the most stable nearshore area, seaward of 450 m from the baseline. High wave 

 activity caused foreshore erosion and sediment migration seaward and 

 alongshore. After high energy events, the sediments became coarser and more 

 poorly sorted. Lower energy wave conditions for long periods of time created 

 conditions of landward migration of the inner bar and accretion on the 

 foreshore, with deposition of finer sediments. Any modeling effort requiring 

 grain- size data should evaluate the cross shore variability of that particular 

 beach and choose either a composite of the subaerial berm/foreshore portion of 

 the beach or total profile to characterize the sediment distribution. Since 

 most equations require a single value, the use of a beach or profile composite 

 mean is suggested to give the best representation. 



