OCEANSIDE — The city’s ambitious sand replenishment program has moved into a new phase with physical modeling in a directional wave basin.
Known as RE:BEACH, the pilot program’s goal is to strengthen coastal resilience, while protecting and enhancing public access, surfing resources, and replenishing and retaining beach sand along the city’s southern coastline. The city awarded the contract to Australia-based International Coastal Management and its “living speed bumps” concept, which is now testing its proposal in a directional wave basin at the O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory at Oregon State University, according to a press release.
The testing at a directional wave basin, which is the only large-scale wave basin….
