Search for "king tide", it's a relatively exceptional event and South Florida infrastructure is notorious for flooding during them. When you build static stair

Search for "king tide", it's a relatively exceptional event and South Florida infrastructure is notorious for flooding during them. When you build static stairs to a beach, you build them to access the beach under the prevailing conditions for most of the year. This leads to submerged stairs during exceptional king tides, unless you want to make an articulated ramp to a floating dock. Guess which one costs more to build and replace every hurricane season. If you build stairs to simply stop at the height of the highest king tide, you'll have a hazardous drop to the beach under normal conditions. Do you recall what month it was?