Beach Archive

The free summer concert series on Navarre Beach called Tunes by the Dunes is back for the summer and small-town Navarre was ready for it.

More than 1,500 people came out to the main beach parking lot at the Sand Crab Pavilion for the first Thursday night of the series June 3. The Glenn Parker Band kicked off the 2021 season in R&B style playing tunes like “What a Wonderful World” and “Brick House.”

On May 23, Navarre Press Community Reporter Kaitie Meyer went surfing at Navarre Beach with a friend.

At the end of a day that could truly be described as a Chamber of Commerce kind of day – sunny and warm – a crowd gathered the evening of May 20th on Navarre Beach for the 3rd annual Blessing of the Beach, sponsored by the Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce.

On a double red flag day, lifeguards completed their four-week-long training by jumping 30 feet off the Navarre Beach Fishing Pier into the Gulf of Mexico May 22.

The Florida Panhandle chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention held their 5th annual Paddle for Prevention at Juana’s Pagodas May 22. Everyone was invited to paddleboard from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Santa Rosa Sound to raise awareness for suicide prevention or honor anyone they have lost to suicide.

Come Memorial Day weekend, Navarre beaches will be busier than ever for lifeguards on duty.

To help keep beachgoers safe, Navarre Beach Fire Rescue has added one more tool to its arsenal of lifesaving equipment.

It took a village to come up with a new motorized beach wheelchair for 11-year-old Cristian Denton who has a rare congenital disorder called Type 2 Kabuki Syndrome.

Remember carefree days spent on the local beaches building sandcastles with paper cups and buckets?

You can still spend days on the beaches building sandcastles and turning them into amazing sandcastle sculptures.

Everyone is invited to the “Blessing of the Beach” on Thursday, May 20 at 6 pm on the beach, just east of the Navarre Beach Fishing Pier. The blessing is organized by the Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce.

The Tourist Development Council got good news about bed tax numbers for the sixth month in a row at the May 6 meeting.