South Beach in Edgartown was closed to bathing today at noon, due to high surf.
South Beach and all of the beaches on Nantucket will be closed until Monday morning.
The announcement came from Governor Deval L. Patrick at a telephone press conference Friday, as he reported on preparations for Hurricane Bill.
Several people reporting seeing a shark off South Beach in Edgartown on Saturday, prompting swimmers to evacuate the water and giving at least one person a scary close encounter.
Eva Bradford, 22, of Westport, Me., was swimming about 30 feet from shore at about 7 p.m. when she heard her two cousins screaming. At first she couldn’t make out what they were shouting about, but soon realized they were yelling “shark.”
James Gutensohn, commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Management (DEM), plated a crucial role in the public effort to save South Beach from private developers.
The filming of the movie Jaws began that morning on South Beach, and suddenly the parking lot at the end of Katama Road looked like lower Fifth ave
The well-kept secret of the Army's experimental base at Katama during the fall and early winter of 1943 is disclosed at last, in this issue of the Gazette.
Ten miles of heavy pipe were delivered, with other equipment, beginning in August, and during the following months five one-mile lengths of pipe were laid in the ocean with the aid of tugs, and welded together into an experimental pipeline under conditions similar to those which would be encountered in laying a gasoline supply line under the English Channel.
Holding Back the Tide
Piles of new sand placed along the entrance to Norton Point.
Piles of new sand placed along the entrance to Norton Point.
Norton Point as seen from the Left Fork entrance to South Beach.
Norton Point as seen from the Left Fork entrance to South Beach.
Norton Point dune restoration and Herring Creek.
Norton Point dune restoration and Herring Creek.
Norton Point entrance gate.
Norton Point entrance gate.
An excavator moves sand at Norton Point.
An excavator moves sand at Norton Point.
Norton Point Beach entrance.
Norton Point Beach entrance.
Katama Road is closed just before Atlantic Drive.
Katama Road is closed just before Atlantic Drive.
People climb over the large sand piles by the Left Fork entrance.
People climb over the large sand piles by the Left Fork entrance.
The corner of Katama Road and Atlantic Drive.
The corner of Katama Road and Atlantic Drive.
Looking west from the Left Fork entrance.
Looking west from the Left Fork entrance.
Heavy equipment is at work on South Beach.
Heavy equipment is at work on South Beach.
Atlantic Drive remains closed.
Atlantic Drive remains closed.
Waves break over fresh erosion signs on South Beach.
Waves break over fresh erosion signs on South Beach.
Portion of Herring Creek Road is closed as well.
Portion of Herring Creek Road is closed as well.
Site of the failed culvert near Atlantic Drive.
Site of the failed culvert near Atlantic Drive.
Wall now blocks the old Herring Creek.
Wall now blocks the old Herring Creek.
Old asphalt is revealed by new erosion at Right Fork.
Old asphalt is revealed by new erosion at Right Fork.
South Beach lifeguard station.
South Beach lifeguard station.
Looking East from Right Fork entrance.
Looking East from Right Fork entrance.
Tire tracks lead West from the Left Fork entrance.
Tire tracks lead West from the Left Fork entrance.
Workers have already begun forming new dunes on South Beach’s Left Fork, using dredged sand from Katama Bay and Herring Creek. Both water bodies had filled with sand after December and January’s storms.