After a couple of weeks of swells from the north and western Pacific hitting the North Shore, the winter surf season seems to have arrived early, drawing surfers and hordes of onlookers. Earlier this week, leading up to Wednesday, lifeguards made 22 rescues and 6,500 preventive actions on the North Shore. Often they don’t expect the North Shore’s fluctuations, that 4 feet can jack up to too big in one session. Nearly three-quarters of North Shore beaches are experiencing chronic erosion, pushing the shoreline landward, an October report from the North Shore Coastal Resilience Working Group said. It estimated that a little more than a quarter of beachfront homes on the North Shore are within 20 feet of the shoreline.

Source: The Star November 26, 2022 01:09 UTC