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Club Orient Sand condition/prediction
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01/14/2017 10:10 AM
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The latest webcam images are bad news with the water lapping at the perch and the removal of the club orient flag pole.
In June, it looked like a new very wide strand of sand was developing along a jetty of rocks coming out from Pedro's and I thought that was a good start and it would fill in from Pedro's back to papagayo, but that does not appear to be the case.
I suspect, but hope not, that the perch will either Get rocks or be moved by our return this summer. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Yikes.gif" alt="" />
Last edited by PelicanPirate; 01/14/2017 10:11 AM.
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Re: Club Orient Sand condition/prediction
[Re: Tom]
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01/16/2017 01:30 PM
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Club Orient sand has receded horribly over the course of several years. Someone here posted a picture from something like 2006, showing tons of sand in front of Papagayo. Not sure why, but the sand at Club O has just 'gone' and then 'gone some more' over the past 10 years.
Carol Hill
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Re: Club Orient Sand condition/prediction
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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01/16/2017 02:16 PM
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I can't recall them ever having to remove the flagpole before. Nor the Perch's steps dangling and being roped off. Certainly disconcerting news to those of us who love staying at Club O. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Yikes.gif" alt="" />
I'm going where the weather suits my clothes.
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Re: Club Orient Sand condition/prediction
[Re: JMSH]
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01/18/2017 05:30 PM
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You can upload here to the SXM picture gallery forum, if you reduce the size of the picture..
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Re: Club Orient Sand condition/prediction
[Re: thesimpsons]
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01/19/2017 11:56 AM
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Thank you Maureen for the up to date report. We were very concerned in November with how narrow the beach was near the Perch. We all hope the beach can grow and be there for all of us to enjoy. My profile pic is from 2006 looking out from Baywatch, there was alot of beach back then....
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Re: Club Orient Sand condition/prediction
[Re: Snorkeller]
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01/20/2017 09:01 AM
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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.
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Re: Club Orient Sand condition/prediction
[Re: islandgem]
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01/20/2017 09:39 AM
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islandgem said: If there was chairside service there, it would be perfect. I hate standing in line for drinks or anything for that matter. I hate to stand in lines too, BUT for 2 for 1 All Over Tans made by Willie ? I will make the exception <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Groovin.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Club Orient Sand condition/prediction
[Re: JMSH]
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01/20/2017 10:03 AM
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Please, let's keep conspiracy theories and politics out of this or it will end abruptly.
J.D.
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Re: Club Orient Sand condition/prediction
[Re: o2bnsxm]
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01/20/2017 03:26 PM
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It's the only line that I don't mind being in. Usually have some interesting conversations with others in line.
I'm going where the weather suits my clothes.
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Re: Club Orient Sand condition/prediction
[Re: Modi]
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01/22/2017 11:56 AM
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Modi, I think it would be cool to get a drone update 3 times a day. Great vantage point.
Also the 2:30 point in the video is another good snipit of the CO situation.
Last edited by PelicanPirate; 01/22/2017 11:58 AM.
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