Abstract
The Boscombe Reef is a multipurpose reef structure designed primarily for the enhancement of surfing amenity at Boscombe, Poole Bay, England. The reef was designed to maximise the small and generally poor-quality surfing wave climate of the eastern English Channel coast. The reef was constructed from 54 large, sand filled geotextile containers ranging in size from 1 to 5 m diameters and 15 to 70 m long with a total volume of approximately 13,000 m3. Construction of the reef began in the summer of 2008, was suspended during the following winter and was completed in the late summer of 2009. The reef is now in service and provides a high intensity right hand surfing ride of up to 70 m and a shorter left hand ride of up to 30 m. Although the reef was not designed as a coastal protection structure, monitoring of the morphological response supports that the reef promotes shore protection through the formation of an inshore salient.
Highlights
The Bournemouth Borough Council commissioned ASR Ltd to develop a multi-purpose reef for recreational purposes in Boscombe
The interim monitoring report found that the reef had achieved 4 out of 5 of the performance criteria, with ride length on the right hander being sometimes effected during longer period and lower tide conditions, when waves can be very fast and sometimes break with a collapsing form after take-off. 3 small containers will be added to the lower part of the reef in the location where the focus meets the wedge on the offshore side of the reef to influence the shoaling/breaking of longer period waves and increase ride length
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS Boscombe Reef was designed for the local conditions in Poole Bay to create a surfing break as a focus for the Boscombe Spa development on England’s southern coast
Summary
The reef was constructed from 54 large, sand filled geotextile containers ranging in size from 1 to 5 m diameters and 15 to 70 m long with a total volume of approximately 13,000 m3. At Boscombe, the key factors investigated as part of the iterative reef design process were the wave climate, the wind climate and the crest height.
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