Summer is right around the corner, and what’s more fun than combing the beach for shells? Searching for shells is a common pastime among beach dwellers.
If you like searching for shells around beaches. Here is a list of shell-heavy beaches where you can hunt on:
Sanibel Island, Florida:
This is the best shelling spot in southwest Florida and one of the best in the world. Seashells cover the beaches, tinkling like wind chimes as they tumble over one another in the waves. Abundant wildlife, great restaurants and low key development makes this island a wonderful all-around gateway.
Ocracoke Island, North Carolina:
Ocracoke Island is ranked third on th top beaches list prepared by Stephen ‘Dr. Beach’ Leatherman and the rare Scotch bonnet, state shell of North Carolina, sometimes turns up here.
Bandon, Oregon:
You can call it Bandon, or Bandon-by-the-Sea. The seacoast town will delight you with its charm, its scenic beauty, its rich opportunities for recreation and relaxation, and its warmth shown you by its people.
Go and enjoy yourself as you visit virtual Bandon, Oregon, the little jewel on the Oregon Coast.
Galveston, Texas:
The Gulf of Mexico loves to decorate its coast with shells. The western end of Galveston Island usually offers prime pickings. When cold fronts roll in from the north, you can bundle up and hit the beach. The wind pushes the water away from shore and exposes lots of fresh sand for prospecting.
Tunnels Beach, Kauai, Hawaii:
Kauai, aptly nicknamed the Garden Isle, is the Hawaiian vacation destination treasured for its lush tropical greenery and sparkling sand beaches. Several beaches on the north shore of Hawaii’s “Garden Isle” yield nice shell harvests, especially in the area around Haena.
Flag Ponds Nature Park, Lusby, Maryland:
Most of the shells here, along the Chesapeake Bay south of Annapolis, are fossils dating back millions of years. They’ve come from the Calvert Cliffs, a 30-mile stretch of what was the sea bottom during the Miocene Epoch.
The park opens daily during the summer and weekends year-round. You should stay away from the unstable cliffs to avoid any mishap.
Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia:
The beach allows leisurely browsing of un-picked-over specimens, including sand dollars. North of the Florida line, and the National Park Service strictly controls access by ferry and no bridge reaches this barrier island. So, beachcombers may go hours without seeing another person, though birds and other wildlife abound. Shark teeth can often be found on the marsh (west) side of the island.
Eleuthera Island, The Bahamas:
Those of you who don’t prefer to wait for bad weather can find a huge variety of specimens by snorkeling in the shallow waters just offshore. Eleuthera is one of The Bahamas’ “Out Islands,” only an hour or so by air from Fort Lauderdale or Miami. You can expect an adventure but no-frills accommodations, no shops to speak of, but plenty of local seafood.
Great Peconic Bay, Long Island, New York:
The beaches of this surprisingly unspoiled area do contain some bay scallop shells and other treasures but the restoration efforts have helped the scallops to recover.
Stinson Beach, California:
The beach supplies limpet shells and sand dollars plus lots of surfers, a couple of nice seafood restaurants nearby, rugged natural beauty and endearing small-town quirkiness.
These beaches are the best for shell hunting so, if its your favourite passtime then go find different types of shell.Enjoy shell
hunting.
Source: CNN
