No plans to remove Monte Carlo from Coronado shoreline

CORONADO — A gambling ship that shipwrecked onto the Coronado coast almost 80 years ago resurfaced, thanks to low tide, from beneath the sand in late January. The large vessel that has an interesting history has been spotted at the edge of shore near the Hotel Del Coronado on several occasions during low tide. News reports indicate the one-time gambling ship was spotted as recently as 2013 and previously in 2010. City officials also reported a resurfacing of the Monte Carlo shipwreck in the 1990s. Coronado City Manager Blair King said in a recent newsletter to residents: “Due to the large quantity of sand eroded off Coronado’s beach with the winter storm surf, sections of Monte Carlo shipwreck are more exposed than they have been in almost 20 years.” Questions abound. Is it currently a hazard to the beach-going public? Does the ship cause any damage to the water and local environment? Was there a time when the ship could have been removed? King addressed at least one of those questions in his weekly newsletter on Feb. 12. “Lifeguards assisted a young woman who got too close on a high tide and ended up over her head in a deep hole, struggling to get out,”...