Cocoa Beach

Seabean Symposium and Beachcomber’s Festival This Weekend

October 19, 2011

What: 16th Annual International Seabean Symposium and Beachcombers Festival When: Friday October 21 and Saturday October 22, 2011. See schedule (link opens pdf file). Where: Cocoa Beach Public Library 550 North Brevard Ave., Cocoa Beach, FL 32931 Cost: Free! Visit the Seabean Symposium web site for more info. This weekend I will be giving my [...]

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Lone Surfer, Warmer Times, Cocoa Beach

January 12, 2011

So I was sitting on the beach and this guy walks down with his longboard. It was a warm October evening and there was a very small swell in the Atlantic Ocean. He paddles out and catches one wave after another for about half-an-hour. Then leaves. Beats going to a bar after work. And it’s [...]

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Board & Waves Expo Featuring Surf Artist Drew Brophy

March 1, 2010

What: The east coast’s only consumer expo for surfers. See and feel the latest in surfboards, fins, foam and surf accessories. Also featuring daily: Surfboard shaping demos Surfboard art with Drew Brophy Travel seminar with Surf Express Sandsculpting display Free product giveaways Raffle for surfboard DJ and Acoustic Surf Music When: Saturday, April 17 & [...]

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Seabean Symposium Starts Friday

October 15, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com. If you enjoy picking through things that have washed up on the beach, come on over to the 14th Annual International Seabean Symposium and Beachcombers’ Festival at the Cocoa Beach Public Library (link to Google Map) on Friday and Saturday October 16th and 17th 2009. Displays and collections are [...]

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Sea-Bean Symposium and Beachcombers’ Festival Coming Up in Cocoa Beach

September 14, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com. It’s time! What: 14th Annual International Sea-Bean Symposium and Beachcombers’ Festival When: Friday, October 16th (9am to 5pm)  & Sat. Oct 17th, 2009 (8am to 9pm). Where: Cocoa Beach Public Library, 550 North Brevard Ave, Cocoa Beach, FL 32931 Cost: Free and open to the public. What are sea-beans [...]

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Sunset Clouds Over the Atlantic Ocean

November 29, 2008

I took this photo on Cocoa Beach in October. It was a warm and humid evening. A heavy rain had fallen an hour earlier. Several large thunderstorms loomed out over the Atlantic Ocean. Even though the sun sets over the Gulf of Mexico, on the other side of the state, the orange light from the [...]

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Beach Place Guesthouses of Cocoa Beach

November 10, 2008

In October we spent several days in Cocoa Beach for the 13th Annual International Seabean Symposium. While there, we stayed at a wonderful place right on the beach, called the Beach Place Guesthouses. Sue and I fell in love with this little beach getaway while reclining in a hammock overlooking the Atlantic after sunset, watching [...]

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Closest Beach to Orlando

July 7, 2008

[ I took this photo while standing on the Cocoa Beach Pier looking north south. ] I get lots of questions like this: “We are going to be in Orlando for a week to take the family to Disney World. We would also like to take a day and drive to the beach. What is [...]

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