The area is popular with joggers and visitors who venture onto the cliff to watch the sunset. Below, curious visitors who approach the cave ignore or are oblivious to the danger. Similar problems have emerged from Torrey Pines to San Onofre, where waves have caused significant erosion, portions of cliffs and bluffs have collapsed and at least two sections of Coast Highway have needed storm-related repairs.
State parks officials are considering a number of ideas to deal with the hazard in Carlsbad, Greene said, including using explosives, cables, inflatable wedge bags or high-pressure hoses to tear down the cave before it collapses. Park workers used cables earlier this year to pull down a large chunk of sandstone bluff at Torrey Pines State Reserve that was threatening to fall on a heavily traveled portion of a trail.
The state parks agency would much rather allow Mother Nature to run its course, Greene said, but after consulting with geologists and other experts, officials decided they had to intervene at Torrey Pines to maintain public safety.
Besides stepping over the caution tape at the top of the cliff, some visitors have entered the massive cave to carve messages in the soft sandstone. A collapse would rain down tons of sand on anyone standing above or below — and certainly anyone inside.
Several people have been killed by bluff collapses in San Diego County in recent decades. On Jan. The entire area was cordoned off for safety reasons. No one was injured. In Solana Beach — which has 1. Miller said his lifeguards frequently warn people to stay back from the bluffs because of the danger that something might fall on them.
No one was hurt, but Encinitas lifeguards spent the next few days warning people to stay away from the foot of the cliffs. Encinitas lifeguard Capt.
Larry Giles estimated at the time that his employees contact about 4, people a year about getting too close to the bluffs. With so many tall bluffs along the coast, it would be impossible to post signs everywhere warning of a potential collapse. Enforcement is another problem. Davis said the state is taking the lead on what should be done about the Carlsbad cave, but city officials stand ready to help.
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