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Originally Posted by DZ
Bryan - as a expert in the field how quick do you think the MHW level is changing? Seems like it changes after every major storm.
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Daily. Hourly. Weekly. Depends on storm/wave activity. Any change in morphology of the beach changes the relationship between a vertical datum (MHW) and a horizontal position on the beach. Because it isn't practical to hire a surveyor daily to pin MHW, the courts adopted the last high tide swash (LHTS) as the proxy.