Here’s a closer view of the sand loss and escarpment at Tamarack. August, 2026. Shifted to black and white out of habit.
Seawall at Tamarack, March 2018. Photo by Ryan B. Anderson.
Erosion and sand loss at Tamarack State Beach
I took the photograph above back in March 2018 at Tamarack. That was when the beach was full of sand after a relatively recent replenishment. I went back to the same spot during my most recent trip. I couldn’t take a photo from the same location because the sand where I was standing in 2018 was gone. Here’s what things looked like in 2026:
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Composite image of the Tamarack Beach parking lot, showing the photograph from 1959 overlaid on the photograph from 2026.
Tamarack Parking lot in 1959 and 2026
Here’s another photo from my recent trip down the Southern California. I headed down in part because my old home beach of Tamarack was in the news. Check out some of the coverage via the SF Gate here, and NBC7 here.
Long story short, high tides and large waves from a summer south swell swept a lot of sand off the beach at Tamarack. It also undermined the riprap that was protecting the parking lot. In some of the coverage, people express concern about the loss of sand from the beach. Others say that this is how the beach actually used to look years ago.
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Black's Beach, December 2005
Black’s Beach on a big day back in December 2005. Taken with a Canon 10D.
Wilder Ranch, 2005.
Wilder Ranch in 2005
Taken back in February 2005 at Wilder Ranch. I was using my first digital camera, which was a Canon 10D.
Cliff House, San Francisco, California by William Henry Jackson.
The Cliff House in SF
Here’s another spot I’d like to rephotograph up at Ocean Beach in San Francisco. The photograph above was taken by William Henry Jackson between 1880 and 1910. It’s from the 1974 monograph of Jackson’s work that was edited by Beaumont Newhall and Diana E. Adkins (published by Morgan & Morgan). This is the second Cliff House, so it had to be taken after 1896.
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Wadell Creek Beach, 12/1/24.
From a beach walk in December 2024. Just north of Santa Cruz at Waddell Creek.
Asilomar, July 2026
I have been going to the tide pools and rocky shores of Asilomar for more than 30 years. This one is from the most recent trip there.