Hutchinson Island the gates were closed at John Brooks and Frederick Douglass beaches, and possibly other beaches. You could however visit some of the other beaches.

There was some erosion at a few spots. I could see that the high tide had been high on the beach.

I'm posting this early, but I had a lot of material ready.Please let me know of any other beach closings or openings.  Thanks in advance.

Source: MagicSeaWeed.com.


Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net