Standard Operating Procedure SHR05 Conducting the Survey

This standard operating procedure (SOP) details the procedure for identifying and systematically recording the position of the shoreline. To reduce the effects of short-term variations in shoreline position, the optimal shoreline is collected during a period of low tidal range (neap-tide) and during non-stormy conditions (SOP—SHR03: Survey Timing and GPS Mission Planning; Bracewell 2017a). Therefore, the target shoreline, for this protocol, is the neap high-tide swash line (Figure 1). This line is the representative qualitative feature that identifies a water/land surface intercept (a shoreline).