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 6/28/2010

Two houses remain on the beach in front of the revetment protecting Beach Drive.



Surfside Village 6/28/2010

Houses west of the revetment protecting Beach Drive are now very vulnerable to erosion.


Surfside Village 4/8/2010

Note that there are only two houses left on the beach in front of Beach Drive.  The beach is very narrow.  Even though these photos were taken during a norther, it looks like the angle of the waves is carrying sand to the NE along the beach from the vicinity of the Freeport Entrance Jetties and may be carrying it to the SW in the upper part of the photograph.  There is nothing carrying sand toward the vicinity of Beach Drive.



Surfside Village 4/8/2010

Note that there are only two houses left on the beach in front of Beach Drive.  The beach is very narrow.  Even though these photos were taken during a norther, it looks like the angle of the waves is carrying sand to the NE along the beach from the vicinity of the Freeport Entrance Jetties and may be carrying it to the SW in the upper part of the photograph.  There is nothing carrying sand toward the vicinity of Beach Drive.



Surfside Village 9/14/2008

Four houses still remain on the beach with surf under them.


Surfside Village 9/14/2008

Man-made dunes and sand fences on Follets Island at Surfside.


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