Seal Beach : Barrier to Protect Homes Against High Tides Will Be Completed Soon

Residents of beachfront homes along a short stretch east of the Seal Beach Pier will be protected from high tides by early next week when the city’s engineering department completes its yearly construction of new sand barriers.

Dennis Jue, assistant city engineer, said that the $30,000 project involves moving 6,000 cubic yards of sand from an area west of the pier at Main Street. The sand is then formed into a six block-long piles about 100 feet from the walkways fronting the homes and apartments between Main Street and Dolphin Avenue.

The barriers will remain in place throughout the high-tide season and will be taken down just before Easter vacation, Jue said.

He added that the west side of the beach is protected in part by the breakwaters in Long Beach, which prevent erosion. “The east side has (the) erosion problems,” he said.

The project, which normally takes three to four days in October or November, went a little smoother this year because a sewage spill has all but closed the beach to the public. The work was further expedited because the city hired the contractor that had done the work last year, Jue added.