Comments on: Progress Hearts Encinitas Beaches http://sandiegosuncoast.com/2009/01/09/progress-hearts-encinitas-beaches/ A complete reference guide for San Diego beaches & coastal communities. Beaches, Living, Lifestyles, Activities, Real Estate... Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:55:20 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: kevin c http://sandiegosuncoast.com/2009/01/09/progress-hearts-encinitas-beaches/comment-page-1/#comment-41 kevin c Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:26:14 +0000 http://sandiegosuncoast.com/?p=2389#comment-41 Ponto doesn't produce a net inflow. Batiquitos is a big basin that traps sediment. Even the Army Corps of Engineers admits as much.Our "wild" sand comes from bluffs and rivers north of Carslbad. Ponto doesn’t produce a net inflow. Batiquitos is a big basin that traps sediment. Even the Army Corps of Engineers admits as much.Our “wild” sand comes from bluffs and rivers north of Carslbad.

]]> By: JP http://sandiegosuncoast.com/2009/01/09/progress-hearts-encinitas-beaches/comment-page-1/#comment-40 JP Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:16:44 +0000 http://sandiegosuncoast.com/?p=2389#comment-40 We don't artificial reefs in Encinitas because we are already blessed with many natural reefs. What we need is for the estuaries to remain tidal (open) so that all the good quality sand in the lagoons flows onto our beaches. The Ponto jetties have been great for this (it's ironic that the beach in question has been receiving this sand for a couple of years now and doesn't require this mass importation). We lose sand in the winter due to storms and big north swells, we regain sand in the summer due to south swells. It's the natural process of our local beaches. We don’t artificial reefs in Encinitas because we are already blessed with many natural reefs. What we need is for the estuaries to remain tidal (open) so that all the good quality sand in the lagoons flows onto our beaches. The Ponto jetties have been great for this (it’s ironic that the beach in question has been receiving this sand for a couple of years now and doesn’t require this mass importation).

We lose sand in the winter due to storms and big north swells, we regain sand in the summer due to south swells. It’s the natural process of our local beaches.

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