Duke Kahanamoku Beach Memorial, Waikiki, Honolulu. Hawaii. Photo source: ©© Gouldy99
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Top 10 U.S. beaches for 2014 concentrated in Hawaii and Florida, with Duke Kahanamoku Beach in Waikiki taking first place…
Sand Moved To Cover Waikiki Beach Erosion Swept Away, Video (11-25-2013)
Just a day after crews tackled an erosion problem at Kuhio Beach in Waikiki, half of the sand they brought in was washed away, according to city officials…
Waikiki Beach Eroding Less Than A Year After $2.2M Sand Restoration, (01-24-2013)
A section of Hawaii’s famed Waikiki Beach is starting to erode, less than a year after the completion of a $2.2 million project to replenish the sand on about 1,730 feet of shoreline that had been suffering from chronic erosion.
Hawaii to Add Sand to Chronically Eroding Waikiki Beach, (01-06-2012)
A $2.3 million state project to widen a chronically eroding section of Waikiki beach with sand pumped in from offshore, will begin by the end of this month. Waikiki naturally has a narrow beach, and people have been adding sand to the shoreline to make it wider. The earliest beach replenishment projects are believed to date to the 1920s. The first well-documented case was in 1939…
70 Percent of Beaches Eroding On Hawaiian Islands Kauai, Oahu, and Maui, (05-08-2012)
Scientists Urge Shoreline Retreat From Hawaii’s Eroding Beaches, (09-28-2013)
Sea-level rise is a significant factor in the major shoreline change underway in Hawaii, where 52 to 72 percent of beaches on the chain of islands have eroded over the past century…
Honolulu, Waikiki coastal over-development. Hawaii. Photo source: ©© Gouldy99
