Your beach is part of your room rate. CCell designs reefs that calm the waves and help sand build back up, so your guests keep the beach they booked.
Erosion is gradual, then sudden. A storm season can take away metres of sand, and with it the thing your guests travelled for.
Fewer sunbeds, crowded frontage and beach weddings or events that no longer fit.
Bigger waves reaching the shore mean fewer swimmers, more red flags and more guest complaints.
When the beach no longer matches the photos, it shows in reviews, then in occupancy and room rates.
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2019"The beach was much smaller than in the photos. At high tide there was barely anywhere to put a towel."
Guest review, beachfront resort - example wording, to be replaced with a real anonymised reviewYour free check includes a simple estimate of the revenue tied to your beach, based on rooms, occupancy and rate.
Get your estimateWe place a designed reef offshore. It breaks the wave energy before it reaches your beach, so sand can settle and build up again.
Every project starts small. You only move to the next step when the evidence says it is worth it.
How your shoreline has changed over the last 20 years, normal and storm wave heights, likely climate effects and a simple 1-5 concern rating.
Start your free checkAdds seabed depth and shape and site modelling of waves, currents and tides. You get a clear recommendation: act, monitor, or recheck later.
See a sample reportA reef designed for your exact frontage. We handle the licences and permits as part of this stage.
How we design reefsInstalled in your low season with light modular units, then monitored so you can see the beach and reef respond, typically within four to six months.
About monitoring
Two projects on Mexico's coast - one inside a resort, one protecting a public beach.
The resort wanted more marine life and an underwater experience for guests. CCell installed a reef at the end of its 80 m pier in October 2021, powered from the pier's existing supply through a CCell Sense power module. Within six months a bare steel frame had become a living structure.
Working with the local municipality and Yucatan state government, CCell installed a 50 m reef 80 m offshore in three days. Sand built up behind the reef within weeks.
Because we protect your beach with a reef rather than a wall, it keeps giving back once it is in the water.
Illustration of a sculpture reef unit (CCell). Why we build reefs
As a guide, a protection reef of 100 metres or more in 1.5 to 3 metres of water has typically cost US$1,000 to US$2,200 per metre, including survey, design, manufacture and installation. The Detailed Beach Assessment gives you a firm figure for your beach.
As a rule of thumb, 80 to 110 percent of the length of beach you want to protect. Our modelling sets the exact length, depth and distance from shore.
Yes, and we handle them. Licences and permits are secured during the design stage.
Very little from the beach. The reef sits at or near the waterline and its ends are marked for safety. Guests who snorkel will see a reef full of life.
Days, not months, and planned for your low season so guests are barely aware of it. Our Telchac reef went in in three days with local teams.
Yes. Neighbouring properties often share the cost and the benefit. We can help you bring them in.
Very little. Our control system flags any problem with an individual unit, and we look after inspections and repairs under a service contract.
Designing and Installing Community-Built Reef Units in Telchac, Yucatán
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Along the shores of Mexico, Sargassum seaweed is piling up, bringing with it a bad smell and some interesting opportunities.
Read the postTell us where your beach is. We will look at how it has changed, how exposed it is, and whether it is worth a closer look. No site visit needed.
Prefer to talk? Paul Savill, Head of Client Services
paul@ccell.eco | +44 (0)207 690 0485
