Waves can be seen entering the inlet and diffracting in a circular pattern in Shinnecock Bay. An exposed sand bar in the flood shoal, previously straight or V-shaped, now resembles a "T" with the growth of a spit southeast toward the inlet. West of the west jetty, unvegetated beach sand extends up to the road. In the 1962 photograph, this area still had a vegetated dune. (Photograph by AeroGraphic Corp.)