Snorkeller said:
I cannot remember when it changed - did one particular hurricane make the big difference? - but twenty/twenty-five years ago there was a huge above waterline sand bar off the south-west corner of Green Cay which I think had been there for decades - along with lots of sand on the cay on that corner. It was utterly different from what it is now and has been for years. That was sand that did not "come and go" - it just went and never came back - at least in any amount close to what had been there for many many years. As to the beach across from Green Cay at Club O, I think it clear that there is a decreasing amount of sand on the Club O beach as the years roll on - with ups and downs along the way, of course.
When did the sand change…in my view the most recent big change was the hurricane in late 2014. We arrived in November a few weeks after the storm and the level of the entire beach was lowered significantly. When sitting in your chair, the water washed up under your chairs consistently. Beach bags, coolers and anything else had to be kept elevated. The area down from the Perch to Papaguyo had a small strip of beach close to the ocean, then a mini ‘lake’ of standing water in the entire area. The area would dry somewhat, then be refilled with water during high tide, so you could not sit there all day. Lastly, the area behind the beach where the posts and wood fence was had been ‘cut’ straight down forming a ‘cliff’. The beach really has yet to recover from that storm.
