Santa Monica, California 



18. The Santa Monica detached breakwater (Figure 8) is the largest of 

 its kind in the United States. It is a 610-m-long rubble-mound structure 



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a. Salient with eroded downdrift (longshore 

 drift is from bottom to top) 



b. Deteriorated breakwater allowing wave transmission 

 Figure 8. Santa Monica breakwater and salient (circa 1967) 



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