TEXAS COAST AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY

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Read the following papers for much more information about Rollover Pass.

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 Caused by Permanent Sand Loss Through Rollover Fish Pass, Bolivar Peninsula, Texas


Rollover 3/11/2011



Rollover 3/11/2011

Two and a half years after Hurricane Ike, you can still plainly see how Ike washed across the Bolivar Peninsula and and into Rollover Bay.


Rollover 3/11/2011

The strong current through Rollover Pass is still carrying hundreds of thousands of cubic yards of sand from Peninsula beaches into Rollover Bay and the GIWW where it is lost to the beaches forever.  The General Land Office needs to get on with permission to close Rollover Pass while there is still some sand left on the Peninsula.




Rollover 10/28/2008


Rollover 10/28/2008


Rollover 10/28/2008




Rollover 10/28/2008



Rollover Pass after Hurricane Ike 9/15/2008


Rollover Pass after Hurricane Ike 9/15/2008



Rollover Pass 4/15/2007



Rollover Pass 6/14/2006 by  William Schmitz



Rollover Pass 6/14/2006 by  William Schmitz


Rollover Pass 6/14/2006 by  William Schmitz




Rollover Pass, 1998


Rollover Pass, 1998 showing downdrift erosion due
to sand loss through the pass into Rollover Bay


Satellite photo of Rollover Pass, 1995


Satellite photo of Rollover Pass, 1990


Rollover Pass after Hurricane Carla (1961)
Note that Hurricane Carla made landfall about 130 miles southwest of Rollover Pass.  It was a huge storm.


Rollover Pass before Hurricane Carla (1961)