It's slightly misleading.
There's a large dune, you walk up and over, so not really.

However, off to out left, during the peak of the storm, Waves were breaking all the way into the lot. Two thirds of the parking lot was lost, over the last dozen years, to storms. Not to mention a massive marsh. And a few dozen houses have lost their fresh water wells. Now, they bring in water for drinking, and washing.