Kolibri 150 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 My happy rescue mutt has adapted to beach life after making the move from Boulder, CO to Sunset Beach Oahu, Hawaii. I will be anchoring just off shore of Sunset Beach from time to time in the summer months. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
toddster 482 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Favorite? Dunno... Here's a random shot from December. Kiteboarders get the beach in the summer. Dogs get it in the winter. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TwoLegged 1,165 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 My man chilling on our second favourite beach 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Sox 771 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 My local beach early one recent morning. A panoramic shot so a little weird. L-R: North end of beach, Lambay, Ireland’s Eye, South end of beach. In the middle, a big ball of fire in the sky that we sometimes see. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sugarbird 98 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Mmmm... really hard to choose an absolute favorite, of course great beaches are part of the allure of life in the islands. Here's one. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blue Crab 1,121 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jim in Halifax 259 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 White Point Beach, Nova Scotia. Every winter the sand disappears; every summer its back. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
py26129 83 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Anchored off the beach near Wellington, on Lake Ontario last summer 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ishmael 6,419 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Buccaneer Bay, Thormanby Islands. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andykane 153 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Jackobson Pt, Checleset Bay. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ishmael 6,419 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Gotta agree, Andy. That is one stunning beach. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dylan winter 1,536 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Wells next the sea 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Max Rockatansky 493 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 St Lucie Cay, Bahamas 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Liquid 307 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 It's not very beachy... but it's where I launch. Spring cleanup can be 2 hours or 2 days! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oysterhead 56 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Sea of Cortez, east side of the Baja peninsula. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rasputin22 2,714 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 My home beach. Ain't nothing but a beach... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheDragon 575 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Kitebeach, Bloubergstrand, Table Bay, Cape Town, best kitesurfing in the world 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Elegua 886 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Pescadores. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisJD 83 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Culebrita, alone on the island - just us and the hermit crabs. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ismotorsport 7 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Anclote Beach, Florida 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sail4beer 2,223 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 My kids and their hens at our local sailing destination for short trips 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ishmael 6,419 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 8 minutes ago, Ismotorsport said: Anclote Beach, Florida It's been a long time since I was at a beach where I could swim without worrying about hypothermia. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sail4beer 2,223 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Mid January along the Atlantic coast. A storm formed a temporary lake up towards the dunes. The girls found several eel larvae to return to the ocean. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Elegua 886 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Nan Ao Su Ao 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jud - s/v Sputnik 912 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 My favourite beach, because it’s a few minutes walk from where I live and I can row out to my mooring and escape the world instantly. It’s an odd photo - the reason I took it is because it’s an odd scene. It’s mid-summer, mid-afternoon on a hot day - but you’d never know. That “cloud” is forest fire smoke, the first time I’d seen it around here - and it was a bit freaky. My beach, normally a great place for lounging, swimming, or launching the dinghy to row out to the boat and “escape the world”, looked very weird indeed. Pic taken above the high tide logs; at low tide, lots of nice pebbly beach. Anyway, my favourite beach because it’s my local escape route :-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dolphinmaster 94 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 42 minutes ago, Sail4beer said: Mid January along the Atlantic coast. A storm formed a temporary lake up towards the dunes. The girls found several eel larvae to return to the ocean. Looks like a seahorse from here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jud - s/v Sputnik 912 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 1 hour ago, Jud - s/v Sputnik said: My favourite beach, because it’s a few minutes walk from where I live and I can row out to my mooring and escape the world instantly. It’s an odd photo - the reason I took it is because it’s an odd scene. It’s mid-summer, mid-afternoon on a hot day - but you’d never know. That “cloud” is forest fire smoke, the first time I’d seen it around here - and it was a bit freaky. My beach, normally a great place for lounging, swimming, or launching the dinghy to row out to the boat and “escape the world”, looked very weird indeed. Pic taken above the high tide logs; at low tide, lots of nice pebbly beach. Anyway, my favourite beach because it’s my local escape route :-) Oops, forgot the pic 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kolibri 150 Posted February 26 Author Share Posted February 26 6 minutes ago, Jud - s/v Sputnik said: Oops, forgot the pic I was wondering when you would realize that error :-). Looks like a wonderful place. Keep me posted on your Hawaii plans. