Restoring Ventura’s beaches

Solutions to Surfers' Point erosion

engineering study by Noble Consultants proposed the following:

• do nothing
• “managed retreat”
  • retreat from immediate shoreline
  • clean up debris from collapsed structures
• hard structures:
  • revetment
  • step seawall
  • cobble berm

A separate study by BEACON proposes:

• regional sand management

Engineering solutions

A beach maintenance plan for Ventura

"Managed Retreat"

• “Management”:
  • restore dune environment
  • artificial sand replenishment
  • renew natural sand supplies
• “Retreat”:
  • allow space for natural processes
  • relocate bike path inland
  • remove upper parking lot

proposed restoration of Surfer’s Point:

sources of sand:

• short term: Ventura harbor
  • "backpass" sand from Ventura harbor sand trap
  • 100,000 cubic yards/year recommended by BEACON
• long term: Matilija dam
  • remove upstream dam at Matilija
  • transport sand to the beach
• other: offshore deposits from Santa Clara river

sand "recycling":

• "backpassing" from Ventura harbor
• deposit sand at Ventura river

a useable recreational resource