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Exceptional storms in the winter of 1982-83 moved almost all the sand on Carmel Beach offshore into deep water.
Carmel Beach at the foot of Ocean Avenue, Carmel, CA (1982).
The breakwater at Santa Barbara yacht harbor blocks the natural longshore migration of sand, and thus must be dredged continuously.
Santa Barbara yacht harbor, CA (1991).
Developments built on beaches and coastal sand dunes, such as these condos, are constantly in danger of being undercut by erosion.
Pajaro Dunes, mouth of the Pajaro River, near Watsonville, CA (1984).
This man-made waterway has silted up and become useless for boating.
Suisun City, CA (1991).