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Welcome to our end of Shoreham Beach
The purpose of this site is to promote information about Shoreham Beach, in general and in specific the South End.
Our community is a wonderful and diverse group of neighbor-friends.
Recently, several areas of the beaches have seen a reduction of sand from storms made worse by degradation of groins that are designed to reduce storm effects and help replenish naturally occurring sand deposits. Below, are images of our hard-hit beaches. As a matter of fact, the above image shows what "was", today, there is only a tiny area to stand, if at all.
Anders J.
Anders J.
The groins are barely above the water level and a previously buried concrete culvert is now above the sand. Chris placed the yellow flags on sticks to warn those walking by.
This image was taken at very low tide - recently the water line covers the sand up to the bulkheads.
Mark and Trish T.
Mark and Trish T.
Without enough sand, storm waters crash upon the home's bulkhead.
Right up to the bulkhead
Overflowing the lower area
This image is from September 25th and it shows clear damage due to waves cresting over their bulkhead. Notice the hole and the bulkhead showing signs of cracking! Compared to the image above/right, the bulkhead wall has become deformed. Another heavy storm may bring the bulkhead down! Since this image was taken, Mark and Trish had emergency repairs made that are only a stop-gap measure until groin repair can be completed.
Alan H.
Alan H.
This storm water drain (in the middle of the image) is about 30 inches in diameter and had been about at the top of the sand level. The sand is almost 2 feet below the drain! The beach has been reduced by at least 75%.
Here is another image of the concrete culvert.
Mark and Trish's stairs washed away, lands here. Update: as of the beginning of October 2024, the waves have damaged this small amount of beach reclaiming more sand and now the water is often up to the bulkhead.
Ira and Val K.
Ira and Val K.
Another image of the storm drain. Hard to imagine that this had been in sand and we were able to walk out twenty feet on the sand.
From September 22. Notice this the same location that seen above in the header image of this page. This is groin 13. Today, the groin is virtually submerged!
This was on September 22 and we can see that the waves are crashing on the bulkheads while the extensive sand further up the beach leaves the waves 20 or 30 feet away from the bulkheads.
This image is from the north side looking southward. It cleary shows the waves as they crash against the Bergner and Tidgewell bulkheads. It is even possible to see, on the left edge of the circle, the waves cresting over the community property in front of the Jensen home.
Image courtesy of Melanie W.
The video bejow shows only the boulders where there had been twenty feet of sand.
Waves hitting the bulkheads of several properties. These bulkheads are showing damage. Mark and Trish have paid to have "emergency" stop-gap repairs made to their bulkhead as it was showing indications of collapsing from the waves. If it collapses, it could bring their deck into the water.
In the video, following the shoreline northward, the same waves do not make it past the extended sand protecting those properties by providing a 50 foot margin of safety.
The red line roughly shows how close the water comes to the south properties vs the more northern shore. As the waves hit the southern properties, the very same wave is kept away from peoples property as you move north toward the newer groin. This dramatically shows how effective a functioning groin can be.
Damage is not only restricted to bulkheads. Here is an example of how much damage there has been to the southern-most property. The circle on the right shows several cinder blocks that were torn from the wall as seen within left circle. This area has become too dangerous to access and continues to degrade. The ground has begun to wash out.
Possible sources of funding:
Possible sources of funding:
Arundel Rivers Foundation, 244 Solomon's Island Rd, Phone: 410-224-3802
- * Current as of July 6, 2025 *
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