Beach Archive

Mats that allow people in wheelchairs to get closer to the Gulf of Mexico are being reinstalled at Navarre Beach following a series of storms that saw waves reaching to the base of the dunes.

Blue skies speckled with cumulus clouds is what sailors saw when they looked up as they leaned into the wind this past weekend at the 31st Annual Juana Good Time Regatta.

This year 90 registered vessels competed – 75 registered catamarans and another 15 sailboats.

Being born on a busy beach can be an exhausting experience for a tiny turtle. The last of six loggerhead nests hatched last week on Navarre Beach.

The Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners has updated the portion of the land development code that governs lighting to protect nesting sea turtles.

A sea turtle nest assessment by the Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center on Aug. 22 counted a total of 92 hatched loggerhead turtle eggs.

A year ago on September 5, more than 1,000 boats crossed under the Navarre Beach Bridge in hopes of breaking a Guinness World Record, but the effort fell short due to not having a complete video of start to finish, according to organizers.

Spend time at the beach and you’ll notice the sand and the sun and the water.

But if you look along parking lots and roads, you may also spot some of the most common beach blooms.

The Gulfarium’s C.A.R.E. Center successfully released five rehabilitated sea turtles Thursday morning, including three Kemp’s ridleys, at Inlet Beach.

When double red flags fly at local beaches, the waters are closed to swimmers.

Using his lucky vintage 45-year-old fishing rod, Navarre resident Jim Streacker reeled in a 45-inch, 40-plus pound red drum fish while surf fishing last week.