Life at the beach

Japan Earthquake Tsunami Debris Reaches West Coast of USA

January 2, 2012

This morning I saw a post on the Seabean Facebook group page from my friend Ed Perry about a news story concerning the Japan earthquake debris beginning to arrive on the US coastline. Oceanographer Dr. Curtis Ebbesmeyer talked about this at the International Seabean Symposium back in October of 2011. Beachcombers all along the western [...]

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New Year Reflections on Old Year Luck

January 2, 2012

This morning I read with sadness the story of a man in Colorado who died when a branch, apparently torn from a tree in a powerful windstorm, punctured the windshield of his Subaru Outback and impaled him in the chest. He managed to steer the car to the side of the road before he lost [...]

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A Brief Christmas Weather Update from Florida

December 21, 2011

Christmas Day, 2011 forecast high temperatures: Panama City Beach 63 St Augustine Beach  73 Cocoa Beach 81 Miami Beach 81 Sanibel 81 Ft. Myers Beach 81 Naples 81 Marco Island 81 Key West 79 This is a welcome change from the last two years.  If you’re in Florida on Christmas weekend, HIT THE BEACH!   [...]

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Best Beach Day Trips from Orlando & Central Florida

December 6, 2011

One of the questions I get most often from visitors to my blog and web site goes something like this: Our family is going to be in Orlando for a week in April and we want to take one day and drive over to a beach with the kids. What is the closest beach? Should [...]

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7 Great Places to Stay on the Florida Coast

October 29, 2011

Most of the traveling I do involves Florida beaches and islands. In addition to suffering at some lousy accommodations, I’ve also had some outstanding experiences, so I thought I’d share a few of them here. This isn’t a complete list, and there are other places I’ve stayed that were quite good, but perhaps not good [...]

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Beach Hotels From Hell, or You Can’t Always Get What You Want

October 23, 2011

We’ve been traveling quite a bit recently, mostly weekend getaway trips to various Florida beaches, and we’re beginning to wonder whether hotels are the best option for us. This past weekend we booked two nights on Cocoa Beach in a small “mom and pop”style motel. It had mostly great reviews on TripAdvisor. For $85 per [...]

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The Reality of Florida Beach Camping

September 5, 2011

When I was a teenager, my plan was to pack my gear and head for the South Sea Islands, build a hut on the beach and live on coconuts, bananas, mangoes and fish. I was not the first person to ever have that plan, and a little research on my part revealed that it would [...]

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Florida Beach Outlook for Labor Day Weekend

September 1, 2011

A tropical weather system known as “Invest 93″in the Gulf of Mexico threatens to cast some clouds over Florida’s beaches for the upcoming Labor Day weekend. Numerous weather forecasters are wringing their hands over which way this thing is going to move. As of Thursday Sept 1 it looks like a slow northwest drift toward [...]

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Dr. Beach on Rip Currents

July 24, 2011

Probably the best and most informative video you’ll ever see on recognizing and dealing effectively with rip currents, from Dr. Stephen Leatherman. Thanks to Kenneth Wright for posting this on my FloridaBeachunter Facebook Page.

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Which Beaches are Safest? The Beaches with Lifeguards on Duty.

July 12, 2011

Clearwater Beach lifeguards in tower 3 watch over the beach near Pier 60. USLA (United States Lifesaving Association) has calculated the chance that a person will drown while attending a beach protected by USLA affiliated lifeguards at 1 in 18 million (.0000055%). This is based on the last ten years of reports from USLA affiliated [...]

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