Rock Revetment Seawall
At Coast Seawall Dock & Boatlifts, we specialize in rock revetment seawall, aka riprap, solutions designed to protect, reinforce, and enhance your shoreline. With more than 45 years of hands-on experience in rock revetment construction, rock revetment wall design, and rock revetment installation. We provide reliable, eco-friendly shoreline defense that stands the test of time.
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Coast Seawall Dock & Boatlifts has over 45 years of experience in installing rock revetments (riprap) as stand-alone seawalls, or as reinforcement in front of an existing aluminum, concrete, steel, wood, or vinyl seawall that has begun to fail.
Rock sea wall construction is a cost-effective, aesthetically pleasing, and environmentally friendly method for repairing and maintaining the integrity of your seawall.
Whatever your need, Coast Seawall Dock & Boatlifts will take great care to preserve your valuable waterfront property.
What is rock revetment or riprap?
Rock revetment seawall, also known as riprap, is a natural, environmentally friendly solution to protect a property’s shoreline and to prevent erosion. Riprap involves the expert placement of various-sized rocks that create a sloped “wall” of rock.
Why Choose Coast Seawall Dock & Boatlifts?
Here’s why clients across Florida continue to trust our rock revetment construction services:
- 45+ Years of Expertise – With decades of hands-on experience in rock seawall construction, we have refined our methods to ensure every shoreline project delivers long-lasting stability and coastal protection.
- Licensed & Insured – We maintain full licensing and insurance, ensuring complete compliance with Florida’s regulations while giving homeowners and businesses total confidence in our revetment wall construction services.
- Custom Designs – Every shoreline is unique, which is why we offer tailored rock revetment design solutions that maximize erosion control, aesthetics, and long-term shoreline protection for each property.
- Quality Materials – Using durable, natural stone carefully sourced for strength, we ensure every rock revetment installation provides unmatched resilience, longevity, and a seamless blend with Florida’s coastal environment.
- Client Satisfaction – With thousands of successful rock revetment installation projects, we prioritize client satisfaction by delivering dependable results, transparent communication, and shoreline protection that exceeds expectations every single time.
Rock Revetment FAQs
Now that you realize what a rock revetment is, it’s time you learn other important things related to this structure.
Riprap done correctly is a shoreline solution that will endure the elements much longer than the typical flat-faced seawall or bulkhead; they are often called “forever walls”.
These structures help to mitigate wave or tidal action against a property line, stop or prevent land erosion, and can even be used to support failing, older seawalls. Riprap is also a more ‘budget-friendly’ solution to a failing seawall or properties with no shoreline protection.
Riprap can be an incredible, cost-effective option for seawall replacement. In these cases, the rock revetment wall is sloped in front of a failing seawall to stop seawall movement, disperse force from wave action, and stop erosion.
A true rock seawall construction requires more than just dumping rocks in front of a shoreline. It requires a system that will prevent the soil or debris from moving through the rock. Riprap also demands particular slopes and, often, hand placement of the rocks in a particular manner.
You will find different types of stones and rocks used for rock pavement.
4 to 5 inches of riprap rock is the smallest available. It is screened down and crushed to 4 to 5 inches in size. Due to its smaller size, the rock is a good option for making a reliable and stable base.
6 to 9 inches of riprap rock is somewhat bigger and is the commonly used type of riprap construction stone for shoreline erosion prevention. Rocks of this size can also be great options for making a retaining wall.
9+ inches of riprap rock is a bigger construction stone. They are picked for projects where landsliding or erosion is a big problem. Big riprap rock might be placed together with areas with fast currents or places prone to high volumes of mudslides and precipitation.
Permit requirements vary depending on the municipality that the property falls under. Many local properties will require a permit, as well as permissions from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It is important to hire a company with experience in permitting rock revetments. The location, length of shoreline, height of wall, and nearby wildlife may all have an impact on permitting.