Thank you so much for your work to document Pacifica's coastal changes. I have shared your video with out City Manager. We have a lot of hard work ahead of us to plan for the inevitable, and your work is so helpful.
I hope everyone takes time to watch all the videos you have captured over the years. The coast erosion is overwhelming when you watch them back to back. Beautiful work. Thank you.
Yes, it's been occurirng for eons. How do you think these cliffs were created. It's time to quit blamming the "boogyman" when it's mankind that built there.
Those who build in the desert can expect a hard time finding water. Those who build on a flood plain can expect frequent water intrusion. Those who build in a hurricane zone can expect to build a new home possibly once a year. Those who build right on the edge of a cliff can expect to someday find their home at the bottom of the cliff.
Back in the day the 70s hard to believe but where the long fence at the beginning is where the CLIFFS were. That little dock was DOWN BELOW. The ocean was at least 5 MILES OUT. You could walk for half an hour then reach the shore. Yes. I used to take my 2 year old when my ex left and we went to the MOUNTAINS AT 8:10. Sitting there along the plants etc and hang gliders would take off at the cliff. The concrete pad was where my friend lived in those apts. She had a BACKYAED and then u look DOWN THE HUGE CLIFFS. The people across the street did not have an ocean view but she did. I can't believe since 1979 this would happen. The only time the ocean would hit the cliff was ONCE A MONTH at high tide. Then the waves would be way out again. The cliffs are gone! The ocean has risen so high. The pristine beach that you see from there to Santa Cruz and beyond was sandy, sparkling, and soft and deep. You can have scaly feet, walk 10 minutes and your feet would be softer than a baby's butt. The oil spill u see was around 1972. Instantly our beach was covered in oil. Its still black. The only thing that would SOME of the oil out of seabirds was Dawn dishwashing liquid. Thats why there are ducks on the bottle. No more seaguls, pelicans and other birds. They left. No fish in the ocean. I saw seagulls HERE IN SACRAMENTO!!! THEY ARE OCEAN BiRDS. What does that tell u when an ocean bird comes inland for fuud! O M G ITS ALL GONE. GONE. 😢😢😢😢😢
@@videorocketzmillar007milla5 Little less drama, maybe? Seagulls aren't *just* ocean birds. We see them inland up here in Michigan, 3 hours away from the lakes. They come for the dumps and the dearth of fast food restaurants where the snacks are just laying around for the taking. I was out there driving through most of California not long ago, plenty of pelicans, sea lions, otters and seagulls near the shore. We went pretty far in to Merced, and guess what? SEAGULLS. Also, Dawn didn't become known for cleaning oil off wildlife until the Exxon Valdez spill in 1989, in Alaska. There were no major spills in California in '72. You should get out more, turn off the Fox News and actually watch and listen to the world around you, because nobody really pays attention to people ranting when they're just making crap up and CAPITALIZING things at random.
I lived on Esplanade at the tail end of the 1990s. The park that was in front of my apartment complex is almost gone, and it was a big one with wooden stairs down to the beach. Someday my building will be gone, too. Lots of memories there -- to remain memories.
I lived in Pacifica from 1975 to 1979. Spent most of my summers fishing on the pier, hiking the foothills and going to the dollar theater. The coastal erosion was also a major problem back then too.
The "problem" was people building on sand cliffs knowing full well that the northern California coast is eroding and exactly how fast. Even if the government was determined to stop it, they would fail and nobody should be surprised.
@@thesolarsailor I remember there used to be a beach under the pier. The water line was around the fourth pylon from the shore and the sand wasn't nearly as dark as it is now. We had a class field trip to the cliffs once and the teacher showed us an abandoned house that was partially hanging over the beach below. It's definitely a lapse in wisdom if you build your house on sand.
If that was recorded yesterday, there was a high tide of +8 ft Just saying that because how we vote won't change this 'problem' Unless our politicians are going to tax us to remove the moon from orbit.
