Yes, really.

Here is the data to back that up, using NOAA's Key West measurements going back over one hundred years.

> The relative sea level trend is 2.57 millimeters/year with a 95% confidence interval of +/- 0.15 mm/yr based on monthly mean sea level data from 1913 to 2022 which is equivalent to a change of 0.84 feet in 100 years.

https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends_station....

This is why it’s important to measure things and to forecast. I would be surprised if your memory was perfect, but numbers don’t lie.

Tides complicate measurement, in some areas the sea level rise will be marginal and in some areas it will be huge. What's worse is that it exaggerates the effect of storm surges, which is where the most damage occurs.

were you there all year? Its not the height it is on an average day, its how high it gets once or twice a year, usually during a storm.

Sand moves inland as sea levels change.