Blog The Beach

When I was a teenager, I spent a lot of time with my buddies at this beach. We would walk from one end to the other, meet other friends, and just hang out, soaking up the rays. I still love coming here. Most of my friends have moved away, but I’m still close enough to come and enjoy Coquina Beach any time. My family used to have picnics under the Australian Pine trees during the summer. And I used to go in swimming with my dad and my brother. That was a lot of fun. I was a fish.

See those rock groins sticking out into the water? They looked exactly like that back in the late 60’s and early 70’s. I loved to snorkel around those rocks. Used to see sheepshead, small snappers, jacks, spadefish, blennies, crabs, and red boring sponge on the rocks. It was a big adventure for a little kid.

Compared to the rest of Bradenton, Coquina beach has undergone relatively few changes in the last 35 years, and most of the changes have happened in the last 2 years, but haven’t really changed the look of the beach.