Sink the Breakwater Bring Back the Waves! The goal is to reconfigure the current Long Beach breakwater which prevents the natural flow of ocean currents in Long Beach Harbor. With the closure of the U.S. Navy base, the Long Beach breakwater has lost its original purpose. It’s time to get rid of the breakwater and bring back our beach community.
Breakwater Facts
Cost Benefits of Reconfiguring the Long Beach Breakwater
Surfline Long Beach Waveforecast Report
Moffatt&Nichol Reconnaissance Study 2009
Long Beach City Council Breakwater Scorecard
Sample Long Beach Breakwater Modification Feasibility Study Cost
Take Action: Write a letter to your local representatives!
Take Action: Write a letter to your congressional representatives!
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Surfline has released a
new report on the effects of removing the 2.5 mile Long Beach breakwater. Prepared by *Sean
Collins of Surfline, one of the worlds leading surf forecasters, the report
examines the potential for surfing waves and increased surf tourism to the
typically deserted four mile shore of Long Beach. In classic Surfline fashion,
the twenty-four page document contains detailed graphs of swell windows,
bathymetry, currents, and “surfability indexes”. Read the full report here .
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 The Final Report is Available!
The Long Beach Breakwater Reconnaissance
Study, which was commissioned by the Long Beach City Council and conducted
by Moffatt & Nichol, a local engineering firm, is available for review
at the website below, along with an executive summary, a 905(b) Analysis
and a Project Management Plan (PMP). View the documents here.
Mayor and City Council Special
Study Session
All of our stakeholders are invited
to attend a Mayor and City Council Special Study Session to review findings
of the Breakwater Reconnaissance Study on Monday, July 27 at 5:00 PM in
Long Beach City Council Chambers. The Study Session will include a
presentation by Moffatt & Nichol explaining the results of the study,
an outline of potential next steps, an opportunity for questions from the
Mayor and City Council as well as an opportunity for the community to comment
on the study results. Please join us and provide your input on the
study.
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Did you know that before WWII, Long Beach was known as the “Waikiki of Southern California”? We had waves!! There was even a surfing contest here in 1939. So what happened to it since then?
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This is an example of a Scope of Work for studies that would be useful to reconfigure the breakwater.
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This is a cost benefit study that shows how much money the City of Long Beach has been losing because of the presence of the Long Beach breakwater.
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