WHAT'S HAPPENING AT OUR WATERFRONT?
Santa Barbara’s Waterfront - from Leadbetter Beach to East Beach - is facing increasing coastal erosion and flooding that is disrupting recreation, impacting businesses, and costing millions in repairs.

If we do nothing, these impacts will worsen as sea levels continue to rise.

Series of photos demonstrating damage along Santa Barbara's Waterfront from large waves, flooding, and erosion (Harbor parking lot crumbling onto beach, stormwater impacting West Beach, high tide at East Beach, and erosion at Leadbetter Beach)..
About This Survey
The City is developing a Waterfront Adaptation Plan to identify practical solutions to address coastal flooding and erosion for the next 30 years while enhancing beach access, recreation, boating, and habitat.

This survey presents a variety of preliminary adaptation options that the City is considering studying further to accomplish the following key goals and priorities:

Aerial image of the City of Santa Barbara Waterfront from Leadbetter Beach to East beach, with callouts highlighting Waterfront Adaptation Plan goals (included in text below).
  • Save the sandy beach and enhance recreation.
  • Protect the working harbor.
  • Protect inland areas from ocean flooding.
  • Provide continuous separated walking and biking path.
 
 7% of survey complete.

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