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Beach Morphology Monitoring Program
Beach Profile - X1NORTH

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Beach profile location

This site is located in the City of Ocean Shores, Washington. To reach the site from Ocean Shores, follow Ocean Shores Boulevard south to the Grays Harbor North Jetty. The profile begins approximately 450 m (1476 ft) north of the jetty and 10 m (33 ft) north of the north end of the "wave bumper" rock revetment. This profile intersects the geotubes that were installed in December 1998. The landward edge of the profile is on Ocean Shores Boulevard. There is no monument in the immediate vicinity of this profile.

Ecology - SEA Program | USGS - Coastal & Marine Geology

Maintained by CMAP, Washington Department of Ecology
Address questions and comments to George Kaminsky
Modified 21 Apr 2009