Narrowneck artificial surf reef and beach erosion control reef Gold Coast Australia. The Australian Gold Coast City and 
      
 
 
 
 
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Narrowneck Gold Coast
Australia's first fully man made surf reef

Artificial Reef Discussion Forum
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In our opinion a lot of beach sand has been washed away over the last two days and with the giant swells set to peak and continue for the next 2-3 days we will see if the Narrowneck Reef stops extreme erosion.


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The beach as of 11-4-2001
Low Tide

We will also get to see if the Reef made of Geotextile bags is still intact and in-place after Sose. We will publish a new "erosion" image in three days time. Come back and compare!

Friday-13th-April 2001

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It is difficult to show but in our opinion the "reef" did prevent some erosion of sand. However there is only a 20 meter gap of sand left above the high tide. It looks like one more storm and the beach will be washed away. A triumph of nature over man?

Update: 21/5/2002
We are now past our peak storm period and there is little likelihood of a cyclonic swell testing the reef for the next six months....

Call for Images:
If anyone has some good Narrowneck images we are happy to publish them on this site free of charge with full attribution. No fakes please. 
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