Clearly no hydraulic engineers were consulted before that project was built. Typical. It'll just be a place for people to rip the bottoms out of their yolas soon. Time to update the marine hazards map...
Lifestyles has not shown much interest in acquiring adjacent properties, and even if and when they go in that direction it would give them more frontage without more beach. They have been kicking around the idea of a massive breakwater going from the existing but broken up breakwater in front of Velero Beach resort then continuing in an arc along the top of the dead reef. Like the one in Sosua discussed in this thread one can be assured that there will be no serious environmental impact study and no public hearing (vista pública). Acquiring the properties between their location and Velero would make sense only in the context of a workable solution to the erosion problem.I was amazed when I saw the beach in front of Lifestyles in Cabarete. They certainly didn’t get the best frontage for the money they invested. They are hoping to access some adjacent property and gain a bit more frontage. They are also negotiating with other adjacent properties to get more parking space for their clients.
Cabarete Beach is not protected from the long term impacts of storms and high wind and wave conditions. It’s open to the ocean and waves started by the wind and tide conditions have ample opportunity to build up and gain massive power because of the open fetch. Stronger storm surges and hurricanes are becoming the norm so we can expect bigger impacts over short periods. Building massive breakwaters, gabion walls, and installing armour stone are temporary fixes and, in many cases, create worse problems. Ultimately nature will determine the quality of the shoreline in the Cabarete area.
I was amazed when I saw the beach in front of Lifestyles in Cabarete. They certainly didn’t get the best frontage for the money they invested. They are hoping to access some adjacent property and gain a bit more frontage. They are also negotiating with other adjacent properties to get more parking space for their clients.
Cabarete Beach is not protected from the long term impacts of storms and high wind and wave conditions. It’s open to the ocean and waves started by the wind and tide conditions have ample opportunity to build up and gain massive power because of the open fetch. Stronger storm surges and hurricanes are becoming the norm so we can expect bigger impacts over short periods. Building massive breakwaters, gabion walls, and installing armour stone are temporary fixes and, in many cases, create worse problems. Ultimately nature will determine the quality of the shoreline in the Cabarete area.
Properly built Gabion walls and breakwaters are hardly temporary fixes.
Build wind breaker
Let everyone calm down
Fill it in
Now build new resort
Farthest in ocean
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many tourist beaches on the east coast of the U.S, pay to have sand piped in from off shore only to repeat the same procedure in 6 to 10 years. There is a special ship that sucks the sand and ocean floor up into the ship and pumps in onto the beach. There is a dozer and loader waiting to spread to sand. It creates this course beach, not walking friendly. I saw this in Maryland, will never go back. The cost would be prohibitive to do here but it does protect beach real estate.
This was done several years ago on Cabarete beach. The sand comes, the sand goes.
The pier and new beach are over 50% gone with the high surf last week. I just saw the photos while talking with someone in the know. Over U.S. 2M got washed away in one event that was not even considered big.
This is NOT a Marriott property but rather would be a Marriott managed and name property. It's a franchise and not Marriott owned. (This is also the case for the other 2 projects mentioned.) If the owner can not fulfill the standards and promises (such as a beach), Marriott will pull out.
Surfs up again this PM. Bye Bye the rest of the beach and pier.
Just a little problem with that. The sand comes via truck. The sand goes... Where? That's the problem
The sand gets transported by subsurface currents along the coastline. Some people may actually benefit temporarily from the appearance of sand lens type dunes along their beaches but they are mobile and come and go with the tides. The big issue is long term deposition on the coral beds just off the beach. Persistent sand deposition will eventually smother the coral which, as living organisms need oxygen to survive. It’s a slow process but it can happen. Also benthic organisms living in the sediment in the intertidal zone gets impacted by the loss or deposition of large amounts of sedimentary material such as sand. Once the sand goes, it’s basically a crapshoot.
I added this thread to my calendar with a reminder to check back in a year.
It will be interesting to see how this progresses.
And here we are, 1 year later. Popped up in my reminders today.
Who can tell us what has happened with the Artificial pier/beach?
I'd love to see some recent pictures