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Harbor officials report successful Surfers Beach pilot dredge, outline five‑year monitoring plan
Summary
District staff and consultants told commissioners the Surfers Beach pilot (completed Oct. 29, 2025) dredged 96,000 cubic yards from the East Basin and placed roughly 80,000 cubic yards on Surfers Beach; they reported no permit violations and described a five‑year monitoring program that will track bathymetry, eelgrass recovery and wave behavior.
The San Mateo County Harbor District on April 15 received a detailed post‑construction briefing on the Surfers Beach pilot restoration project and the start of a five‑year monitoring program.
Brad Damitz, who led the post‑construction update for the consultant team, said construction finished on Oct. 29, 2025. He reported that crews removed about 96,000 cubic yards of sand from shoaled areas inside the harbor and that about 80,000 cubic yards of that material were placed on Surfers Beach as beneficial reuse. Damitz said the project included eelgrass mitigation and transplanting and that all staging areas were restored…
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