Tag: Beach

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.

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.

A year ago on September 5, more than 1,000 boats crossed under the Navarre Beach Bridge in hopes of breaking a Guinness World Record, but the effort fell short due to not having a complete video of start to finish, according to organizers.

Spend time at the beach and you’ll notice the sand and the sun and the water.

But if you look along parking lots and roads, you may also spot some of the most common beach blooms.

When double red flags fly at local beaches, the waters are closed to swimmers.

Using his lucky vintage 45-year-old fishing rod, Navarre resident Jim Streacker reeled in a 45-inch, 40-plus pound red drum fish while surf fishing last week.

Folks visit Navarre Beach for the crystalline blue waters, white sand and diverse marine life.

It’s a place to swim, fish and relax. But some people come to the beach on a mission – to find seashells and sand dollars, fragile treasures that rarely wash up on shore fully intact.

The Thomas family visited Navarre Beach from Missouri last week and spent six of their eight nights here educating people about turtle nesting.

Doug Browne wakes up in the wee hours of the morning every day and drives 7 miles from his Midway house to Navarre Beach. He gets out of his truck with two Walmart plastic grocery bags in hand and begins his 4-mile daily trek.

Here’s your answer: When you visit Navarre Beach, you’ll see signs warning you against walking on the dunes – the sandy hills formed by wind.