Malnourished San Clemente beaches will receive sand from the City of Oceanside beginning in November, after the Army Corps of Engineers and San Clemente city officials approved in May a 50-year sand replenishment project.
Sand—2,500 tons of it—will be relocated from the ocean floor west of the Oceanside Harbor to replenish a 3,400-foot stretch of San Clemente beaches between Linda Lane and T Street, according to a City of San Clemente 2022 staff report.
The sand will be moved by a barge after being scooped from the ocean floor.
According to Andy Hall, a spokesperson for San Clemente, sand loss on shores is caused by natural processes such as waves and changes in river flow that reduce the amount of sand transported to the ocean. Building sea walls to protect infrastructure has also played a factor….