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re: Biloxi before sand was pumped in to create the beach
Posted on 4/28/21 at 10:28 am to Shexter
Posted on 4/28/21 at 10:28 am to Shexter
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Personally, I find Biloxi/Ocean Springs/Bay St. Louis beaches to be a GREAT day trip from the Baton Rouge area.
Gross. If you're going to go to the beach in Mississippi go to Ship Island. That's a pretty beach.
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Posted on 4/28/21 at 10:28 am to BRich
Gotcha. The sea wall, what there was of one, was destroyed here in BSL...and now we have a new version of that stepped wall.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 10:31 am to tigers25
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before sand was pumped in to create the beach
euphemism?
Posted on 4/28/21 at 10:33 am to Gaston
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That sea wall must have been destroyed at some point, no?
It's still there. The top 2-4 steps are still exposed along pretty much the entire coastline and you step up and down them to access the beach.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 10:37 am to shadowlsu
that’s not me, idiot. 
the photo was posted in a similar beach thread last summer.
the photo was posted in a similar beach thread last summer.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 11:37 am to shadowlsu
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Ah, yes. We always hike the famous gulf shores mountain range when we vacation there.
Ain't this somethin'? I told my pap and mam I was coming to mountains to trap and be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Says "Son, make your life go here, here's where the peoples is. Them mountains is for animals and savages." I says, "Mother Gue, the Gulf Shores Mountains is the marrow of the world", and by God, I was right.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 2:41 pm to ksayetiger
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o 4 more hours in the car that could be spent on the beach.
to each his own. i don't mind driving and don't have kids at home. leave early, be on the beach by 9, leave at 4/5, eat at a beach bar and be home before midnight. sleep when you die.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 2:47 pm to Shexter
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The beaches in Biloxi aren't that bad. There's just a lot of clay in the water from the nearby rivers. Don't expect clear, pristine Florida beaches.
You can thank the Mississippi river for that...
Posted on 4/28/21 at 2:51 pm to Hangover Haven
We've gone a few times the last 2 years to Biloxi for a day trip, or overnight trip.
yeah the water isn't clear like Florida, but the positive thing about being in that water is there is no rip tide or big waves. It's like 3 feet deep max for about 500 yards out. Kids can play in the water and you do not have to worry about them at all.
Other positive about it, especially if it's a day trip, is there's so much beach that you can always find a spot to go where there aren't alot of people, but i think it's been getting busier and busier each year, especially closer to the casinos.
yeah the water isn't clear like Florida, but the positive thing about being in that water is there is no rip tide or big waves. It's like 3 feet deep max for about 500 yards out. Kids can play in the water and you do not have to worry about them at all.
Other positive about it, especially if it's a day trip, is there's so much beach that you can always find a spot to go where there aren't alot of people, but i think it's been getting busier and busier each year, especially closer to the casinos.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 3:14 pm to TheHarahanian
There's still dead bodies from Katrina out in that water.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 3:16 pm to Kentucker
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Do they empty their septic tanks into the Gulf?
No, but the drainage off Hwy 90 does go directly into the Mississippi Sound.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 3:22 pm to msu202020
My Dad was living on the coast when they created the beach. I recall him saying the smell was bad and it took some time for the sun to bleach the sand white.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 3:32 pm to Bigfishchoupique
quote:He used to post here.
Just South of the Golden Nugget is the equipment.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 3:37 pm to Kentucker
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Do they empty their septic tanks into the Gulf? I saw that happening in Cozumel while people were in the water. I will never go back to that shithole.
No. Our water is murky because there are multiple rivers flowing into the gulf in close proximity, and our entire coast has barrier islands a few miles out so the gulf itself doesn’t directly come in to the mainland so to speak.
Biloxi beach and ocean springs beaches the water is much muddier looking because of the Biloxi river. Outside of the beaches on the islands the best beaches are from Gulfport to waveland. They really aren’t that bad, especially for just lounging, but the water is clear enough to make you feel like you aren’t swimming in a lake
This post was edited on 4/28/21 at 3:41 pm
Posted on 4/28/21 at 3:41 pm to fr33manator
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Biloxi before sand was pumped in to create the beach
Never knew that. How did they pump the sand in?
Wheelbarrow
Posted on 4/28/21 at 3:44 pm to BRich
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Nope. Sand fill from a short distance offshore was pumped directly in front of the seawall to create a beach (and in some places this has included ancillary activities, like parking lots and boat launches).
I just assumed it was steps down to the beach, I had no idea it was actually a mostly buried old seawall.
Crazy.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 3:45 pm to jamboybarry
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How did they pump the sand in?
With a pump
:rimshot:
Posted on 4/28/21 at 3:55 pm to Hangover Haven
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You can thank the Mississippi river for that...
Um, NO. But it's a common misconception.
The littoral currents in the Mississippi Sound run east to west, and the sediment is channeled between the shoreline and the barrier islands; it's pretty much the muddy Mobile and Pascagoula Rivers that make it so murky.
Not to mention the Mississippi River outfalls a good 75- 100 miles due south of say, Gulfport. It has little to no effect on beach conditions in Biloxi, Gulfport and Pass Christian.
If it did, the waters on the Mississippi barrier islands, closer to the mouth of the river, would look worse than the waters along the mainland. Go out to the islands (especially Ship, Horn, and Petit Bois, on the beach side) and you can get nearly Destin-like waters. This was last July on Horn Island's Gulf side:
Even on the Sound side of the islands, the waters can be very pretty. Ship Island, a few years back:
Posted on 4/28/21 at 4:14 pm to BRich
Is it also a misconception that opening the Spillway in LA effects our, MS, coastal oysters?
Posted on 4/28/21 at 4:26 pm to Gaston
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Is it also a misconception that opening the Spillway in LA effects our, MS, coastal oysters?
Not at all a misconception; it's a fact that it affects Mississippi Sound oysters, but Bonne Carre Spillway openings don't cause the general murkiness being discussed.
Spillway effects (especially regarding oysters and other aquatic wildlife) have more to do with affecting the water salinity balance and the toxins/fertilizers that are present in Mississippi River water. Bonnet Carre Spillway openings, which while occurring much more often lately, are not an ongoing, everyday thing. The Biloxi and Gulfport beach waters have ALWAYS been murky and muddy, not just in the years when the Spillway is open.
This post was edited on 4/28/21 at 4:28 pm
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