The dredging barge outside the harbor uses a massive spinning bit to dislodge collected sand from the ocean floor. A massive pump sucks the material up in a wet slurry and sends it shooting south ...

and they’ll pump it out onto the sand, and the kids love seeing that,” said resident David Youngdale. Youngdale told CBS 8 that this type of dredging happens every 4 to 5 years, and he welcome ...

Sand is pumped from Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard to Hueneme Beach. The project will restore about 1.3 million cubic yards to the shoreline. Click here for important updates to our privacy policy.

Since January, dredging crews have been working to remove sand from the harbor mouth and pump it to Hueneme Beach to combat erosion. The north end of the beach perpetually recedes as waves eat at ...