Cape Romain – Part 1: Decoding the structure of Cape Island; By Cecelia Dailey
Cape Romain is South Carolina’s only cape and its most erosional coast. Change is happening rapidly here.
Dog Island, Florida; By Orrin H. Pilkey & Norma Longo
Dog Island is a 6.8 mile-long, east-west trending barrier island along the so-called “forgotten coast” of the Panhandle of Florida, in the Gulf of Mexico.
Isle of Skye – Coral Beach, Scotland; By Gary Griggs
While on a circumambulation of the coast of Scotland in September, we noticed a description of a must see place, Coral Beach on the Isle of Skye. This name came as a surprise, mainly because Skye is situated at a latitude of 57.3 degrees north, nearly the same as Juneau, Alaska, and a coral beach seemed extremely unlikely.
Cape San Blas, Florida; By Celie Dailey
On the Apalachicola River Delta, Cape San Blas is part of a barrier island chain along Florida’s northwest coast that stretches westward, across the bay of Mobile, AL.
Belinho Beach, NW Portugal: An Example of Rapid Beach Change; By H. Granja & J.L.S. Pinho
Portugal, located in the most western part of Europe, is a country with more than 900km of Atlantic coast. The coast is very diverse in terms of landforms and sediment types.
A Tale of Two Beaches: Tompire Bay, NE Trinidad; By John Weber, William Neal & Jeanette Arkle
Trinidad, West Indies, has many beautiful beaches and among the most interesting are those of the Northern Trinidad coast.
Asilah, Morocco: A Coastal Town Seeking Modernity; By Celie Dailey
Asilah is a beautifully revived town on the Atlantic coast of Morocco whose medina is white washed every year in preparation for its annual arts festival. Outside the medina walls lapped by ocean tides, there is a craggy shore with bright green algae growing on its eroded rocks. To the north, there are wide, flat sandy beaches but to the south, cliffs and caves are found on shoreline.
What the Sands Tell Us: a Look Back at Southeastern US Beaches; By Orrin H. Pilkey & William J. Neal
All beaches contain a variety of minerals, unique “suites”, which are like fingerprints in the sand—fingerprints that are clues as to where the sand came from.
50 Best Beaches in the World (PHOTOS)
Here, in no particular order, 50 sources of beach inspiration—from secluded coves in Southeast Asia to romantic getaways in the Mediterranean—that will make you want to book a ticket immediately.