Durban is slowly becoming a seaside city without any sand

[Solarion]

Where Durban city is now used to be under 400 meters of ocean. Over the last several thousand years the ocean level has risen and fallen dramatically many times. This is nothing new.

During the last ice age the Durban coastline where it is now was 15 kilometers inland.

 

[animal531]

Where Durban city is now used to be under 400 meters of ocean. Over the last several thousand years the ocean level has risen and fallen dramatically many times. This is nothing new.

During the last ice age the Durban coastline where it is now was 15 kilometers inland.

The ocean level doesn't dramatically "rise and fall". Over a lot of time plate tectonics move earth around which causes changes in where the water line would normally be.

And that has nothing to do with sand disappearing from the beach.

 

[ToxicBunny]

The ocean level doesn't dramatically "rise and fall". Over a lot of time plate tectonics move earth around which causes changes in where the water line would normally be.

And that has nothing to do with sand disappearing from the beach.

Ice Ages and mini Ice Ages do change the sea level quite dramatically actually...

And the sand disappearing from the beach has everything to do with the system the city put in place to provide unnaturally large beaches falling apart to a large degree...

Naturally durban has very narrow beaches and they are a bit further inland from where we've finally pushed them to.

 

[animal531]

Ice Ages and mini Ice Ages do change the sea level quite dramatically actually...

And the sand disappearing from the beach has everything to do with the system the city put in place to provide unnaturally large beaches falling apart to a large degree...

Naturally durban has very narrow beaches and they are a bit further inland from where we've finally pushed them to.

Haha, fair enough on the Ice Age comment, that part is true.

 

[schumi]

North Beach tower saved by emergency sand replenishment

Durban- The North Beach lifeguard tower and the promenade was saved by an emergency sand replenishment initiative by the eThekwini municipality.

The sand replenishment process was shifted to another portion of North Beach.

The contractor Subtech Group are working day and night to pump sand from an offshore dredger the Ilembe into a pipe leading onto North Beach. The sand is being pumped onto the beach.

Mike Frew, a Durban surfer has been keeping an eye on the progress made.

More at : https://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/new...aved-by-emergency-sand-replenishment-14857212

 

[Temujin]

Just think of all the cash we could have saved by just doing a little maintenance over the years /shrug

 

[ponder]

Just think of all the cash we could have saved by just doing a little maintenance over the years /shrug

Don't be ridiculous.

 

[ponder]

Thanks @Ponder, you don't have any pics / videos of the actual pumping station in action ?

Thread necro,

 

[Grant]

I grew up on the beachfront in the 80's ( point road local ).

aaah

smuggler's inn
polly's lodge

glenda, the stripper with the python

 

[ponder]

aaah

smuggler's inn
polly's lodge

glenda, the stripper with the python

How old are you gramps?

 

[Grant]

How old are you gramps?

147, you miserable nkut

i have an exceptional memory
i clearly remember from my very young days of my father and uncle laughing about glenda kemp from (smugglers inn) and her python (i think its name was oupa or something).

and the hohouse called polly's lodge

 

[airborne]

The width of the walkway has remained constant in the central Durban beaches, that walkway has been that wide for well over 25yrs, the problem is they "upgraded" aka broke the sand pumping system a few years ago and it's gone pear shaped from there.

The sand\beach width has always grown and retreated over the years, I've seen those rock piles on the "beach" a few times before when the sand got washed out but this time it's way worse because the sand replenishment process in the central beaches has virtually ground to a halt.

It's getting near to the complete wrack and ruin moment because the sea has no mercy, as the article mentions - Equinox tides (highest tide of the year) + storm swell is going to trash all that infrastructure.

 

[Kosmik]

aaah

smuggler's inn
polly's lodge

glenda, the stripper with the python

Sally and the bat @ Neptunes

 

[Urist]

Where Durban city is now used to be under 400 meters of ocean. Over the last several thousand years the ocean level has risen and fallen dramatically many times. This is nothing new.

During the last ice age the Durban coastline where it is now was 15 kilometers inland.

Interesting, how many years ago was that though? The time scale when talking about ice ages and warm periods are huge.