Sandbar appears at low tide off the Point at Cape Hatteras
Is Shelly Island off the Point making a reappearance? Two years ago it rose from the sea to capture the nation’s attention. Then it disappeared–which is what cuspid foreshores (that’s the technical term for it) do. Sam Walker, writing for OBX Today, has the story.
“Could Shelly Island II be trying to form off the tip of Cape Hatteras? And a scallop trawler that ran aground in Oregon Inlet is now fully on the beach.
According to a post on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Facebook page, beachgoers spotted a sandbar off the southern side of Cape Point on Sunday.”
The sandbar is visible in the hours near low tide, but then it disappears under the water with high tide, according to National Park Service spokesperson Mike Barber.
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