Persons climb on rocks placed to the back of a coastal front property to protect it from coastal erosion. The main road was impassable by foot due to the height of the water.

Dead coconut tree stumps indicate failed efforts to minimize erosion in the front of a property on Manzanilla beach

Manzanilla beach

Sea water rushes along the sides of a retention wall, placed by a home owner to minimize erosion on their property on Manzanilla beach

Different types of coastal protection approaches used to reduce coastal erosion of beach front properties on Manzanilla beach

Dead coconut trees are a last sign of areas that were once dry land – Manzanilla beach during high tide

Concrete filled tire used in the formation of retention wall on Manzanilla beach

Manzanilla beach, in the distance a broken wall is visible.

Different types of coastal protection approaches used to reduce coastal erosion of beach front properties on Manzanilla beach