New Jersey beach profile network 2011 annual report, shoreline changes in New Jersey coastal reaches one through fifteen, Raritan Bay to Delaware Bay, a review of 25 years 1986 to 2012

The New Jersey Beach Profile Network (NJBPN) provides local to regional information on coastal zone changes and is designed to document storm-related damage assessments to the New Jersey shoreline. The NJBPN includes observations on beach changes along the coastline and offers a means to determine both rapid seasonal changes and long-term trends in shoreline position or beach volume. The report includes the 105 profile site locations that extendfrom the lower Raritan Bay, along the four oceanfront county shorelines(Monmouth, Ocean, Atlantic, and Cape May) and into Delaware Bay along the western shoreline of Cape May County. The information collected consists ofphotographs of the beach/dune system at each site, a topographic profile of the dune, beach and seafloor to aminimum depth of 14-16 feet, and field notes on significant geologic changes. This edition covers the 25-year span between 1986 and fall 2011.The New Jersey Beach Profile Network (NJBPN)This research was funded by the State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division ofConstruction and Engineering under the Shore Protection legislation authorizing the stable funding of coastalprojects (NJ PL 93 Chap 155)