ST JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. — The Army Corps of Engineers will soon visit St. Johns County to look at erosion caused by Isaias.
The emergency operations center interim director for St. Johns County, Joe Giammanco, said that of the 42 miles of coastline, St. Augustine Beach had the worst erosion.
The good news is that there were no dune breaches like with previous storms.
“We have contacted the Army Corps of Engineers they’re going to come down and help us with some of the assessments of that area,” Giammanco said.
But Giammanco said Monday’s assessment by county officials showed that Isaias was no Matthew or Irma.
“I think as a whole the county did very well.”
Meanwhile, on the water, it was a surfer’s paradise.
“There’s definitely sets well overhead high two to four foot overhead high absolutely big, big waves today,” said surfer Jacob Wernicke.
Avid surfer Ryan Rush suffered a battle wound to his forehead after his board’s fin hit him.
“Think you’ll need stitches?” asked reporter Lorena Inclán.
“No just some superglue and you’ll be alright,” Rush said.
Thankfully there were no major incidents on the water today nor over the weekend, but Rush had this advice for the less experienced swimmers and surfers.
“Know your comfort level and don’t push past it and remember it’s just a wave at the end of the day it’s not really worth your life,” Rush said.
There was a total of 13 ocean rescues reported over the weekend, according to St. Johns County Fire Rescue.
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