When I lived on Whidbey Island, Washington back in 1973, I saw a posting for a land development proposal on a high, western facing bluff that was covered in woods and ferns taller than a man. I also observed that about 4 feet of bluff had fallen away in the preceding winter. What folly, I thought. I haven't been by that particular spot to see what 50 winters have dealt it, but at Cliffside Park at the Naval Station just north of there the huge wind-twisted evergreens that used to sit atop the bluff have slid down to beach level. We humans! What more can one say?
and that's not even the open ocean... Pacifica gets that crazy direct pacific stuff and I've lived in both places and Pacifica will be gone in 50 years
It’s uncanny how similar Pacifica looks to the south Devon coastal towns of England. 400 years ago when the Mayflower sailed from Plymouth there and the pilgrim father’s descendants continued to explore westward, I wonder if they had any idea their progeny would recreate their original home so perfectly, at the far western edge of the new world.
Hi funkydozer, hate to be pedantic but about half of Devon's south coastline is comprised of granite so is not subject to the scale of the erosion we see in this very interesting video. Also, I'm not sure that many of the Pilgrims came from this part of the world as they originally set sail from Rotherhithe in London and probably would not have put into port at Plymouth at all if the two ships had not suffered storm damage sailing down the channel.
I built the white stucco house on the corner for my mother. There are 44 concrete piers under that house! 200 yards of concrete total. 7 sac mix, schedule 60, 5/8 rebar. That house will be the last one standing.
I come from the East Coast of England where erosion has been happening for hundreds of years. You can't build next to the sea and expect your house or business to be there in 20, 15, even 5 years. Coastlines perpetually change and no amount of money will prevent it. Shore up one area and the sea will take another. Man's ego to live where he chooses is nothing compared to the power of Nature. The ocean will claim Pacifica just like many other towns and cities that now lay on the seabed.
@@PositiveJ888nope won't work. It's been tried. Not even the ww2 cement bunkers about 15 miles north of here are safe. Jan '23 a 250 ton bunker broke apart and crash onto the beach below.
It's incredible just how much of that segment of coast has disappeared along with the homes and whole apartment blocks. So sad for those who lost their homes. It's a beautiful place but it looks like it's ancient sand dunes or very soft rock so very vulnerable to erosion.
Gorgeous. I put my arms out and made believe I was flying over the beaches, and now feel soooo peaceful. It’s a shame, with that beautiful coastline, there’s no one on the beach and no way to get down there. I guess it’s dangerous where the water comes all the way to the cliff. Thank you.
Thank you for doing this update! I have been so hoping for more. At first I wasn't sure it was the same place as you started from the other end. 😊 If you decide to do another one this year, please could you start from where you ended and go back over the same area? But again thank you. Oh one last thing, the music was perfect for this video.
Sixty years ago, I was born in the bay area. My parents lived in Pacifica, so I grew up there. My dad would later buy a property at the end of the pier. I used to fish with him off that monstrosity. Twenty years ago, I moved to the Midwest, and five years later, he passed away. We sold the property and I see it is now remodeled. Thanks for the memories.
City planners need to re-evaluate the next stage of this erosion issue. A “step back” or set back of 300-1000 yards. Rebuild roads, infrastructure. Stop all development beyond this point. Condemn properties. Sad, but a mature decision.
When the properties were built, they were built much farther back than you are suggesting. Anything that's rebuilt will be consumed eventually by the ocean.
Brings to mind a statement I once heard from a beachfront property owner; "If you insist on living on the water, eventually you will end up with your house in the water".
Coastal erosion = mother nature continually proving that she is in charge and that humans still have not learned the lesson. Hard to sympathize when home/land owners ignored the warnings. What a price to pay for living next to such beauty.
Love this, thank you. I’ve been fascinated by this erosion since I first found out about it several years ago. I always wonder how much longer the bluffs would have stayed there if humans hadn’t moved in
There are also places in Great Britain that have been swallowed up by the sea. People had to leave their homes and they were demolished before the next storm would have done it. Living on the coast means wonderful views, but only until the sea swallows the place up.
Nice overview as always. That break that let in the sun at the end, very fine. Though I doubt there will be any breaks for the coast until the surf finds a bed rock. Do you know where the coastal geologists have scribed their green lines or is it only "oh, your fine there for perhaps a hundred years"? There seem to be a few brief hesitations in your flight that seem intended to synchronize the drone to the incoming wave, am I imagining that or are you keeping to pace?
