Shelling at the beach; Sea Shell Hunting at South Marco Island during negative low tide.
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- Опубліковано 25 лип 2024
- Shelling at the beach in South Marco Island was pretty awesome! We'd never been here before and I wanted to see what the South end of Marco Island shelling was like. Since we had the opportunity to visit during negative low tide, I think we were able to access areas that normally you can't get to from the beach.
We found tons of great shellsl during this shelling trip at the South Marco Island Beach. Tulips reigned supreme on this day and we encountered TONS of live lettered olives. They are so weird looking, but somehow totally awesome at the same time.
We parked at the public parking area and paid $8 to park for the entire day:
930 Swallow Ave, Marco Island, FL 34145
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I didn't know hermit crabs get so big. I love how you find all these different shells there. Makes me want to come out there to visit and go sea shell hunting. Just looking at all those shells every where there is exciting. I do enjoy your videos and your voice.
Thank you so much Sally! It's been a lot of fun learning about all the shells and getting out there and finding them. I'm so glad I can share what I'm learning and finding along the way. Thank you so much for watching!
Wow, u all had a great find....such pretty shells...lots of fun and a nice beach....love those low tides🏝🐚
It was another good shelling day for sure! Hopefully it will stay like this. The winters are better for shelling and those low tides definitely help!
Negative low tides are great, especially at finding lots of critters. Lots of nice shell finds. Love that huge sand dollar.
It was fun checking out a new beach AND seeing what negative low tide would do here. I hit the olive jackpot for sure! Thanks so much for watching !
The live olive in full "bloom" was so neat! I always look forward to your videos.
Thank you! That olive gave a nice little show for us didn't he? Thanks for coming along with me on my beach walks!
Good day for banded tulips!
It sure was! Thank you so much for watching!
Fun, fun, fun video! Gotta get to Marco Island. I love the tulips, the albino welk and the juvenile horse conchs. Thank you again for sharing your fun shelling day. Keep on shelling 🤗🐚🐚🐚🐚
Thank you for coming along with me! It was a really fun day to be shelling. All those live olives were so cool!
Just Love your videos. Beautiful shells, my favorite is the Florida fighting conch. Love the beautiful colors it has on them. Just gorgeous. We have 9 weeks and we will be back living in south Florida. Can’t wait to get out of this cold weather. Brrrrrrrr
It would be really hard for me to pick just one favorite. I have so many, but that FFC definitely has a big place in my heart. They never disappoint! I hope your 9 weeks goes quickly and in the meantime I'll keep you posted as to whats going on at the beaches down here!
After watching your videos, Florida is growing on me.
I live in N Central Fl, and vacation 2 times a year to the SW Beaches. I love Florida and would never live anywhere else!🐊🏝🌞🐚
AGREED!!!! 😎
It's AWESOME! I might be a bit biased since I moved here from NJ but I really do love it here. The beaches are beautiful, the weather is awesome and no snow! 😎
This was great!! All the live olives..and tulips and nutmegs...and the dose murex!!!!
Thank you so much for watching!
Thanks for taking us along to South Marco Island and for showing the parking and access to the beach. That shell pile was full of goodies and what fun the negative low tide seems to be! Always enjoy your trips and look forward to next weeks video.
Thank you so much!! I have so much fun going out and making these videos to share. Thank you for coming along with me!
Love your videos ! They helped with our Shelling trip to Marco Island. We Did visit the parking lot for South Beach. But was already late in the day, and our plan was Tigertail Beach Early morning. We did not park or investigate. But did see a marked path to cross the street and walk between the condos. Will make Sure to shell there next Marco visit !
Try to hit a low tide day - I think that really helped us find all the goodies we did. There wasn't all that much on the beach, but around that jetty there were tons! I hope you find lots of goodies when you go!
I love them all ... but, I am beginning to have a favorite. The banded tulips are so pretty. Now if those bands were a brilliant gold.
Gold or any other color would be pretty dang awesome! The bands are mostly that dark color but the shells are always different colors and they're just too pretty to pass up. Thanks for coming along with me!
Marco Island is our ONLY choice of vacation spots when we go to Florida. i LOVE shelling there and am usually not disappointed. We do day trips to Sanibel while there, so we don't miss out on that beach either! Thank you for the beach time, I needed it!!
Well that sounds like a solid shelling plan! Where do you normally shell when you go to Marco? The public parking is limited so I don't have many choices! Curious if you have any shelling tips...
I’d plant myself on the ground there in the midst of those large shell piles and just dig away, finding treasures along the way!
Me too...🐚 Heaven😊
Mind if I join too?
@@lauraporter6516 sure! 😂😂😂
I think I'm too antsy to shell the piles if I think there are shells in the water. I love the chase!! Thanks so much for watching!
