Dr. Charles Flagg took another flight over the Breach at Old Inlet on Fire Island on June 7, 2022. The flyover mosaic is available below. Dr. Flagg noted that the breach is certainly closing, as the images clearly show.
Mark Lang has assembled all the geo-referenced photo mosaics into a kml file that can be viewed using Google Earth. By clicking between images and using the fade in-out button you can clearly see how the inlet is changing with time. An offline version of the KML file is available as KMZ. The full size image is also available.
For more information, please visit Dr. Charles Flagg’s website.
It’s such a shame they are not dredging it to keep it open. The fresh water that comes in the bay is important. It brings in fish fresh water which helps the bayside.