Beach Archive

Local tourism officials have predicted snowbirds will be back this season but Pip, Navarre Beach’s piping plover, already knew that.

The Gulfarium’s C.A.R.E Center successfully released three rehabilitated sea turtles Nov. 11 at Perdido Key State Park.

While stationed in Hawaii for seven years, Sean Thomas saw plenty of waves, and learned how to shoot them. Now, water photography is a passion for the 2006 Navarre High School graduate, who recently moved back to Navarre and works at Hurlburt.

Gulf Boulevard on Navarre Beach has its share of eye-catching attractions, from homes shaped like spaceships to a front-yard post with colorful signs pointing in every direction.

Over 160 runners gathered at the Navarre Beach boat ramp parking lot this morning for the Sixth Annual Pink Pirates Save Second Base 5K, a breast cancer awareness run and fundraiser.

Runners and walkers traveled from near and far to Gulf Boulevard on Navarre Beach Oct. 9 for the 13th annual Run for the Reef. The race was comprised of a 10K Run & 5K Run/Walk and 1 Mile Kids Fun Run. There were 389 participants Saturday morning, the most in the event’s history, including 86 from out of state and another 85 from outside Santa Rosa County. All proceeds went towards the Navarre Beach Marine Sanctuary to help fund snorkeling and diving on the reefs.

Runners and walkers traveled from near and far to Gulf Boulevard on Navarre Beach Oct. 9 for the 13th annual Run for the Reef. The race was comprised of a 10K Run & 5K Run/Walk and 1 Mile Kids Fun Run.

It’s not every day that you see a mailbox surrounded by water. Maybe in an overwater bungalow in the Maldives, but not typically in the Santa Rosa Sound between Navarre and Fort Walton Beach.

People have been posting on social media since July about this mystery mailbox that some are referring to as the “Mermaid Mailbox” or the “Mailbox Beach.” Locals and tourists alike are checking out this community mailbox, which is only accessible by boat, to see what treasures are inside.

Hundreds of young fishermen went home happy after Saturday’s Take a Kid Fishing event and each of them had a new fishing pole to take with them.

Three months after a kayaker pulled a young osprey out of the water, the bird was released at the Navarre Beach Marine Park.