@@SWFBeachLife Hello ! Side question about parking for South Marco beach. When I wa there in Dec, i Did see the parking area. And yes is pay parking. But is it possible to just park at 6a, Still pay for parking for the day. Or, do they discourage early parking. Thank you.
I must say I do regret not going to Marco while I was there last week. Some locals told me and my husband that it is a nice area. Hopefully next time. We hope to return in the summer and then again in the winter. I have traded Marathon Keys in for Ft. Myers I just love it there. The shells and the people are amazing. Watching you is such a delight, thank you.....
The keys is what convinced us to move to FL! I love it there and one of these days we'll make it back. In the meantime, we're busy at all the awesome beaches down here - Fort Myers Beach really being my "home" beach. Thank you so much for coming along with me on my walk!
The keys is what convinced us to move to FL! I love it there and one of these days we'll make it back. In the meantime, we're busy at all the awesome beaches down here - Fort Myers Beach really being my "home" beach. Thank you so much for coming along with me on my walk!
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I was stupid forgot my login password. I would appreciate any help you can give me.
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@Zahir Zavier I really appreciate your reply. I found the site thru google and Im trying it out now.
Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
Love that your hubby ‘shell hunts’ with you !
Plus sometimes he finds pretty good shells! 😂
On my bucket list is to go walking on the beach…..and collect shells. You make it so enjoyable
Thank you so much! I hope you do make it there one day and find lots of goodies!
Love Marco Island. Was there last Christmas. Wish we could go back but COVID has halted our travel plans. Living vicariously through you
I'm so sorry your plans were cancelled :( I hear this from a lot of viewers. Hoping 2021 will be a MUCH better year. Thank you so much for coming along with me!
I'm so sorry your plans were cancelled :( I hear this from a lot of viewers. Hoping 2021 will be a MUCH better year. Thank you so much for coming along with me!
Headed to South Marco Island in June. We are so excited, and I can’t wait to wake up to the sounds and smells of the beach. Thank you for all your knowledge, and humor you bring to the video’s. Love your shows! ❤️
Happy shelling!
Oh you're going to have so much fun! Marco is such a pretty area - there's water everywhere! I am happy to bring you to the beach each week - thank you so much for coming along with me. I hope you have fun planning for your June trip!
Gotta love negative low tide!☺️ And I love the "rookie" shells too (I think that's hilarious, BTW). The loaded LW was great! You really know your hermit crabs. Beautiful big starfish! I'm so jealous of the albino whelks! Interesting info on the quahogs. Great video of the live olive! I think what you thought was a thorny oyster is actually a corrugate jewelbox. I found a couple at Lido and had to look it up in my book. You did really well there! Thanks
That shell could have been a corrugate jewelbox - these dang shells start looking so similar if they have been tossed around a bit! It was definitely a good assortment of finds and happy that I got to see critters AND shells. My favorite :) Thanks for coming along with me! xoxo
I love when you show the live critters!
Wow! Great walk. Thanks!
I was actually re-watching this video lol and noticed I'm wasnt subscribed to ur channel, i couldnt beleave it becouse i have been watching ur videos for a few months now. Guess ur vidioes just come up becouse of related videos i watch but i made sure to "push that button" 😆 have a gr8t day.
Awww - thank you so much! Watching my videos helps me a lot so the fact you are rewatching something makes you a rock star!!! Thank you so much!!!
So ive seen different snails spead there body to catch the surf be4 just wounder if thats what the last little guy was doing? If so he looked like a pro! Saved alot of time and energy riding surf back to water instead of having to crawl👍 im very appreciative and most times just truly amazed by the plants and animals of all kinds we share this planted with and thanks for sharing ur adventures👍 God Bless u and urs and happy huntings!
I have seen those videos too where the olives spread out their bodies and "surf" to get around. Very cool indeed! The shells and creatures that create them all fascinate me. I'm so happy to be able to share them! Thank you so much for coming along with me on my walks!
This was a really cool one with all the critter activity everywhere. You really got a nice variety ☺️❤️
It was so much fun! I can't wait for the winter low tides again. I'll definitely be back! Thanks so much for watching!
Awesome. Just got back from spending almost two weeks beachcombing at my little place down south. Thanks so much as you have taught me the names of the shells
You are so very welcome! I hope you had a wonderful 2 weeks beach combing! Thanks so much for watching!
Very cool finds! Great tulips and cones, nice rose murex too! Tarpon beach provided me with cool finds and massive shell piles this week.
I always go North when I park at Bowman's - maybe I'll have to try walking South again :) Thank you for watching!
@@SWFBeachLife There is parking at Tarpon but I happened to bike there.
@@shellstories I live in Ft Myers and I have the county parking pass so I'm usually at Bowman's or Turner beaches. I have a connection that hopefully I can use soon to get some better beach access! Happy shelling!
