Unfortunately, we’ve had to close some beach accessways between West Beach and Henley Beach due to low sand levels to ensure beach users are safe.
Low sand levels are an ongoing issue across City of Charles Sturt beaches, and we require more sand to replenish our City’s vulnerable beaches to counter long term drift. We lose around 100,000 cubic metres of sand each year from our coastline, and urgent action is needed to address this issue as the beaches are in long term deficit.
CEO Paul Sutton was on ABC Adelaide on 6 February to discuss the impact the sand is having on our beaches.
"(The sand erosion) is a long term problem and we've had interim solutions across the years. The State Government is doing a further review which will take 12 months and we'd hope to have a long term and sustainable solution at the end of that. But there is an urgency to make sure that we have sand coming in", he said.
"We're getting to a point where we are starting to (also) be quite concerned about the damage to the infrastructure."
We are working to safely re-open as many access points as possible by placing sandbags and moving sand.
Please be wary of exposed rocks or large drops from ramps and walkways. Do not walk through sand dunes as this can damage vegetation which serves an important purpose in retaining sand on our beautiful beaches.
The State Government is undertaking a review over the next 12 months into sand management across all metropolitan beaches.