New Fire Island inlet.. Photo..

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New Fire Island inlet photo, Enjoy..

Photo From Sea-Tow L.I. team

"Recent picture of the new inlet at "Old inlet" Fire Island. Approximately 300ft wide and 8 feet deep!"
It was a large inlet until the early 1800's when it closed up. Since then it has opened during many storms, but quickly closed each time. Apparently Hurricane Sandy opened it more than any other storm in the past 200 years. As of today, there are no plans to close it....

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nice looking little inlet but it will colse up soon from the westward sand drift.
 
Just what bellport needs more shoal shifting ....

UGH .

But i am fan have having the bay be cleaner !

Rob
 
The information is a little old but here are the results from that East to West sand migration:

Monitoring Old Inlet Breach

NPS Measurements Breach Length Width at North End (bay side) Width at South End (ocean side)
November 4, 2012 908 ft (277 m) 276 ft (84 m) 108 ft (33 m)
November 7-8, 2012 853 ft (260 m) 236 ft (72 m) 144 ft (44 m)
November 19-20, 2012 899 ft (274 m) 328 ft (100 m) 170 ft (52 m)
November 26-27, 2012 945 ft (288 m) 328 ft (100 m) 623 ft (190 m)
December 3-6, 2012 984 ft (300 m) 328 ft (100 m) 347 ft (106 m)
December 9-10, 2012 810 ft (247 m) 328 ft (100 m) 334 ft (102 m)
December 12-13, 2012 1030 ft (314 m) 328 ft (100 m) 427 ft (130 m)

This information came off of the NPS website.
 
Looks like it just keeps getting bigger. I wonder what the depth is.
 
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