The dredge has arrived!

Pipe has been laid on the beach and pumping should start tonight, April 16, possibly tomorrow morning.

Pumping will start at Laika Lane and head south just past Jensen’s on the Gulf at which time pipe will be picked up and taken north into South Seas Island Resort. In the resort they will pump approximately a 2,000 foot section with Sunset Beach roughly in its center.

Pumping is scheduled to take 7 days, 10 at worst.  They should be nothing but a memory by May 1.

The beach is open on either side of the pumping area, only approximately 1,000 feet should be closed at a time. It is important for your safety that you stay out of the orange fences- day and night.  Sand ramps will be built approx. every 200 feet to enable easy access over the 32” pipe.  They will work 24 hours a day, so back-up beepers and bulldozer noise will be a factor for people on the beach for 1-2 days until they pass out of range.

Sorry for any inconvenience but it is lots of fun to watch, and really pretty exciting.  It can make for good shelling, and birds flock to the pipe discharge like crazy. 

Please contact us with any questions.