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jud - s/v Sputnik 912 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 15 minutes ago, Kolibri said: I was wondering when you would realize that error :-). Looks like a wonderful place. Keep me posted on your Hawaii plans. If I could be seeing a beach in Hawaii next summer, that would be cool. :-) Would I be ready for such a voyage by then? Is one ever totally ready...?!? Anyway, that’s a working plan at this point... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MisterMoon 307 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 The tip of St. Joseph Peninsula, FL. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solosailor 379 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Quote Sea of Cortez, east side of the Baja peninsula. Looks like a Chris White 42? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tunnel Rat 1,144 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 My favourite beach here, can only get here by hiking or by boat, but the holding is crap, so I have never stopped here on a boat. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kris Cringle 1,191 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 This was a favorite new beach last season, on a small uninhabited island. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Elegua 886 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 11 hours ago, Elegua said: Nan Ao Su Ao When I first went to these beaches there were no tunnels to get through the mountains that separated them from the city and the only way to get there was the long way along the coast road or over the mountains in a narrow, switch-backed "highway" 9 that we had to share with overloaded trucks on our motorcycles. We'd arrive covered in diesel soot and dust, but a quick swim would clean us up. The country was still under martial law and conscripts patrolled the beaches. Instead of kicking us off the beach like they were supposed to, they would sit just at the edge of the visible light from our campfire and we would toss them a beer or two in the dark and have a quiet conversation so that the officers in the now demolished pillboxes wouldn't hear. Sometimes we'd get some cheap or free fish or fresh squid from the locals to BBQ. After a day or two of sleeping in the open on the beach, we'd go find the local "love hotel"/brothel, take a shower and go back to the city. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Elegua 886 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Political prisoners got shipped to this island. If you drew some naughty cartoons, were a feared and incorrectly politically aligned gangster, a member of the opposition party, too good of a lawyer or any other "enemy of the state"...you got a free and long stay here. The prison cemetery is just off to the right of the beach. The island sits at the bottom of the Kuroshio current, a bunch of seamounts right on the edge of a deep basin and so the sealife is amazing. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Russell Brown 800 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Here's a beach. Those are my footsteps in the beach. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jud - s/v Sputnik 912 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 45 minutes ago, Russell Brown said: Here's a beach. Those are my footsteps in the beach. Skeleton Coast, Namibia?! Where is that? And what’s the story on the proa, Russell? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sail4beer 2,223 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 14 hours ago, dolphinmaster said: Looks like a seahorse from here. They were flat like a tapeworm, I had to Google what they were. They found one pipefish, but it was dead. That pool of water percolated back to sea level in about 30 minutes 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Willin' 930 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 This is just our town beach here in the Burg. It's good clamming at minus tides and because the mudflat is so long is warm water for great swimming at high tide. Popham Village is right at the mouth of the Kennebec River so the beach there has a steady supply of building materials and bonfire fuel in the summer. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
py26129 83 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Perdido key, near Fort McRee, Pensacola. We escaped the snow for a week around Christmas 2016 and came back again the following year. Thats the family by the dink. We pretty much had the place to ourselves. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Willin' 930 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Pakiri, North Island, NZ There's a nice little motorcamp right on the beach here and good waves. Maybe 2 hours north of Auckland. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
