b'2000, Chatham shores, looking southCourtesy, Ted Keon L ooking south it is clear that the 1987 inlet is dominant, South Beach is connected by a firm spit from Lighthouse Beach and South Beach is rolling westward toward South Monomoy Island, leaving The Southway, a narrow channel for boaters heading from Stage Harbor and Outermost Harbor to the Atlantic.2002, Monomoy Islands, Shoaling from North and West Courtesy, Ted KeonB y 2002 the natural accretion of sand around Monomoy came from two directions.The littoral drift along the Outer Cape shores is north to south, so our neighbors to the north contribute sand to Chatham shorelines.The littoral drift along the Nantucket Sound shores is west to east, so our neighbors to the west contribute sand to Chatham shorelines.This photomontage of Monomoy Islands shows narrowing of The Southway as sand builds along the ocean shores of South Beach and South Monomoy Island.Sand drifting from the west is building large shoals west of North and South Monomoy Islands.We have to wonder will North and South Monomoy Islands again become one, long Monomoy Island?Monomoy Island 200211'