Posted on May 18, 2021
STUART, Fla. (CBS12) — Bathtub Beach opened on Monday after being closed for six months.
The beach closed after Tropical Storm Eta last fall.
According to officials from Martin County, 182,000 cubic yards of sand were dredged and moved onto the shoreline.
A New Jersey-based dredging company used barges and pipes to get the beach back to usable conditions.
The renourishment project was planned around turtle nesting season, which started almost two months ago. The peak season is in the summer months. Turtle nests were relocated from Bathtub Beach ahead of the project that started last month.
