PREFACE 
The coastal processes study reported herein was requested by US Army 
Engineer District, New York (NAN) as part of a comprehensive plan of shore 
protection for Sea Bright to Ocean Township, New Jersey. This investigation 
was conducted by personnel of the US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Sta- 
tion (WES) Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERC) during the period 
January 1985 to August 1986. Messrs. Silvio Calisi and James C. Urbelis 
were NAN Technical Monitors during the study, and Mr. Joseph Vietri and 
Ms. Lynn M. Koeth were Technical Monitors during the final review and 
publication phase of the report. 
Results are contained in two volumes. Volume I presents the main narra- 
tive, including problem statement, background information, procedures, and 
principal results. Volume II contains data sets that were processed and/or 
generated in the course of the study, including offshore and nearshore wave 
information, shoreline change statistics, and plots of beach profiles. 
Volume I was written by Dr. Nicholas C. Kraus, Dr. Norman W. Scheffner, 
Dr. Hans Hanson, Ms. Lucia Chou, Ms. Mary A. Cialone, Ms. Jane M. Smith, and 
Mr. Thomas A. Hardy. Dr. Hanson, Lecturer, Department of Water Resources 
Engineering, University of Lund, Sweden, was visiting researcher in Research 
Division, CERC, during the period August 1985 to February 1986. Volume II was 
written by Dr. Nicholas C. Kraus, Mr. Mark B. Gravens, and Mr. David J. Mark. 
Ms. Kathryn J. Gingerich assisted in preparation of the final draft of the 
report. Work performed in this study was under the general supervision of 
Mr. H. Lee Butler, former Chief, Coastal Processes Branch, Research Division 
and presently Chief, Research Division; Dr. Steven A. Hughes, former Chief, 
Coastal Processes Branch; Dr. Edward F. Thompson, Chief, Oceanography Branch; 
and Dr. James R. Houston and Mr. Charles C. Calhoun, Jr., Chief and Assistant 
Chief, CERC, respectively. 
Commander and Director of WES during publication of this report was 
COL Dwayne G. Lee, EN. Dr. Robert W. Whalin was Technical Director. 
