beach sand

Sand-Off Product Review: Does It Really Get the Sand Off Your Skin?

September 15, 2011

A couple of weeks ago a representative for a product called “Sand-Off” sent me a couple of product samples to try. The idea is to use powder instead of water to get beach sand off your skin. This is a technique I’ve heard of quite a few times but never tried it. Sand-Off is a [...]

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Illegal to Dig in the Sand on Florida National Seashore Beaches?

September 20, 2010

This video stands on its own. Not much I can say. Can you believe it? Can you say “big brother?”

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Florida Beach Crystals

May 25, 2009

By David McRee of BlogTheBeach.com Have a good look at the sand crystals pictured above, then compare them to the sand pictured below. What differences do you see? Both sand samples are just plain old beach sand that I scooped up from Florida public beaches. Both samples contain clear quartz crystals. The Grayton Beach sand [...]

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Florida Beach Sand

August 25, 2008

One of the first things I noticed when I got serious about exploring Florida’s beaches is the tremendous variety of sand types that make up the beaches. There’s brown sand, gray sand, white sand, black sand, and combinations of all types. I’ve put together a page of photographs that illustrate many of the varieties of [...]

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