Beach Archive

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.

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.