Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com.
 |
| Chunky Four-Reale Dug Yesterday. |
I'll do some cleaning and close-up photography and show other finds some other time, but mostly what I want to do now is show what some of the beaches looked like this morning.
Yesterday I showed photos of Ambersands, Seagrape and Turtle Trails. I have photos of those beaches from this morning so you can see how things changed since yesterday.
First Ambersands.
 |
| Ambersands 1/23 |
You can compare that with yesterday's photo, which was taken closer to low tide.
 |
| Damaged Stairs At Seagrape Trail 1/23 |
The bottom of the stairs at Seagrape have been damaged by the high water lately. I'm surprised they haven't closed Seagrape Trail yet. That could happen.
 |
| Seagrape Trail Beach 1/23 |
You can see that the water has been chipping away at the foot of the dunes.
 |
| Erosion Control Bags at Turtle Trail 1/23 |
Last night dumped several inches of sand over the bags at Turtle Trail, which were much more exposed yesterday.
 |
| Turtle Trail to the South Near the Second Flag Pole 1/23 |
Here is a picture of a cut that I posted yesterday from about the same area. The cut was gone today and the slope was mushy.
 |
| Cut on Seen at Turtle Trail Yesterday 1/22 |
There was more sand on the slope today. The cuts were smoothed out. The beach was mushier, but the dunes were still being cut into. Much of that was into renourishment sand.
Here is another photo of the same area today.
 |
| Turtle Trail 1/23 |
Yesterday the spot shown in the photo above had about seven inches of sand over the older orange sand. With the additional sand today, there would be somewhere around a foot or more of sand over the old orange sand in that area.
 |
| John Brooks Beach Today 1/23 |
 |
| High Water Line At John Brooks This Morning 1/23 |
It looks like the surf was coming more directly onto the beaches today, rather than having the angle that created the cuts.
I'll get into that more some other time. In recent years most of the windows of opportunity have been brief. Lately they have often been occurring early when a front comes through but don't last long.
The more you know about the history of a beach, the better off you will be. To get the most out of a single beach photo, it should be taken in its historical context. A day old, or week old or year old photo has value if you know how to use it. I'd love to have a photo of the same beach from the same spot taken over the decades, for example, That would show how it developed and put its current condition in context. Where the beach was yesterday, last week, or last year, are all important and useful facts that help you better understand where it is today. I'll get into that more some other time too. There are a lot of things to talk about.
I was pleased with the performance of the Equinox in rough black sand beach conditions. I'll get into that more some other time too.
Notice that I didn't decrease my conditions rating to a 1. Just to a 2. We'll see which way it goes from here.
The surf is still pretty high today. It will be decreasing slowly for a couple days.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
