Check out the new Farmers Market in the Oak Beach Parking lot this Saturday!
Local venders offering quality organic and home grown produce and things.
Stop on by Saturday June 30th!
Beach Erosion – Gilgo Beach – Coast Guard – 5/7/18
Walked Gilgo Beach from the center Path to Coast Guard Station late morning during the mid tide.The slide below shows a picture of the West and then the walk East to Coast Guard Station.
Most of the dunes have eroded to within a foot or so of their peaks.
The majority of storm fencing and posts are gone or damaged.
The high water line comes within a couple of feet of the dunes in many locations.
There is not a lot of beach!
100 feet West of Coast Guard Station, erosion has gone past the peak height of the dune, it is eating up the dune to Ocean Parkway.
Look at the high tide marking in the sand, the ocean is reaching the dune line regularly on high tides.
The South Shore Babylon Barrier Beaches need sand, call your Congressman today.
Beach Update 6/26 – Looks can be Deceiving
Walked today at low tide, looks like some sand came back, but not enough to add to the high tide beach, but look better than the 6/17 low tide pictures. Better later than never, think this is the first plus sign of sand to occur this year.
Even with the positive development, more erosion to the base and depth of the sand dunes has occurred since the last report on 6/19.
Looks can be deceiving, wishing it was beach back, look at the high water debris line, still getting to the dune base in many locations.
The South Shore Barrier Beaches need sand, call your Congressman today.
Alert, Alert! Vanishing Beaches 2017
Our beaches are in tough shape, most of the sand placed from the Sandy Dune Rebuild Project has vanished.
In fact, there are many points on the beach between Gilgo Beach Babylon Town Park and Cedar Beach where there is less sand on the beach than before Sandy devastated the area.
I took all of these pictures at Low Tide with a calm ocean and onshore wind on June 17th, 2017.
At High Tide, the ocean is eating away at the base of the dunes for a good portion of the beach from Gilgo Beach to Hemlock Cove.
Please Contact your government officials, here is the current list, urge them to fund a beach replenishment project this fall.
We will be updating beach conditions weekly.
Hurricane season is coming!
Call Your Congressman today.
South Shore Barrier Beaches need Sand
Storm Drain Dangers
Storm Drains Empty into Our Bay!
Nothing Should be Discharged Down a Storm Drain.
They are for Storm Rain Waters Only.
Storm Drains are Not Part of our Sewer System.
Storm Water goes Untreated, Directly into Our Bays!
Storm drains are constructed to prevent flooding by diverting rain waters off streets into local waters. Chemicals that are used or disposed of improperly, frequently mix with the storm water and are transported by the same system into our local streams, lakes and bays. These chemicals can end up in the aquifer, the sources of our drinking water.