An example showing how a typical Florida beach responds to a storm is provided in Figure 1 (from Pilkey et al., 1984). During a
storm, elevated water levels allow vigorous waves to access sand that is stored high on the beach profile during fair-weather
conditions. The sand entrained during the storm is re-deposited in temporarily deeper water, which reshapes the beach profile.
During fair-weather conditions, waves slowly carry this "re-deposited" material back on shore to rebuild the original profile.