SSurfersBeachandPillarPoint

f B h d Pill P i
Harbor
HalfMoonBay(ElGrenada,CA)

BobBattalio,PE
,
Principal,PWA
b.battalio@pwaͲltd.com

PresentedtoSurfriderFoundation,SanMateoCountyChapter
O t b 22 2009
October22,2009
©BobBattalio,October22,2009
 Who is this dude ?
Whoisthisdude?
ProfessionalCivilEngineer(CA,WA,LA,OR)practicing22years
CoastalProcessestrainingfromUCB,1985
Principal@PhilipWilliams&Assoc.,Ltd(PWA),SanFranciscowww.pwaͲltd.com
Practices management and enhancement of natural aquatic ecosystems
Practicesmanagementandenhancementofnaturalaquaticecosystems,
primarilyshores,inlets,lagoonsandtidalwetlands,alsohazardmapping

Surfersince1970s
Surfer since 1970s
FavoritelocationͲ TaravalStreet,OB
Inducted,DoubleOverheadAssociation(DOA)atWiseSurfShop,late1980’’s
Pacificaresidentsince1989
StartedsurfingMavericksinearly1990’’s
 Problem statement
Problemstatement
• Pillarpointharbor
a po t a bo
– TrapssandsupplytoHMBlittoralsubcell,causing
sedimentdeficitanderosion
– Breakwatercauseswavereflectionwhichincreases
longshore transporttowardsouth
• Result
– ShoalinginPillarpointHarbor
– Erosion hot spot at surfers beach
Erosionhotspotatsurfersbeach
– IncreasederosioninsouthernHMB
– Wavereflectionimprovessurflocally(notaproblem)
 Littoral processes
Littoralprocesses
• HookͲshapedbaybetweenheadlands
• WaverefractionanddiffractionresultsinhookͲshaped
shoreplanform
• Sedimentdischargefromstreamsimportantsediment
Sediment discharge from streams important sediment
supply
• Dischargefromstreamsformdeltaicperturbations
f
fromhookͲshape
h k h
• WavessmoothͲoutperturbations,transportsand
southward
• WavesandSandcanmovethroughbreakwaters
• Sanddepositsinshelteredareas
Pillar Point Harbor
PillarPointHarbor
Creeksandhistoricconditions

Source: SFEI
Sand Deposits circa 2005
SandDepositscirca2005
HalfMoonBay
 HalfMoonBayLittoralCell
Sand Trapped In
Pillar Point Harbor

Erosion hot spot at surfers beach

Sand Transport (Net, Average Annual)

Legend

Sand Discharge
Net Sand Transport Direction

sand loss > sand supply = erosion Sand from Shore Erosion
Cell Boundary
 Surf at surfers beach
Surfatsurfersbeach
• Protected
Protectedfrompredominatenorthwestwind
from predominate northwest wind
• Reducedswellexposureduetoshelteringby
pillar point
pillarpoint
• Reflectionfrombreakwatercauseswave
crossingandpeakybreakersthatpeal
i d k b k h l
• Especiallygoodonsouthandsouthwestswells
duetoexposureplusreflection
 WaveReflection

Peak

Reflected
Waves

Incident Waves
RecentPhotograph
 Alternatives Ͳ Preliminary
Alternatives
• Removebreakwaters
Remove breakwaters
• Armorroad/shore
• Off h
Offshorebreakwaters
b k
• Offshorereef
• Bypasssand/beachnourishment
• Reroute deer creek
Reroutedeercreek
• Reroutehighway1
 Recommendation Ͳ Preliminary
Recommendation
• Bypasssand,Ongoing
Bypass sand Ongoing
• DaylightandRerouteDeerCreek
• S b k/
Setback/RerouteHighway1
i h
• BeachNourishment
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San Francisco, CA
415.262.2300
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Bob Battalio, PE
b.battalio@pwa-ltd.com 415-262-2313