Yah ! I’ve been so busy working and I’m missing my shelling vids!! Love the music in the beginning!! Olives were awesome 😎 Thanks again !
Welcome back! And don't worry - the videos will keep coming :) Hope you have a great week!
I love your theme music too! Pretty & catchy; when we hear it we get excited for Beach Time!
I had a rose Murax in my collection and for years I couldn’t figure out what shell that was. So thank you so much for clarifying
Glad it was helpful! The ones that haven't been on the beach and worn down so long should be a pinkish color. Nice find!
Thanks for sharing another fun adventure! I'm really on the fence about that murex you found. It either has to be a Rose Murex or a Cabarets Murex. The problem is when they wear down like that they become almost indistinguishable between one another. I took a look at some photos of both and sometimes a Rose Murex can be a bit on the lighter side and sometimes they are a vibrant rose when fresh. If I was forced to pick between the two I'd agree with you and say it was a Rose Murex because those tend to be a bit more common in the Marco area (although not a common find by any means). The reverse is true (at least from my experiences) that Cabarets are more common in the Sanibel area. Also a really nice alphabet cone you found there. Can't wait till January I'll be heading down to Marco maybe I'll be lucky and see you there :)!
I would LOVE to find a cabarets murex! I love all things spiny! And you are so right about the shells being hard to identify once they're worn down a bit.
Marco seems to be pretty good for the shelling! I've been there three times so far and it was pretty good each time we went. I hope you find lots of shells when you come down in January. If you see a lady walking around with a bright orange shell bag that most likely is me - please stop me and say hi!
I don’t know who told you tulips are rookie shells ...they are not....most people don’t find them ....especially in good condition. I have heard there are large turbines to be be found over at honeymoon island ...have you been over there?
I have not but I will get up there! I'm thinking Spring once it warms up a little. Since it's north of here it gets cooler sooner. There are a whole bunch of beaches up there I'd like to visit. I'll have to plan a road trip for Spring!
I have not but I will get up there! I'm thinking Spring once it warms up a little. Since it's north of here it gets cooler sooner. There are a whole bunch of beaches up there I'd like to visit. I'll have to plan a road trip for Spring!
Awesome score
Great haul today! Love seeing those live olives, or any live critters! May I ask what you do with your shells! I have mine in jars or on shelves, but 4 huge ones, I display on the floor. As always, thanks for taking us along with you!
I like the way the shells look all jumbled together, so I have a few glass jars full of them. I have separated out one big one for lightning whelks, one for olives and another for scallops. Everything else is jumbled together right now. I was lucky enough to score 2 big lamp-like things to put shells in that will go on the floor. I'm wondering what I'm going to do a year from now. I'm going to have shells everywhere! Thanks so much for coming along with me!
@@SWFBeachLife I'm going to go through mine in the jars and see exactly what I have. They're from all over, Jamaica, Mexico, California, Canada, and Florida. Many years of traveling and more to come! Eventually, we'll be moving to Florida because my husband has a daughter and family in Palm Harbor.
@@mlgauss60435 Sounds like you have quite the collection! I didn’t have much of a collection when I moved here but I think I’m making up for lost time! By the time you move at least you’ll know how to identify most of your FL shells!
Hello from Washington State 😁 Thank you for video!!
Hello Washington!!! You are very welcome and I think you for watching!
first time viewer. interesting. you have a pleasant voice. *:-)*
Thank you so much! I hope you enjoy my videos and the beaches I bring you to!
"And here we have a lovely purple scallop accessorizing a cute barnacle, I'm sure for storing a little snack." hahahahah
You're hired! 😂
@@SWFBeachLife Look out Project Runway!
I love the nutmegs and tulips.
Great finds. I’m learning a lot from watching you the albino welk was cool. Could you tell me what the critters were that were digging up the beach?
Those other critters digging up the beach were lettered olives looking for water. I don't think I've ever seen that many - it was pretty cool. Thanks so much for sharing my beach walk with me!
Beautiful!!
Thank you! 😊
Hi what a great video I love your channel so much.!! I was wondering where you think the best shell are if you are staying on Marco island !! ❤️❤️
The best shells are probably on the south end around the rock jetty but you can only get there during low tide. My other choice would be Tigertail. I'm releasing a video of Tigertail tonight!
@@SWFBeachLife yay thank you SO much so exited ❤️❤️
Nice finds🥰 Have u ever looked at shells through a microscope? Wondering if u can see how the bands/colors are formed.
Hmmm - no I have not. I suspect the colors and bands are formed based on the type of shell it is and the color of it's parents. Interesting thought though! Thank you for watching!
Wow! Good job! I knew I shoulda hit marco island on Sundays neg low tide. Do you think south beach is better then tigertail now that you've done both?