I have watched the land erode in a few places in the Puget Sound area, The Strait of Jaun de Fuca etc. in Washington since I was a kid. I absolutely love the sea/beach but you couldn't give me a dwelling next to a body of water! Mother Nature eventually takes it back. Thank You for this stunning footage.
I took pictures every spring at the Dungeness SPit until last year when it had eroded so much I couldn’t get near the previous walkways. All washed away.
@@ABirdWoman Did you see this week's wind and wave damage on Whidbey Island? Dozens of million+ $ homes now look uninhabitable. It's one of my favorite kiteboarding beaches. Sunset Beach
The erosion is expected. What I wasn’t prepared to see is ocean side trailer parks and really janky lookin houses. Expected to see rich people’s houses going into the drink.
Ponte Vedra beach (south of Jax Beach) is experiencing similar. While it is sand dunes instead of cliffs, w mega-mansions instead of apartments and regular houses, the whole stretch is a storm or two away from falling into the ocean.
X bloc plus by Delta Marine kind of protection guarding against tsunami and lifesaver for coastal communities etc…friendly environment … I saw it especially in the Netherland the quest for the future never ends👍 hope our beaches and people home get protected 🙏
Wow, that is insane to see this happening to the coast. I love being here though with my family as we drive over Sharp Parks into Pacifica from South San Francisco. Great place to be.
Thank you for showing and reminding us just how strong mother nature is, could be worse could be living in Iceland right now sitting right on top of molten lava another case of Murphys Law.
No one should be allowed to build within 1/2 mile of a beach and expect all the other taxpayers and insurance preamium payers to subsidize their losses for being arrogant idiots. IE, If you want to live there, then you suffer the total loss !
I just drove through this area and these road last month. I didn't know such erosion problem. I moved to my ocean front flat/apartment near Tokoyo/Yokohama in Japan last year. Seaside erosion is common problem in US, Japan, Europe and other countries. I understood possible danger of Tsunami in Japan when I bought it. I chose my near future retired life with beautiful pacific ocean view than possible tsunami danger.
I am watching the opening of the video up to 1:42 : This area of coastline has been structurally reinforced. They have driven in a row of pilings, bridged them with a wall, and fronted them with riprap to break the force of the waves.
That was stunningly beautiful. May I ask how far the trek was? The more congested areas need to take a hint from the folks in the ending part of the video who had foliage growing on their embankments.
I think these videos of costal erosion and boarded up luxury homes gives us not a glimpse but a large picture view of the future! Weather we're strong or weak at heart everyone should be watching these videos because it shows us a barefaced truth about what we've done to our planet weather we're living in these situations or not! The rising of rhe ocean levels will eventually affect us all and that is imminent!
@FlyinCameras hey im interested in making public how errosion is causing an absolute environmental catastrophy just north of mussle rock. A landfill is just spilling out into the ocean. The runnoff smells like mothballs and everytime it rains garbage is being released into the ocean. Drone footage would be so helpful in getting the word out there
Wow, and people act like this is something new, slow or fast this is a continuing occurrence that has been going on for time immemorial so why are people so surprised that at some point their cliffside homes start falling into the ocean. I was born and raised in the Bay Area and have lived in California most of my life and have seen this time and time again over the years.
A great vid. But, the cliffs were eroding and all manner of things were falling off them, when I was in grade school in Belmont the in the 1950's. So what's new for those not in the know? It is simple, gravity, sedimentary soil, and moving water just do not play well together.
Interesting to see that blue tent has been there long enough, it shows up on Google Maps! I've flown north from Mussel Rock, and have a video up "Paragliding Mussel Rock, Toward San Francisco". You can see the little knob, all that is left of the old Hwy 1, and there is a church along the way, that has lost half of its parking lot to erosion.
I have anime in Ocean Park, San Juan. This month is erosion month, the waves cover a park in front of it. I am 66, a natural cycle. Then she recedes and the spring early summers are crystal clear and calm, then hurricanes come. Yes life ins a cycle.
So this is just south of San Fran then? How did those boulders get at the bottom of the wall? are the locals taking it amongst them selves to just put them there on their own or do they have or need permission from the city or state to do something like that? Do you have any video of anyone putting boulders in place? Can you make a video of homes that the city has or is about to condemne and is expecting to tear down before it falls off the edge?
