Highland Beach

Living on the water in Highland Beach offers breathtaking Atlantic Ocean and Intracoastal Waterway views in one of South Florida’s most exclusive barrier island communities. This narrow 1.1-square-mile town stretches between the ocean and waterway, attracting discerning residents who demand the highest standards for their luxury waterfront lifestyle. However, Highland Beach’s prime location comes with significant responsibility for protecting beachfront estates from erosion, hurricane storm surges, Atlantic wave action, and other harsh coastal forces that threaten this concentrated community.

Highland Beach sits in a mandatory evacuation zone for Category 2 or higher hurricanes, making robust seawall systems essential infrastructure according to the town’s stringent building codes. As a barrier island community, Highland Beach faces unique vulnerabilities to storm surge flooding, coastal erosion from both ocean and Intracoastal sides, and the compounding effects of rising sea levels that particularly threaten exposed areas where residents depend on properly engineered seawalls for protection.

At Sea Me Dive, we specialize in seawall repair in Highland Beach as well as construction and maintenance tailored to this exclusive community’s exacting regulatory standards and challenging coastal environment. Our expert team understands Highland Beach’s unique dual-waterfront conditions with both Atlantic Ocean exposure and Intracoastal Waterway protection needs, Palm Beach County’s complex permitting requirements for barrier island construction, and the town’s specific seawall ordinances requiring base flood elevation compliance, maximum 8-foot combined seawall cap and dock width limits, and mandatory riprap installation at the discretion of the town engineer.