Neptune’s Beach Game
King Neptune must have lots of fun seeing our jaws drop when he pulls the tide out and lets us...
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Category: low tide
Sanibel Treasures Revealed at Low Tide
I found a fist full of dollars at Gulfside City Park Beach this weekend. SAND DOLLARS, that is....
Read MoreSanibel’s Captivating Live Sea Creatures
As we celebrate new days watching the sun rise over the horizon at low tide in the new year on Sanibel… We also shellebrate the gifts of the sea… We also celebrate the gift of witnessing living creatures exposing...
Read MoreLaid Back Low Tide on Sanibel Island
I always have one of those laid back, “No Problem, Mon” attitudes when I comb the beach during a nice low tide on warm summer evenings on Sanibel Island. It’s the perfect weekend. There was no shelling frenzy....
Read MoreSummer Calm Low Tide
There are days in the summer when all I need is an evening walk on the beach to turn a hot, hectic day into a calm, relaxing oasis. Especially if I have my best friend with me. Even if Clark (yes, he’s my husband too-...
Read MoreFull Moon Rises, Shelling Tide Lowers
During the low tide evenings this past week, we didn’t find gobs of shells on Sanibel or Captiva but we found the best empty beauties in the Blind Pass channel in between Sanibel and Captiva. With the full moon causing...
Read MoreHealthy Living On The Coast Of Sanibel Island
If the Sanibel SEA LIFE could have talked last evening at low tide, they probably would have been chatting it up about how lovely the evening was and how healthy they were feeling…. just like us. This LINED STARFISH was...
Read MoreShelling 101
I grew up in Virginia Beach and the Outer Banks of North Carolina with my toes in the sand. My whole life has circled around playing on the beaches of the Atlantic Ocean or the Gulf Of Mexico so I can’t remember how I...
Read MoreJust Breathe. Shell. Love.
Shellzam! Elyssa found a CABRITS MUREX! We don’t see these spectacsheller spiny treasures wash up on our shores of Southwest Florida very often so it was exciting to see such a beauty. But wait! Huh? Another one? Yes!...
Read MoreSanibel Low Tide Still Producing Shells
There are many different approaches to finding shells on Sanibel. Shellers like Clark love to walk the water’s edge to scoop up shells with a shelling backhoe… I love to explore all of the wrack lines on the beach by...
Read MoreSanibel Low Tide Shelling At Dawn
We’ve been waiting for a morning low tide that exposes parts of the beach we haven’t seen for months… and we got it this weekend. Near the water’s edge, we witnessed hundreds of live SAND DOLLARS uncovered for...
Read MoreBreakfast of Shelling Champions
I may not be a champion but I like my weekend breakfast to be garnished with TULIPS while I fill up on PEARS…. Quite a few PEAR WHELKS … With a little NUTMEG… This weekend’s low tides were in the early...
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