Hmmmm. Well Tigertail is a lot more walking for sure, which I like. Both times I visited I liked what I found. The South end seemed to really only have good shells over that jetty, which is probably only accessible during a really low tide. I definitely would try the south end again but I feel like Tigertail might be a better option if someone only has one chance to go shelling. I'll have to walk the whole island and see how I feel after that!
How long were you on the beach that day? Looks like you found a lot of beautiful specimens.
We were only there for a few hours - if I had to guess I'd say 3.5-4 hours or so. We like to start early and get the shelling "out of the way." LOL! Thanks so much for watching!
@@SWFBeachLife Thanks, just wanted to put into perspective how much shell loot you found....in a fairly short window. Loved all that you brought home. That sand dollar!!
@@salishseaquest7952 That sand dollar was huge! Yes, we only had a short window to shell that low tide and we made the most of it!
A very nice hall!!!
I have to agree- not too shabby of a morning. Thanks for coming along with me!
Tip toe thru the tulips with me! You got a bouquet of tulips on that trip!
Now why didn't I think of that? There certainly were enough of them on this trip! Thank you for watching (as always)!!!
Do u find that different seasons bring different shells?
Winter is the best shelling season. I tend to find a mix of everything all year long, but the winters are by far the best for shelling. Every now and then I'll find a whole bunch of the same shell, but I think that's just luck. Thank you for watching!
Yup, those tulips are hard to find
Hi, thank you for another wonderful shelling video! Could I ask you why is it that tulips can be called "rookie" shells? I hope I got the spelling right. :)
That is the correct spelling! Rookie means someone new, like the first year someone is on a professional sports team. I ran into an older gentleman that likes to shell over on Sanibel. We exchanged pleasantries and we asked each other what shells we had found. I told him I had found some banded tulips and he told me those were "rookie shells." I told this story in a previous video, so once in a while I'll call banded tulips "rookie shells." Thank you so much for watching!
@@SWFBeachLife I'm thinking he was a "Shell Snob" !! 🙄 Tulips aren't rookie; maybe arks or such, but tulips no!
@@debnordman1640 Totally agreed! I can't remember the last time I found banded tulip! They'll never be rookie shells to me!
You mentioned we would say something about that lightning welch, but I'm over here like, you're not taking all those florida fighting conchs? There were so many. 😅
I think the reason they are one of my favorites is because you can almost ALWAYS find these guys. They are definitely a "common" shell and not hard to find at all. So if I have limited shelling time (tide coming in) and I think there are others shells to be found I might pass them by. That being said I would LOVE to find an albino one of them. I've seen many shells but never one of those. Yet. Thanks for coming along with me Corey!
@@SWFBeachLife Oh, that would be an amazing find. An albino FFC. And I'm happy to follow along. Thanks to you, I can now identify many shells native to your area. And even some native to mine. So, I thank you for allowing us a perspective into your world for a short time each week. :)
@@cdecola And I sincerely appreciate you watching! One of these days I hope to make SWF Beach Life my JOB! A girl can dream!
Yay!
In another video, you said banded tulips are hard to find. Make up my mind.
It took me three trips to Florida before I found any tulips.
I bet you it took me more than 3 trips to find any! I love those guys! My husband says they look fake because of the bands but I think it makes them even more awesome. Thank you so much for watching!
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We used to call the slipper shells, Indian slippers...😊
I love giving things nick names - love it! Thank you so much for watching!
How do you know if it will be a NEGATIVE low tide?
I have an app called Tide Charts (free from the App store if you have an iPhone). It's very easy to navigate once you figure out what tide station you want to get info from. You'll see the tide numbers listed and anything below 0 (zero) is considered a negative tide. Basically it's just a really, really low tide and exposes more beach so its easier to get to hard to reach places :) Hope that helps - thank you for watching!
Olives…….I had no idea 🤷♀️
Why do you call tulip shells rookie shells?
I had run into this older gentleman on Sanibel - I've seen him several times on my walks. Us shellers will sometimes chat to see what others are finding and I told him I had found a few tulips. He called them "rookie" shells. He likes the cones and I guess shells that are a little more exotic. It's kind of an inside joke but I'm going to keep looking for them! Thank you for coming along with me!
I took two tips to Sanibel and only found two banded tulips. I did find thousands of bites from sand fleas so I haven’t been back. My husband had no reaction to the sand fleas. If I find a way to avoid the bites I would be back to search for more tulips
I miss my little turtle 😢
you missed a cone shell
It's certainly possible! Thanks for watching!
I live on Marco Island yet I've never even heard of SOUTH Marco Island. Silly tourists
Does that make me a silly tourist? 😂
I put up a couple new videos on my channel
Isn't it fun! What are you using to edit your videos?
@@SWFBeachLife The editing tool is built into the phone Samsung S20s
@@SWFBeachLife I'm heading up to my cabin tomorrow
@@232323ed Hope you get lots of great shots!