Abstract:
This report analyses the beach profile records from beaches in the Auckland region (Piha, Muriwai, Campbells Bay, Milford, Takapuna, Browns Bay, Long Bay, Mangawhai, Te Arai, Pakiri, Omaha, Maraetai, Kawakawa Bay and Orere Point) and details beach status using changes in beach width and beach sediment volume for each beach profile. An accompanying review of the programme was also undertaken and is available as an Auckland Regional Council internal report (Beach Monitoring in the Auckland Region: A Review of the Current Monitoring Programme. Auckland Regional Council Internal Report: IR 2008/004 pg 21). The review outlines the strengths and weakness of the current protocols and reviews various methodologies employed in contemporary beach monitoring and the feasibility of such approaches to beach monitoring objectives. Finally a set of recommendations are provided to strengthen the monitoring programme.