TEXAS COAST AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY

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Click here to see a dramatic time sequence showing erosion at Surfside Village.


Read the following papers for much more information about the Freeport and Surfside Village area.

Coastal Law and the Geology of a Changing Shoreline, March 2006, updated to include section on poor beach and dune management practices

Severe Beach Erosion at Surfside, Texas
Caused by Engineering Modifications to the Coast and Rivers

Surfside Village 2/27/2008



Surfside Village 2/27/2008

Surfside Village 10/11/2007



Surfside Village 1/11/2007
Note the row of the houses in the edge of the water.  These houses had a beach in front of them a few years ago and another row of houses in front of them before that.


Closeup of the houses at Surfside Village 1/11/2007


Freeport Entrance Channel, 2003


Freeport Entrance Channel and Surfside, 2003