climenuts 178 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Little shell beach in Herring Bay, Ruxton Island 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJonB 8,584 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 On 2/25/2021 at 5:04 AM, Jim in Halifax said: White Point Beach, Nova Scotia. Every winter the sand disappears; every summer its back. How many truckloads does it take to replenish it in the summer? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJonB 8,584 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Long beach, Vancouver island. 16 kilometers / 10 miles Summer Winter 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jud - s/v Sputnik 912 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 1 hour ago, Willin' said: This is just our town beach here in the Burg. It's good clamming at minus tides and because the mudflat is so long is warm water for great swimming at high tide. Popham Village is right at the mouth of the Kennebec River so the beach there has a steady supply of building materials and bonfire fuel in the summer. Speaking of beach driftwood collecting, this is one of the coolest things ever...built on a beach with scavenged materials (except the skin covering of the hull). https://seawolfkayak.com/spt-article-fulltext/?v=3e8d115eb4b3 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maxx Baqustae 249 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Kendrick Is. Our club owns it as an outstation. And left in its natural state except for one long dock. Typical BC Gulf Island terrain. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ALL@SEA 263 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Maybe not my outright favourite beach, but one of my favourite photos from the summer... the things my sends me while I'm at work! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Max Rockatansky 493 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 18 hours ago, py26129 said: Perdido key, near Fort McRee, Pensacola. We escaped the snow for a week around Christmas 2016 and came back again the following year. Thats the family by the dink. We pretty much had the place to ourselves. Deep winter is the only time to go to McRee. It is an abject zoo in season... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rasputin22 2,714 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 The yellow flies at Ft McRee are worse that the abjects in the summer... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJonB 8,584 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 5 hours ago, ALL@SEA said: Maybe not my outright favourite beach, but one of my favourite photos from the summer... the things my sends me while I'm at work! There's not much cuter than a bare assed baby on a beach. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rasputin22 2,714 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 https://video9gag.com/video/gets-bitten-by-pig-bea2fbfe25c518d1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blue Crab 1,121 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 26 minutes ago, SloopJonB said: There's not much cuter than a bare assed baby on a beach. Challenge accepted. My new grandson. 10 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
130lights 23 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 B2CC23DB-343C-4791-8DD7-0AB8CD75E2E1.MOV Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Max Rockatansky 493 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 2 hours ago, Rasputin22 said: The yellow flies at Ft McRee are worse that the abjects in the summer. I dunno... I can burn a coil, thermacell and hang screens and flies are dealt with Noisy assholes with zero anchoring expertise, stuck with that unless you flee the scene Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rasputin22 2,714 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 10 minutes ago, Max Rockatansky said: I dunno... I can burn a coil, thermacell and hang screens and flies are dealt with Noisy assholes with zero anchoring expertise, stuck with that unless you flee the scene Yeah, now that you mention it, I think the biggest asshole anchoring episode I ever witnessed was there. I have a video somewhere. I put out a PAN, PAN, PAN call over CH 16 to warn other boats in the anchorage to BOLO for that shithead. I used his boat name in hopes that it would get logged on the CG radio watch logs. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marinatrix447 204 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 South Africa... perfect beach stroll post lunch at Salinas on/at Wilderness nr. George, while touring the Garden Route 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rasputin22 2,714 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 16 minutes ago, Marinatrix447 said: 16 minutes ago, Marinatrix447 said: South Africa... perfect beach stroll post lunch at Salinas on/at Wilderness nr. George, while touring the Garden Route Looking great, the beach ain't bad either... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blue Crab 1,121 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 45 minutes ago, Marinatrix447 said: South Africa... perfect beach stroll post lunch at Salinas on/at Wilderness nr. George, while touring the Garden Route This is now my favorite beach pic. Hey look! It's 4:20 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Priscilla 2,480 Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Opape NZ. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Recidivist 570 Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Sunset drinks on sandbar, uninhabited island 35nm from Darwin, Australia. Yes, there are crocs! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Max Rockatansky 493 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 2 hours ago, MangoMan said: The second pic, I believe is at Georgetown Exuma, looking out to Kidd's Cove? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SemiSalt 215 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 From Santa Monica looking north toward Malibu showing smoke from forest files in 2018. Not exactly the sort of picture the OP was interested in, but it really is an amazing beach despite being ruined by easy access for all. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kolibri 150 Posted March 2 Author Share Posted March 2 Ehukai Beach Park & Banzai Pipeline as seen from Rocky Point on the North Shore of Oahu. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Priscilla 2,480 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Ladies Bay Rotoroa Island. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ishmael 6,419 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Many of our beaches look like this. The sand is a little coarse. And watch out for the rusty cables that disappear out into the bay... