lying 50 miles to the east, Hollywood is protected through a 125° sector 

 from N. 33° E. to S. 22° E. Open exposure to the northeast is limited 

 to the 24° sector from N. 09° E. to N. 33° E. , and to- the southeast from 

 the 18° sector at S. 04° E. to S. 22° E. The shoreline trends N. 05° E. 



The site is 9.7 miles (15.5 kilometers) north of Bakers Haulover In- 

 let and 3.5 miles (5.6 kilometers) south of Port Everglades. Port Ever- 

 glades is a commercial harbor with an entrance channel 40 feet (12 meters) 

 deep and 500 feet wide from its seaward end, 5,600 feet (1,700 meters) 

 offshore, to the entrance jetties where it narrows to a width of 300 feet 

 and depth of 37 feet (11 meters). The entrance is stabilized by two 

 rubble-mound stone jetties and two converging submerged breakwaters (U.S. 

 Army Engineer District, Jacksonville, 1971). 



Coquina limestone, which is well exposed at the other two sites, is 

 not exposed on the beach at the Hollywood site. However, it is found 4 

 to 6 feet (1.2 to 1.8 meters) below the sand surface. Patch reefs occur 

 on a rock ledge about 250 feet (75 meters) seaward of the I4SL shoreline 

 at about -10 feet (-3 meters) MSL. Raymond (1972) described a large out- 

 crop of coquina at Port Everglades where a 15- foot vertical section had 

 been exposed by the cut for the entrance channel. 



Beach width is about 100 feet with a 1 on 10 slope. The maximiom 

 elevation at this site is about 10 feet with essentially no existing 

 frontal dune. A coastal highway (Florida AlA) is commonly flooded with 

 water and sand during storms (U.S. Army Engineer District, Jacksonville, 

 1965). 



A 900-foot-long (275 meters) fishing pier is located 1.1 miles (1.8 

 kilometers) north of the site. Approximately 2,100 feet (640 meters) 

 north of the site several houses built out onto the beach are protected 

 by seawalls and groins. About 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometers) south, a field 

 of evenly spaced timber groins has been installed in an attempt to stabi- 

 lize the beach in front of the city of Hollywood. Mechanized beach 

 sweepers are frequently driven across the site, but do not appear to 

 significantly change the topography (Fig. 8). 



Surveys by U.S. Army Engineer District, Jacksonville (1971) have shown 

 that in the 2-mile reach immediately south of Port Everglades Harbor dur- 

 ing the period 1928 to 1961, the shoreline receded about 5 feet per year 

 — the result of the complete littoral barrier provided by the entrance 

 channel. About 46,000 cubic yards (35,000 cubic meters) of material is 

 dredged annually from the turning basin and entrance channel at the port. 

 Some of this material is placed on the beach, south of the inlet (U.S. 

 Congress, 1965; U.S. Army Engineer District, Jacksonville, 1971). 



3. Climate . 



The climate of the study area is subtropical with a mean annual tem- 

 perature of 75° Fahrenheit (23.9° Celsius). The average annual precipi- 

 tation is 60 inches (152 centimeters). Winds are predominantly from the 



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