Sea-beans

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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Sea Coconut Drifts from South America to St. Pete Beach

July 18, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com. While on Upham beach this morning gathering a couple of bags of sargassum seaweed for my garden, I spotted this sea coconut in the wrack line.  It’s not a real coconut, but it does come from a palm tree. These are very common on the Atlantic coast, but are [...]

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