Impact of nourishments on nearshore currents and swimmer safety on the Dutch coast

Impact of nourishments on nearshore currents and swimmer safety on the Dutch coast

de Zeeuw, R.C.
de Schipper, M.A.
Roelvink, D.
de Vries, S.
Stive, M.J.F.

Civil Engineering and Geosciences

Hydraulic Engineering

2012-12-31

Assessing swimmer safety along the Dutch coast entails more than only assessing the risk of rip currents. Seven criteria have been formulated to make a comprehensive assessment of swimmer safety along the Dutch coast. These are based on interviews with lifeguards, rescue report statistics and detailed lagrangian measurements of the current patterns and bathymetry in the shallow nearshore, at three different field sites along the South-Holland coast.

swimmer safety, nourishments, longshore current, rip current, coastal structures, GPS drifters.

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Coastal Engineering Research Council

2156-1028

ICCE 2012: Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Coastal Engineering, Santander, Spain, 1-6 July 2012

Institutional Repository

conference paper

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