I remember the beach shelves from my childhood in the '50s and '60s (before the days of beach replenishment.) Perfectly natural, sometimes you have 'em, sometimes ya don't.

Awe hey to see that after all the replenished sand. Mother nature?

I wish I had that when I was there. That is great for metal detecting. Thanks for sharing.

Surf looks calm today

This happens no matter what you do... It is not because of "global warming" ... I remember one year, a bad storm caused the bay and the ocean to meet on coastal highway .. And there was no shelf afterwards, just a bunch of small dunes instead

A few years back it was really bad, especially at the inlet.