eCoast Consulting and Research

The coastal and environmental scientists and engineers working at eCoast Marine Consulting and Research based in Raglan, on the west coast of New Zealand’s North Island, specialise in understanding, assessing and mitigating a wide range of coastal and marine natural hazards. This includes climate change (CC) and sea level rise (SLR) adaptation strategies, tsunami hazard assessments and evacuation mapping, cyclone and storm surge assessment and associated flood risk modelling.
Besides undertaking coastal hazard assessments in New Zealand, for the past 2 decades, eCoast has been developing a better understanding of coastal processes and the impacts of CC and SLR on tropical island locations. Since many of the principles of coastal management have been developed in temperate regions, simply applying these standard approaches to the different physical environments found in the tropics often leads to failure.
Many small island nations are extremely vulnerable to the impacts of Climate Change and SLR, and so developing methods that increase resilience while adaption strategies are implemented has become increasingly important.
eCoast has invested considerable time and resources into collating existing science in this area and augmenting it with their own research and experience to provide strategies for improved outcomes in this region.
eCoast also has a wealth of experience in the area of tsunami hazard mitigation. eCoast has produced hundreds of tsunami hazard assessment studies for a range of clients including regional and national government agencies, port companies and large consultancies working on major infrastructure projects.
eCoast scientists have been involved in the scientific response to every major tsunami event of the past three decades, thereby gaining invaluable insights and knowledge that can be applied to future scenarios. Most recently eCoast has developed unique tools and strategies specifically focussed on ports and maritime facilities.
Recent projects conducted for international aid and development organizations (i.e., ADB, UNDP and World Bank) have significantly bolstered eCoast’s experience in the area of coastal flooding related to the effects of tropical cyclones and other extreme events.