Miami-Dade County · Waterfront
Docks, Seawalls & Dredging in Golden Beach, FL
Golden Beach sits on Intracoastal Waterway and Bakers Haulover Inlet, with waterfront homes in Golden Beach (whole town). Langley Coastal builds and repairs docks and pilings, installs boat and PWC lifts, repairs seawalls and performs dredging for property owners in Golden Beach. Permitting is handled in full.
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Services in Golden Beach
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Dock Construction
New docks, complete tear-outs and rebuilds, and worn deck boards replaced.
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Piling Services
Pilings restored where they can be, replaced where they cannot, under a dock, a lift or a boathouse.
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Seawall Construction
Aging walls removed and replaced, designed with licensed engineers.
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Seawall Repair
Inspection with photo and video, then hydraulic cement, forms and rebar, or foam injection.
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Boat Lift Installation
Fitted on a new dock or one you already have, working with the lift manufacturers.
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Boat Lift Maintenance
Cables, drives and lift pilings kept working in salt water.
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Dredging
Depth restored at docks, canals and shorelines. We handle the permitting.
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The land side of a waterfront property: building, demolition, sitework and pools.
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What shapes dock, seawall, and dredging work here. Sources are linked.
Waterways
- Intracoastal Waterway: Atlantic Ocean on the east; the Intracoastal Waterway on the west, with about three miles of ICW inside town jurisdiction patrolled by the town's own marine unit [goldenbeach.us]
- Bakers Haulover Inlet: man-made inlet cut in 1925 between Bal Harbour and Sunny Isles; the town's nearest ocean exit, several miles south [en.wikipedia.org]
Waterfront neighborhoods
- Golden Beach (whole town): entirely residential single-family town with no high-rises or commercial development; A1A is the only road in, with a police guardhouse [en.wikipedia.org]
Marinas, bridges and inlets
- Golden Beach Police Marine Patrol: 30-ft Contender patrol boat covering the ICW and responding offshore [goldenbeach.us]
- Haulover Park / Bill Bird Marina: county marina at 10800 Collins Ave with 152 wet slips (35-120 ft), 24-hour ramps and dry storage, near the inlet [miamidade.gov]
Permits and rules in Golden Beach
Rules change; confirm current Golden Beach requirements with the authority before work starts.
Miami-Dade County permit authorities that cover Golden Beach →
- Seawall rule (Town of Golden Beach Building & Zoning (Code Ch. 46 Art. IV, Sec. 46-81); Miami-Dade DERM Class I)
- Town Code Chapter 46, Article IV 'Seawalls and Docks' requires seawalls to be repaired or replaced to a conforming 4-foot elevation; owners sign an Affidavit of Seawall Conformity with their building permit. [goldenbeach.us]
- Dock and boat-lift permits
- Town of Golden Beach Building & Zoning + Miami-Dade DERM Class I + FDEP / USACE. The town's permit documentation log lists Article IV 'Seawalls and Docks', Miami-Dade DERM, FDEP Coastal and the Army Corps as the approvals for seawall and dock work. [goldenbeach.us]
Local conditions that matter
Tides, storms and siltation
- Manatees use the narrow ICW channel between the Broward line and Haulover Cut as their main north-county travel corridor and linger on the seagrass shoals along the channel edges in Dumfoundling Bay; the area within 5 miles of Haulover Inlet has the county's highest share of vessel-strike manatee deaths (MPP pp. [miamidade.gov]
On the water
- FAC 68D-22.013 sets a year-round, shore-to-shore Slow Down / Minimum Wake zone in the waterways surrounding Golden Beach, and an Idle Speed / No Wake zone applies in Bakers Haulover Inlet (Manatee Protection Plan pp.20-21) [miamidade.gov]
- Under the state manatee rule 68C-22.025, all of Dumfoundling Bay and the waters north of it that the ICW passes through are year-round slow speed outside the marked channel; the marked ICW channel itself carries a 30 mph limit with separate Nov 15-Apr 30 provisions [law.cornell.edu]
- The inlet is notorious for wind, dangerous tides and waves that can swamp unprepared boats [en.wikipedia.org]
- Federal project depth for the ICW from Fort Pierce to Miami is 10 ft. [offshoreblue.com]
Recent Dock Work
Golden Beach — frequently asked questions
What seawall height rule applies in Golden Beach?
Town Code Chapter 46, Article IV 'Seawalls and Docks' requires seawalls to be repaired or replaced to a conforming 4-foot elevation; owners sign an Affidavit of Seawall Conformity with their building permit. (Town of Golden Beach Building & Zoning (Code Ch. 46 Art. IV, Sec. 46-81); Miami-Dade DERM Class I). An inspection of your Golden Beach seawall, with underwater photos and video, shows whether a repair or a rebuild is the right route. [source]
Who permits a new dock or boat lift in Golden Beach?
Town of Golden Beach Building & Zoning + Miami-Dade DERM Class I + FDEP / USACE. The town's permit documentation log lists Article IV 'Seawalls and Docks', Miami-Dade DERM, FDEP Coastal and the Army Corps as the approvals for seawall and dock work. [source]
Which Golden Beach neighborhoods do you serve?
Waterfront neighborhoods across Golden Beach, including Golden Beach (whole town) (ZIP 33160). Golden Beach is in Miami-Dade County, one of the four counties Langley Coastal serves.
Are there speed or manatee zones near Golden Beach docks?
FAC 68D-22.013 sets a year-round, shore-to-shore Slow Down / Minimum Wake zone in the waterways surrounding Golden Beach, and an Idle Speed / No Wake zone applies in Bakers Haulover Inlet (Manatee Protection Plan pp.20-21) That sets how a dredge or barge is scheduled and staged in Golden Beach. [source]
Does Langley Coastal Construction work in Golden Beach?
Yes. Golden Beach is in Miami-Dade County, one of the four counties Langley Coastal Construction serves; call (954) 406-0696 to schedule Golden Beach work.
Sources for the Golden Beach facts above are linked inline (16 public pages); they describe Golden Beach, not Langley projects, and rules change, so confirm with the permitting authority.
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