Florida Seawall Failure Library
The conditions Florida waterfront owners ask about most: what they look like, what usually causes them, how professionals evaluate them and what you can safely do now.
Why Is My Seawall Leaning?
What makes a seawall tip toward the water, how professionals tell an old lean from active movement, and when a leaning wall can still be stabilized.
Sinkholes and Depressions Behind a Seawall
Why holes and soft spots open up in the yard behind a seawall, how to tell them from geological sinkholes, and why filling the hole is not the fix.
Soil Washing Out Behind a Bulkhead
The five paths soil takes out of a bulkhead or seawall, the evidence each one leaves, and why stopping washout means closing the path rather than adding fill.
Cracked Seawall Cap
How to read cracks in a seawall cap, which ones point to corroding steel or a moving wall, and why the cap is sometimes the symptom rather than the problem.
Seawall Tieback and Anchor Failure
How tie rods and deadmen hold a seawall upright, why salt and wet backfill corrode them, the warning signs of failing anchors, and the ways walls are re-anchored.
Seawall Joint Separation
Why the joints between seawall panels open up, what the shape of the gap can say about the wall behind it, and why sealing alone is not always the repair.
Concrete Spalling and Exposed Rebar
How salt water corrodes the steel inside concrete seawalls, what spalls and exposed rebar say about a wall's condition, and the repair methods used to slow it down.
Seawall Storm Damage
How surge, waves and trapped water damage seawalls, what to do safely in the first days after a storm, how to document damage, and how post-storm permits work.