Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.
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| Warning Sign At Wabasso Beach Saturday.. |
Today I'll give show you a number of the Treasure Coast beaches. I've been able to inspect some on South Hutchinson Island, and DJ sent photos of some of those in Indian River County. All of these photos were taken Saturday.
First, above is a sign posted at Wabasso. Besides being an indicator of dangers, it tells you something of the state of the beaches. I'll repeat the warning on rip tides. I remember the first time I wandered into one. At the time I didn't know much about them, and it was a frightening. I hate to say this, because you should definitely not venture into a tip tide, but they can create some nice treasure holes. It is impossible to work in a rip tide anyhow but you might be able to get into the dip AFTER the water has gone down.
You can't work with a metal detector in this rough surf even if you were allowed to. There was a time when I would work in very rough conditions, and in old posts gave some tips on how it can be done. I recounted times when the waves hitting me in the head gave kept knocking off my headphones. It was a real headache (actual headache). For safety reasons, I don't advise that, and the shipwreck beaches of the Treasure Coast are under salvage leases anyhow.
It is nice when you get a good low tide and can get out to work a drop-offs on the front beach where you normally can't work.
Almost all the beaches of the Treasure Coast are showing wide flat areas at the beach front. A lot of renourishment sand has been dragged down and into the shallow water.
One of my old says is, "Follow the sand, but don't catch it." When the sand gets moved, other slower moving objects will get left behind. You want to be where the sand just moved from.
That is another thing, when sand accumulates, and when beaches build, remember, it is coming from somewhere.
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| Wabasso Beach Saturday. Photo by DJ. |
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| Wabasso Beach Saturday. Photo by DJ. |
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| Seagrape Trail Beach Saturday. Photo by DJ. |
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| Seagrape Trail Saturday. Photo by DJ. |
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Turtle Trail Saturday. Photo by DJ.
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| Turtle Trail Saturday. Photo by DJ. |
So there are some fo the Indian River Counry beaches. You probably noticed that there was some recent filling. In the photo immediately above you can see the remains of a small cut and seaweed accumulation.
Now to some South Hutchinson Island beaches. These photos were taken Saturday. Some of the same beaches were also photographed and posted Friday, so you can see what an additional day of slightly higher surf did to those beaches.
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| John Brooks Saturday. |
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| John Brooks Saturday. |
One change in John Brooks beach from Friday to Saturday is the little cut got washed away from the higher water.
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| Walton Rocks Saturday |
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| Walton Rocks Saturday. |
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| Jensen Beach Saturday. |
As I mentioned in my previous post, Jensen Beach has some nice cuts and dips. In the photo above, there is a detectorists working below one of the cuts down near the water. That is the only detectorist I saw the past couple of days. I'd think there would be more metal detecting with the current beach conditions.
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| Jensen Beach Saturday. |
Don't be afraid to take some long walks or visit places that I didn't show. I suspect some of the better spots are away from the accesses. I just took quick photos where I was. I didn't have time to inspect some of the other places, which I think might be even better.
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| Source: Surfguru.com. |
The tides are big, but the surf will be decreasing.
Good hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
