THE CANAVERAL SHOALS BLUES How beach nourishment using the Canaveral Shoals offshore borrow site has impacted the surf breaks of Cape Canaveral and Cocoa Beach, Florida

摘要

The nature of a sandy beach is primarily dependent upon the characteristics of its sediment (primarily made up of sand and shell). If a beach is nourished with fill sediment that does not match its natural sediment, the fill may have impacts on such parameters as the seabed slope, sandbar formation, rip current formation, surf zone width, and predominant wave breaker type (Wright & Short, 1984). Variations in these parameters may have an impact on the surfing wave environment of sandy beaches (Benedet, Finkl, Campbell, & Klein, 2004) (Benedet, Pierro, & Henriquez, 2007).A recent study published in the Journal of Coastal Research concluded that a beach nourishment project in Surf City, New Jersey had adverse impacts on the surf break for nearly 2 years after the project was completed (Dally & Osiecki, 2018). The purpose of this paper is to describe the impact that the 2014 beach nourishment project had on the surf breaks of Cape Canaveral and Cocoa Beach, Florida.