New Jersey Beach Profile Network Annual Report in Shoreline Changes in New Jersey Coastal Reaches One Through Fifteen, Raritan Bay to Delaware Bay, Fall of 1996 Through Spring of 1998

The 1998 New Jersey Beach Profile Network report covers 18 months of beach changes along the New Jersey coastline, from the fall of 1996 through the spring of 1998. The report provides information about the New Jersey Beach Profile Network, the sites surveyed, and the methodology used. These observations on beach changes along the New Jersey coastline have provided a means to determine both rapid seasonal changes and follow long-term trends in shoreline position or beach volume. The 100 sites surveyed extend from the lower Raritan Bay, along the four-oceanfront county shorelines and into Delaware Bay along the western shoreline of Cape May County. The data is presented in tables in a separate section of the report. Descriptions of the locations and observed changes for each of the sites are included in this section of the report.This research was funded by the State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Construction and Engineering under the recently enacted Shore Protection legislation authorizing the stable funding of coastal projects (NJ PL 93 Chap 155).Purpose: To document long-term trends in changes in NJ beaches and to to develop statistically meaningful information for State and local coastal zone managers