{"id":12721,"date":"2022-12-15T23:05:22","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T04:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/?p=12721"},"modified":"2022-12-15T23:05:51","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T04:05:51","slug":"watch-noreaster-already-eroding-beaches-creating-heavy-surf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2022\/12\/watch-noreaster-already-eroding-beaches-creating-heavy-surf\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Nor&#8217;Easter Already Eroding Beaches, Creating Heavy Surf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script src=\"\/\/cdn.playwire.com\/bolt\/js\/zeus\/embed.js\" data-config=\"\/\/config.playwire.com\/1024730\/videos\/v2\/5558411\/zeus.json\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"100%\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A coastal storm began affecting Ocean County beaches in earnest during the late afternoon hours Thursday, as winds increased significantly after about 2 p.m. and high tide rolled in.<\/p>\n<p>Dune fencing and beach entrances were already damaged by sundown, and escarpments were forming along the dune line. Heavy surf could be seen moving in quickly, however wave heights generally increased after dark, making filming impossible.<\/p>\n<p>According to the National Weather Service, a wind advisory remained in effect, calling for east winds 20 to 30 m.p.h. with gusts up to 45 m.p.h. expected. The advisory was in effect in 10 a.m. Friday.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ose-x ose-uid-61510f109ba4d4f6e029eca3bc78c150 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:550px; max-height:550px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Twitter\"><div class=\"embed-x\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"600\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Coastal Flood Advisories are now in effect for later this evening into early Friday along the east-facing shores. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ok1bFCmiVM\">pic.twitter.com\/Ok1bFCmiVM<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NWS Mount Holly (@NWS_MountHolly) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NWS_MountHolly\/status\/1603520187482796033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12723\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/dunes_1215_ortley_beach_766.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"Beach erosion in Ortley Beach, N.J., Dec. 15, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12723\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12723\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/dunes_1215_ortley_beach_766-1024x584.jpg\" alt=\"Beach erosion in Ortley Beach, N.J., Dec. 15, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/dunes_1215_ortley_beach_766-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/dunes_1215_ortley_beach_766-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/dunes_1215_ortley_beach_766-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/dunes_1215_ortley_beach_766-1536x876.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/dunes_1215_ortley_beach_766.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12723\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beach erosion in Ortley Beach, N.J., Dec. 15, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12722\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/dunes_1215_ortley_beach_765-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"Beach erosion in Ortley Beach, N.J., Dec. 15, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12722\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12722\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/dunes_1215_ortley_beach_765-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Beach erosion in Ortley Beach, N.J., Dec. 15, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/dunes_1215_ortley_beach_765-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/dunes_1215_ortley_beach_765-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/dunes_1215_ortley_beach_765-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/dunes_1215_ortley_beach_765-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/dunes_1215_ortley_beach_765-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12722\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beach erosion in Ortley Beach, N.J., Dec. 15, 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Seas were forecast to build to 8-12 feet overnight, the NWS&#8217;s marine forecast said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As the storm moves up the coast early Friday, winds will diminish for a short period then increase again from the northwest to west around 15-25 kts with gusts up to 35 kts,&#8221; a marine advisory said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2022\/12\/watch-noreaster-already-eroding-beaches-creating-heavy-surf\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A coastal storm began affecting Ocean County beaches in earnest during the late afternoon hours Thursday, as winds increased significantly after about 2 p.m. and high tide rolled in. Dune fencing and beach entrances were already damaged by sundown, and escarpments were forming along the dune line. Heavy surf could be seen moving in quickly, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[92,17],"tags":[117,1959,149,19,992],"class_list":["post-12721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ortley-beach","category-shore-environment","tag-beach-erosion","tag-featured","tag-noreaster","tag-ortley-beach-nj-news","tag-waves","post_format-post-format-video"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/dunes_1215_ortley_beach_765-scaled.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgsn9q-3jb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}