Below the Bluff on Sconset Beach
We spent a few hours on Sconset Beach last evening when low tides allowed us access. You have to be as careful below the bluff as you are on top as there are large, unstable areas that are poised to fall.
We spent a few hours on Sconset Beach last evening when low tides allowed us access. You have to be as careful below the bluff as you are on top as there are large, unstable areas that are poised to fall.
1. Yikes, how many feet are lost every year?
2. What were they thinking building so close… maybe the same thing I would have been – like it will never happen…
3. Anyone need some sod?
Impressive shots with a good sense of impending danger.
It’s amazing that the cliffs take as much of a beating as they do.
We have seen some places lose close to 10 feet this year. You can see what a vicious cycle it is when you look at the face of the bluff. The erosion took place first in the loss of beach itself, if I understand correctly. This allowed the ocean to do more damage to the bluff. There are all sorts of events occurring such as a shift in cobble shoals that have increased the ocean’s impact.
Years ago, Dirck and his father moved a house off the bluff to a lot across the street so this has been slowly evolving for years.
Chris, the edge of the bluff wasn’t so close when these houses were built. Not close, and seemingly stable for quite a number of years. I doubt many (if any) were prepared for the rapid acceleration of the collapse.
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