Hurricane MATTHEW is on track to create a major wave event along the South Carolina coast. And that will be bad news for the oceanfront. The storm surge will be much lower than HUGO’s in 1989 because MATTHEW will track…
Click here to read CSE president Tim Kana’s editorial in The State newspaper about the benefits of beach nourishment projects along the South Carolina coast.
ASBPA presented a Best Restored Beach Award to Charleston County Parks & Recreation Commission at its annual Summit Conference in Washington (DC) in February 2016. The award recognized the Folly Beach County Park project which restored Charleston’s most popular public…
CSE has recently acquired a Teledyne-RDI Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP). The Workhorse Sentinel model provides real-time and stand-alone measurements of currents, waves, and suspended material in multiple layers of the water column. The high frequency and high accuracy data…
Three CSE beach nourishment projects were completed in record time between April 1st and July 31st. Thanks to cooperating weather, efficient contractors, and timely decisions by state and federal regulators, visitors to Edisto Beach, Hunting Island, and Kiawah Island will…
CSE’s 5.6-mile project at Bridgehampton–Sagaponack (NY) is performing well two years after completion in February 2014. The project was constructed one year after Hurricane Sandy impacted the Middle Atlantic region. CSE and project leader, First Coastal Corporation (Westhampton Beach NY),…
Kiawah spit, at the downcoast end of Kiawah Island (SC), is notoriously unstable and has breached many times over the past 500 years. An ample supply of sand from upcoast causes spit growth and accounts for westerly migration of adjacent…
Folly Beach County Park at the southern end of Folly Beach re-opened for business on July 2 after being shut down for two seasons due to erosion. Charleston County Parks and Recreation Commission retained CSE to prepare plans, secure permits…
In spring 2013, CSE took delivery of a 24-ft TuffBoat built in Seattle (WA). Equipped with twin Honda 115 hp engines, the RV Southern Echo provides a sturdy, safe platform for conducting hydrographic surveys in shallow water over inlet deltas…
We have reprinted a news release from the American Shore & Beach Preservation Association discussing the economic value of our coasts. We hope you find it interesting. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb. 26, 2013 Contact: Ken or Kate Gooderham, ASBPA executive…
