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Oceanside presents ReBeach pilot: artificial reef, sand nourishment and regional monitoring plan
Summary
Oceanside coastal zone administrator Jamie Timberlake described a pilot combining an artificial reef, sand nourishment and baseline monitoring intended to retain sand, noted physical and numerical modeling work (including testing at Oregon State), and said the project has nearly $2 million in Coastal Commission grant support and SANDAG backing.
Jamie Timberlake, coastal zone administrator for the city of Oceanside, briefed commissioners on ReBeach, a pilot project that pairs an artificial reef with onshore and nearshore sand nourishment and an adaptive monitoring program intended to reverse chronic beach erosion.
Timberlake described how the city identified a parent reef design after an international design competition and more than 800 hydrodynamic simulations. The selected design is a bidirectional, wave-energy-dissipating reef to be sited in 15' to 22-foot depths between headlands, combined with headland "sand retention" features and onshore nourishment. Timberlake said the…
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