Beach Archive

The Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center (NBSTCC) hosts a Trash Bash each month, collecting debris found along the beach in order to protect sea turtles that nest on the beach as well as other forms of marine life.

Spring break doesn’t count as a break for Mike Baum of Emerald Ghost Charters.

Only two proposals have been submitted so far for roughly $4.3 million in local funding available through the first round of RESTORE Act funding – monies aimed toward 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill recovery efforts.

Lifeguard season on Navarre Beach begins Saturday, March 14. Initially, four lifeguards will be on duty from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Staff will monitor the number of swimmers at the public Gulf-side beach areas, manning the one or two towers with the greatest need. As the number of swimmers increase, lifeguard staffing will increase to 10 or 12 providing coverage seven days a week at all four lifeguard towers. Lifeguard season ends Sunday, Oct. 25.

With a new beach season set to begin, lifeguards will report to their stations March 14.

The artificial reefs in the sound and on the Gulf side are home to more than 60 different species, and with warmer temperatures on the horizon, they’ll soon be teeming with sea life.

A record number of tourists flocked to Florida last year as the nation’s economy continued its recovery after the Great Recession.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has cited two separate owners of derelict sailboats currently located in Santa Rosa Sound near Juana’s Pagodas.

The Navarre Beach Fire Department rescued a man Feb. 12 when his sailboat capsized in Navarre Sound.

Hundreds of snowbirds Feb. 4 descended upon The Club at Hidden Club for the fourth annual Snowbird Appreciation Social and Navarre Business Expo. Organizers said it was the largest crowd in the event’s history.