8/19/25 Report - Erin Sending Treasure Coast Increased Waves. Four-Century History Timeline. Ark of the Covenant.

Written by the TreasureGuide for the Exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

Source: Surf Forecast for the Fort Pierce Inlet Area from SurfGuru.com.

The big news for me today is the higher surf.  It has been a long slow summer.

The morning update on the SurfGuru surf forecast shows the Fort Pierce area getting a four-to-six-foot surf Tuesday and six to eight feet Wednesday.  It has been a long time since we got anything that big on the Treasure Coast.  Several months at least.  

The surf direction is predicted to be from the east rather than the north.  That isn't ideal for beach erosion.  Still after all this summer's accumulation, I'd expect to see some erosion.  In fact, on one of the beach cams I was seeing a little - though very little - yesterday.

Of course there will be local differences depending upon various factors such as the angle of the beach etc.  Below is the surf forecast for the Sebastian Inlet area.

Surf Forecast for the Sebastian Inlet Area from SurfGuru.com.

The surf up there is predicted to be a foot or so higher.  Not a big difference though.

Early Tuesday, while there still wasn't good lighting for the beach cam, the Beach South Zoom view on the Fort Pierce Inlet cam shows the tide still fairly low.  

 

SurfGuru Fort Pierce Inlet, South Beach Zoon View Tuesday Morning.

I'm just using that view as an example.  The Sebastian cam showed bigger waves this morning.

Yesterday this view showed the water just getting back to touch the foot of the dune.  In comparison to a pervious view, I could see that the beach front had moved back a touch.  Still, this beach looks very sandy.  Not very encouraging at that spot yet.  Other areas could be better.  We haven't seen the higher surf yet.

I wish we were going to get a more northerly surf.  Still, the higher surf, after such a long slow summer, will be interesting to watch.  There is a lot of sand that needs to be moved.  It should be worth taking a look just to see how the beaches are developing.

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Below is a segment of a series with the title Church History Timeline. 

1539  New Spain: Franciscan Friar Marcos de Niza was the first European to visit present-day New Mexico.

1540s  New France: Jacques Cartier explored the St. Lawrence River, located approximately at the border of present-day USA and Canada. This is the beginning of the development of New France. Eventually New France will include territory through the middle of present-day USA to the Gulf of Mexico.

1543  New Spain: Juan de Padilla, a Franciscan friar, became the first Christian martyr in America. Read his story here.

1565  New Spain: St. Augustine, in present-day Florida, is founded by the Spanish. It is the oldest city, in terms of European occupation, in the USA. It became a center for Spanish missions throughout present-day Florida.

1598  New Spain: Juan de Onate, leading a force of 100 men plus women and children and 7000 cattle, entered present-day New Mexico with a mandate by the King of Spain to colonize the northern frontier of New Spain. Within a few months, he had established a colony with administration plus divided the region into 7 mission districts, which were led by Franciscan friars. By 1617 the missions included 11 churches and 14,000 Native American Christians. In 1621 this number had grown to 16,000 Native American Christians led by 27 priests.

Below are the links for each of the four centuries included.

Church History Timeline: the 1500s: United States of America | Study the Church

Church History Timeline: the 1600s: American Church History | Study the Church

Church History Timeline: the 1700s: United States of America | Study the Church

Church History Timeline: the 1800s: United States of America | Study the Church

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Joshua and Moses Before the Arc of the Covenant.

Believed to hold the original stone tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments, the Ark of the Covenant disappeared around 586 B.C.E., and its fate remains a mystery...

One of the most popular theories about the location of the Ark of the Covenant is that it’s held at the Church of St. Mary of Zion in Axum (sometimes spelled Aksum), Ethiopia. According to Ethiopia’s 14th-century national epic, the Kebra Nagast, the Ark was taken from the Temple of Solomon by a group of sons of Israelite nobles who were traveling with Menelik, the legendary son of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Thanks to the power of the Ark, Menelik was purportedly able to conquer great swaths of the territory that would eventually become Ethiopia...

Here is the link.

Where Is The Ark Of The Covenant? Inside The Enduring Mystery

You might remember that the CIA remote viewer described the current loation mentioined domes and robed people, for whatever that is worth.

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Source: nhc.noaa.gov.

It's that time of year.  Seems like we always get a lot of tropical activity around the end of August and first of September.

Looks like Erin will stay out to sea and pass by fairly quickly.

We'll still have to keep watching for any changes and to see what the next one is going to do.

We're getting some rain this morning.

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Rip Current Statement issued August 18 at 7:45PM EDT until August 21 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Melbourne FL

Description

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Indian River, Coastal Saint Lucie and Coastal Martin Counties. * WHEN...Through Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Expect 3 to 6 foot breaking waves on Tuesday. A High Surf Advisory will likely be required beginning Wednesday for 5 to 8 foot breakers.

Good hunting,

Treasureguide@comcast.net