A natural cycle

Tweed Sand Bypass Project studies show that sand bypassing operations have had no impact on Fingal beach conditions. Beach conditions change as part of the natural cycle of coastal erosion and beach rebuilding, as well as variations in the amount of sand moving northward around Fingal headland from Kingscliff Beach.

The erosion that has recently been observed at Fingal Beach is part of a natural cycle of behavior that has been occurring since before the sand bypassing begun in March 2001.

The aerial photos below illustrate this cycle of erosion/sand build up.

Aerial photos of Fingal Beach

Historical conditions

12 October 1962                  8 June 1988                    26 May 1997

7 April 1999                       28 May 2001                    19 April 2002

5 March 2005                    19 April 2006                   14 October 2006

13 March 2008                  16 April 2009                 11 October 2009

5 April 2010                     13 April 2011                    22 October 2012

17 April 2013                       July 2014                    July 2015

April 2016                             February 2018                    September 2018