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Elegua 886 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Orange Beach. You'd never guess the bloodbath that occurred here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Priscilla 2,480 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 1 hour ago, Elegua said: Orange Beach. You'd never guess the bloodbath that occurred here. Battle of Peleliu 1944. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MisterMoon 307 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 On 2/27/2021 at 1:49 PM, Rasputin22 said: Yeah, now that you mention it, I think the biggest asshole anchoring episode I ever witnessed was there. I have a video somewhere. I put out a PAN, PAN, PAN call over CH 16 to warn other boats in the anchorage to BOLO for that shithead. I used his boat name in hopes that it would get logged on the CG radio watch logs. For me it’s the fuckwits with their stereos blasting tractor rap all day and night at Ft. Mcree. It’s a lovely spot but don’t ever be there on Saturday night. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jud - s/v Sputnik 912 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 2 hours ago, Ishmael said: Many of our beaches look like this. The sand is a little coarse. And watch out for the rusty cables that disappear out into the bay... Many —but not all— look like that. I once had a rather detailed conversation with a woman (not this one) about her trimming job on this famous fine, sandy beach some years ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MangoMan 12 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 17 hours ago, Max Rockatansky said: The second pic, I believe is at Georgetown Exuma, looking out to Kidd's Cove? Nope, not even close. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bugsy 448 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Thanks, everyone, for beach pictures. Where I live it was -31 C windchill (-24 F) the other morning. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Elegua 886 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 11 hours ago, Priscilla said: Battle of Peleliu 1944. Sorry. I didn't mean literally you'd never guess, but that it's such a tranquil and lush place it's hard to imagine. Some people have a way with words, some people not have way, (me). You park up at the little harbor in the notch next to Orange 3 and start your walk from there. The reefs off the beach offer some very nice diving. Like many places, still lots of detritus under the bush. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Priscilla 2,480 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 3 hours ago, Elegua said: Sorry. I didn't mean literally you'd never guess, but that it's such a tranquil and lush place it's hard to imagine. Some people have a way with words, some people not have way, (me). You park up at the little harbor in the notch next to Orange 3 and start your walk from there. The reefs off the beach offer some very nice diving. Like many places, still lots of detritus under the bush. Would of been hell on earth for those who landed and those who survived which was few. Such a lovely looking beach with a very dark past lest we forget. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Elegua 886 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 1 hour ago, Priscilla said: He visits all three memorials. Army, Marines & Japanese. This is the Army one. Lots of hardware still around This topic is a bit depressing. My kids had their first swim off of this beach 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
he b gb 91 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 On 2/27/2021 at 1:31 AM, Jud - s/v Sputnik said: Skeleton Coast, Namibia?! Where is that? And what’s the story on the proa, Russell? Looks like a place in Queensland, OZ, called Yellow Patch? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Russell Brown 800 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Good guess, Cape Capricorn. That's sand being blown from the beach, over a mile away into the river (or is it just a tidal channel, can't remember), but it's the lee side of a giant sand blow. I ran up and slid down that thing a bunch of times and took plenty of sand back to the boat. Rainbow beach has another amazing sand blow that is one of the coolest take-off sites I've ever seen. That's my shadow. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OSPREY 158 Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Spanish Wells Bahamas Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oysterhead 56 Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 On 3/3/2021 at 7:04 PM, Russell Brown said: Good guess, Cape Capricorn. That's sand being blown from the beach, over a mile away into the river (or is it just a tidal channel, can't remember), but it's the lee side of a giant sand blow. I ran up and slid down that thing a bunch of times and took plenty of sand back to the boat. Rainbow beach has another amazing sand blow that is one of the coolest take-off sites I've ever seen. That's my shadow. You fit a hang glider in Jzerro? Surely not for crossing the Pacific... What else was essential adventure equipment? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Russell Brown 800 Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 That was a rent-a-glider. An altogether great experience, except for whacking myself in the balls trying to disassemble it at the end of the day. Won't forget that either. I had seen photos of that take-off spot years before and recognized it the minute I saw it. It's a marvel of a natural giant tongue of sand perfectly shaped for flying from. Can fly all the way to Noosa and back from there with only a couple of areas to worry about. Never carried a glider on that boat, but had the rating which made it possible to fly when not at home. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maxx Baqustae 249 Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Ambleside Beach, West Vancouver, BC 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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