Beach Archive

A few months after filming his first music video at Juana’s with the locals, Andy Velo returned to Navarre Aug. 11 to host a free concert and unveil that video. Nearly 1,500 people were on the property for the live concert on the beach that preceded the video debut.

Volleyball on the beach never seems to stop.

Navarre Beach’s gulf side artificial snorkel reef will triple in size by as early as September.

While severe weather conditions have canceled parts of this year’s Great Scallop Search in Santa Rosa Sound, volunteers with the UF/IFAS Florida Sea Grant Extension Santa Rosa County office will take to the surf again Saturday in hopes of finding seagrass-dwelling bay scallops.

Sage Paddle Co. opened its first official surf shop this month, and business founder and owner Sage Offutt, 15, said she could not be more excited.

Visitors to the newly opened Sage Paddle Company store will soon be greeted by a rarity, a classic ‘70s “beach car.”

The Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center (NBSTCC) staff and visitors alike are mourning the loss of their resident loggerhead sea turtle Gigi. She was humanely euthanized Monday due to chronic medical conditions.

Tentative plans for local restauranteur Bob Benaquis to sublease the vacant restaurant site on Navarre Beach may have fallen through, but that hasn’t stopped property leaseholder Sylvia Martin from closing in on her goal to find a tenant.

Gourmet lemonade and homemade popsicles were on the chopping block Monday as the Board of County Commissioners unanimously squashed an attempt to change beach vendor regulations.

Tropical Storm Cindy may have claimed quite a few victims along Navarre Beach as the storm surge washed wave after wave over the area’s sea turtle nests.