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High tide lines aren't a theoretical line but leave an actual physical line of flotsam. He's also free to leave markers for the line and prevent people from goi
by lovich 9y ago
High tide lines aren't a theoretical line but leave an actual physical line of flotsam. He's also free to leave markers for the line and prevent people from going past the high tide line
- kbutler 9y agoThe physical line of flotsam is not the legal "mean high tide line". "In most states, all land below the mean high tide line belongs to the state and citizens have the right to unrestricted access to that land. Intuition would indicate that this “line” is where the sand changes from wet to dry during high tide. This, however, is not always the case. The mean high tide line is actually the arithmetic average of high-water heights observed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) over an 18.6-year Metonic cycle. It is the line that is formed by the intersection of the tidal plane of the mean high tide with the shore. It is not an easy line to determine, and it is an even harder one to see. From standing on the beach watching the waves, there is no way of knowing exactly where the mean high tide line falls, or where public land begins and ends, making enforcement a difficult and controversial task. " http://www.beachapedia.org/Beach_Access http://www.beachapedia.org/Beach_Access (From Surfrider, a party to the lawsuits)
- taysic 9y agoIf the beach is open to the public, the likelihood that people will respect the markers seems very low. This is a good example of a law that is generally unenforceable unless he hires people to watch.