Beach Monitoring Reports
The table above is derived from actual measurements of the beach sand elevation at typical points along East beach. The colours are used to provide an approximate indication of the sand level along the beach compared with historical levels. The range of sand levels and the values at which the colours change are shown in the colour legend at the bottom of the table.
The percentage represents the current sand height compared to the historical minimum and maximum heights ever measured at that location since 2013. These values are calculated from the measurements used to produce the profile charts that give additional information about the sand dynamics at that monitoring point.
These three columns give an overview of the sand level now, how it has changed since the previous measurement and how it compares to last year's results.
A positive number in a red square is usually not a concern but if the number is negative, it indicates that a new low sand level has been detected and further consideration of all the data at that point should be investigated.
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3rd July 2025
Date: Thursday, 3rd July 2025
Monitoring Team:
Analysis & Report: David Bills-Thompson, PFCG Technical Officer and Data Co-ordinator
Commentary:
This data was produced by the drone mapping conducted by DEECA on 3/07/2025.
Most erosion has occurred behind post 10 where the dune face has receded by approximately 1m at the 6.5m elevation and by approximately half a metre at the 3.5m elevation. Chart post 10B has the details.
Since May 2023, the dune face has receded by 4.5m at the 6.5m elevation. Previous recession distances between 3.5m and 7.4m elevations have been exceeded. The profile in front of post 10 (Post 10.jpg) indicates sand lost from the dune face has migrated to the foreshore area.
Results in the profiles around post 9 and 9B also have similar tendencies to post 10.
Post 7 has lost some sand from in front of the dune toe but the main concern seems to be a slippage of the dune face at an elevation of 7.4m. This is best visualised in the screen image from Propeller shown below. Look carefully below and to the right of image centre for a short vertical black line; this is the shadow of post 7.
The QST provides a summary of the most obvious erosion and the profiles yet to be completed.
Charts for individual Posts
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