PCB, Bay County & Points East
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The June Grass Report 
June 13th, 2023
I left on June 11th. There was a lot of June Grass at Panama City Beach.
Some places there was more than other places.
It seemed to burn/sting my skin but no one else’s, that was with us.
The last day, the 11th, we went to St. Andrews State Park. There was a lot of June grass a long the beach. Water was very dark green some places. The tidal pool area didn’t look green.
Any updates for the PCB area? I know saragassum is prevalent in areas, but wondering about the June Grass. Thanks!!
I’m at the osprey. The June grass has been bad the last three days. I went swimming and was covered in it. First time I have ever seen it. I can’t even surf fish. It’s July the 11th.
Any June grass in pcb now.
Camp Helen State Park on June 18 was gorgeous. Gross factor = 0. Not a wisp of June Grass in sight. This is usually not a good beach for shelling but we found a shark tooth and a 2” sand dollar today. It’s a 7/10 mile round trip slog from the parking lot to the beach, and over half of the distance is deep soft sand. Probably why this park is less-visited and less-crowded. A good place to escape the June Grass in Navarre and Okaloosa Island, where we usually go.
Any reports of June grass in PCB currently?
I am hoping the lack of comments here means the June Grass has been minimal in PCB? We are leaving to go down Aug 3rd. Any reports?
Reports from PCB tend to be more sparse
We arrived on Aug. 4th and it was clear until Wednesday when the June grass was back with a vengeance. Just walked the beach in back of Pineapple Willy’s and it looks a bit better, but still here.
On the West end of PCB and the June grass seems to be thriving and hanging around.
We are in PCB/Laguna Beach (2.5 mi west of Pier Park) and there is definitely June grass here. The water is greenish brown. We always come down this time of year and have been fortunate to avoid it for the last few years, but probably all the rain has caused fertilizer runoff.
I’d say about a 2.5 on the grossness scale!
any report for june grass in Panama City Beach?