16. The depth contours are relatively straight and parallel to the 

 coast in the vicinity of the FRF with the exception of the area immediately 

 adjacent to the pier. Here the contours bend drastically toward shore (a) as 

 much as 250 m at the 7-m depth contour (i.e., normally seaward of the end of 

 the pier) and (b) 20 m at the 3-m depth contour (i.e., near the beach). Fre- 

 quently a bar is present nearshore, while occasionally a two-bar system is 

 evident. 



17. The sand size varies both temporally and spatially at the FRF. In 

 1980, foreshore sizes during the low-wave condition of summer tended to be 

 finer than at the high-energy periods during winter. The surface sediments 

 on the beach tend to be fine-to-medium-fine-grained, with relatively coarse, 

 poorly sorted sands at the beach step; a shell fraction is also evident. 

 Sands offshore tend to become increasingly fine, with moderately well-sorted 

 very-fine-to-fine quartz sand out to the -17 m contour. 



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