The t-groins are a bad idea, and encouraging this rate of sand loss by throwing more money at it is an even worse idea.   Unfortunately, the groins just can’t hold sand. The water flow around and over them washes away the sand. These things are plain and simply the worst possible solution to the erosion problem at Honeymoon Island.

Take a close look at the sea grapes and sabal palms (state tree) from before the dredge in 2014, then take a look at the pictures of what’s left of those same trees in Spring 2018. 

It’s just a bad idea to fund the placement of more sand without taking a closer look at why the sand won’t stay on the beach, and why it disappears at such an alarming rate!

Also: check out this article from about 1 year after the dredge: Beach Erosion from Hurricane Hermine

A before and after:

According to the assistant park manager, the park is pursuing more money to re-nourish the beach, a request currently in motion in Tallahassee. He said, it’s likely to take 6 to 8 months before they begin working on the beaches again. This is actually really terrible, because the last re-nourishment project was surprisingly recent. We’re coming up on 3 years in November at the very most, but if my and other surfers recollection are accurate, we’re actually at 2 years. The renourishment was finished right around the start of the hurricane season 2016, May if memory serves me. We’re in dire need of a different solution!