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The results of the latest survey were presented to the Kouga Municipality on Wednesday the 30th of September where the following points were highlighted: Despite the severe storm on the 24th of June followed by three weeks of exceptionally high seas, the beach has recovered sufficiently to withstand another storm should it occur before we head into a more stable weather pattern. The project has a positive gain of 9 thousand cubic meters since its inception in mid November 2009 and we currently have over 50 thousand cubic meters along our beach in the 60 meter wide beach profile that is being measured. With regards to height of access to the beach, in four of the five segments of the beach there has been a dramatic improvement. Starting with the segment closest to the river mouth the heights have increased by 32.84 cm, 28 cm, 31.89 cm and 26.06 cm. Only in the final segment namely that nearest to Grannie’s pool has there been a decrease in height of 4.62 cm. This area is not of concern as it has the highest profile along the beach and the trend since the storm indicates that within a week or two the beach will also be showing a positive gain in this area. The placement of a trail wind beak near the river mouth has proved what SIC have been advising us to do all along. Within less than two weeks the dune has increased in height by just under one meter. This project has been approved in principle by DEDEA provided we do not use heavy machinery on the beach. The intension is to construct windbreaks along the foot of the dunes along the entire beach in order to consolidate our gains. The project started with 41.8 thousand cubic meters in the beach profile last November and should the current pattern continue there is a strong possibility that this could have grown to close on 100 thousand cubic meters by May 2010. Unless the area experiences a dramatic storm before year end, we should be able to provide our visitors with a decent beach during the end of year vacation period. |
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