Subareas of the beach are known as Biltmore Beach, Silver Sands, 

 Panama City Beach, Laguna Beach, Sunnyside Beach, and Hollywood Beach. 

 St. Andrews State Park is at the eastern end of the beach. In this 

 report, the entire stretch of beach will collectively be called 

 Panama City Beach. 



The shoreline is relatively straight and the beach averages about 

 85 feet (25.9 meters) in width. A dune at elevations of 10 to 15 feet 

 (3 to 4.6 meters) above mean sea level (Wilson, 1975) backs the beach. 

 An interrupted sandbar lies from 50 to 200 feet (15.2 to 61 meters) 

 offshore, and a second sandbar lies about 800 feet (243.8 meters) 

 offshore. Seaward of the second sandbar the slope is irregular and 

 increases rapidly. Depths at 1 mile (1.85 kilometers) offshore range 

 from 51 to 65 feet (15.5 to 19.8 meters) (Fig. 5). 



3. Restoration Plans . 



The recommended plans for Panama City Beach call for restoration 

 of sand to the beach and creation of a primary dune and berm in the 

 18.5-mile (34.3 kilometers) study area. The artificially created 

 dune would have a width of 25 feet (7.6 meters) with a crest elevation 

 of 12 feet (3.6 meters). The seaward face of the dune would have a 

 slope of 1 foot (0.3 meter) vertical to 5 feet (1.5 meters) horizontal 

 from the 12-foot (3.6 meters) elevation to a 30-foot-wide (9.1 meters) 

 storm berm at an elevation of 7 feet (2.1 meters). Figure 6 

 illustrates the proposed beach restoration plan. 



To accomplish this restoration, 3,999,000 cubic yards (3,057,435 

 cubic meters) of sand are needed initially, plus an additional 

 910,000 cubic yards (695,740 cubic meters) at 10-year intervals. The 

 sand will be obtained from offshore. 



4. Station Locations . 



Forty-five stations were located on nine transects in the Gulf of 

 Mexico between West Pass and Phillips Inlet. The transects were 

 positioned perpendicular to shore and each contained five stations 

 (Fig. 7). Station 1 is located in the swash zone; station 2 is on the 

 first sandbar; station 3 is between the first and second sandbar; 

 station 4 is on the second sandbar; and station 5 is located seaward 

 of the second sandbar in 10 feet (3 meters) of water. Station A and 

 B are located in 30 feet (9.1 meters) of water off transects 5 and 8. 



Locations of the nine transects along Panama City Beach are as 

 follows: Transect 1 is located 300 yards (274.3 meters) west of the 

 jetty at the entrance of St. Andrew Bay in St. Andrews State Park; 

 transect 2 is located 100 feet (30.5 meters) east of the pier in St. 



