Monthly Archives: May 2012

Memorial Day

Today is Memorial Day. When you are stuck in traffic on the way to the beach and you’re feeling hot and frustrated, your kids are whining, and the drinks in your cooler are getting warm, and you are thinking about laying on your horn or making an obscene gesture STOP and think about the soldiers who DIED so that you can LIVE in a FREE country with plenty of food, resources, infrastructure, opportunities, choices, and rights that not everybody in this world is lucky enough to have.

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June Grass Update for 5/27/12

June grass update for Walton County May 27, PM:

1 on the June Grass Grossness Index.

My husband and I went snorkeling at the beach around 5pm. The water visibility was decent and we swam out about 50 yards from the beach into about ten feet of water. I noticed a few dribs and drabs of June Grass along the bottom but none really in the water column. We saw a small southern stingray, a huge school of ladyfish, a couple of jellies, and a lot of gelatinous egg cases in the water. Close to the beach there was a distinctly cooler, somewhat murky, current of water but further out there was a very warm, clear current. This was where the eggs were and I ran into some sea lice, but nothing major, just annoying little stings. The water is probably 78-80F depending on which beach you’re at.

Please be SAFE, SMART, and CONSIDERATE this Memorial Day weekend at the beach!

If there isn’t a current June Grass report up on this site I suggest checking the link to local beach cams on the left side of this page. They can often give you an idea of what the water is like.

PLEASE ENJOY THE BEACH RESPONSIBLY!

Posted on May 27, 2012 | Aside

June Grass Update for 5/26/12

June grass update for Walton County May 26, PM:

0 on the June Grass Grossness Index.

This is technically a guest post. The UV Index is at 11, so I opted to stay indoors while my husband went for a swim. He says there is no June Grass, most of the sargassum is gone, there are a few fish around, not many boats, and the water is nice.

Please be SAFE, SMART, and CONSIDERATE this Memorial Day weekend at the beach!

If there isn’t a current June Grass report up on this site I suggest checking the link to local beach cams on the left side of this page. They can often give you an idea of what the water is like.

PLEASE ENJOY THE BEACH RESPONSIBLY!

Posted on May 26, 2012 | Aside

Still none

May 22

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Also a lot of surf fishing going on.

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Still no June Grass Here

May 21

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There are rumors that the June Grass is starting to come into areas west of Walton County like Navarre and Fort Walton. The wind is supposed to be from the North for the next three days, which often calms the Gulf. When I was wading this morning I observed shoals of ~1″ baitfish being chased by small schools of ~1′ game fish. Blues maybe?

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All Clear in St. Andrew Bay 5/20/12

May 20

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Today I went snorkeling at St. Andrew State Park in Panama City. Not a hint of June Grass, a lovely beach day, decent visibility at about 30′, tons of fish including mullet, bucktooth parrotfish, cocoa damsels, bicolor damsels, sheepshead, small snappers and sea bass, senett, and a pufferfish!

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June Grass Report for 5/19/12

May 19

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No June Grass here!

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No Swimming at East Pass in Destin

May 17

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There are high levels of fecal bacteria in the water. You can read the news article here.

Please bookmark the Okaloosa County Health Department page for the most up to date beach water testing results.

To learn more about the Florida Healthy Beaches program click here.

I also find that the Florida Beaches app for Android (free on the Google Play store) stays on top of beach closures.

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Live from Dune Allen

May 15

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Previously I have gotten some negativity from a local on tripadvisor.com about the fact that The June Grass Report usually comes from Topsail Hill State Park. This happened to be the most convenient beach for me to access in the past, but now I have the ability to report on other beaches such as Dune Allen and Destin Pass.

As of about 7am there was zero june grass at Dune Allen, although there is still a fair bit of sargassum around and the south wind is miring the visibility.