NAPLES Central Naples beaches took the brunt of the erosion caused last week by Tropical Storm Debby as it moved through the Gulf, local beach managers said.

But while last week's stormy conditions took a toll on the area's beaches, it's a manageable problem, officials in Collier and Lee counties said.

Gary McAlpin, Collier County government's coastal zone management director, said some beaches appeared to have sustained significant sand loss and erosion from the high tides and waves kicked up by Debby.

"The beaches got beat up pretty good," he said.

Seaweed and other debris littered Southwest Florida beaches after the storm, and a sandbar was created along a stretch of Naples beach that left a pool of water on the land side of the sandbar.

Near the Naples Beach Hotel and Golf Club, drainage pipes have been exposed by the beach erosion.

Jason Parsons, the hotel's general manager, said the resort experienced sand loss and the beach isn't as wide as normal, but he added that it isn't going to put a damper on the holiday week.

"It's just going to be more crowded on the beach because there is less room to spread out," he said.

The hotel is near one of the spots in Naples where the beach is its narrowest.

"It's not going to completely return to what it was before Debby, probably until a few months," Parsons said.

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Beach managers: Central Naples beaches got the worst of erosion caused by Debby