Seaweed-don't miss it!

My area wasn't quite that bad, but probably will be in a few days.

I love the sargassum! It is great fun to see what is living in all the clumps washing in. We have found some really great little creatures in it. I know a lot of people complain about it, but if you can't fish for dinner, try looking at the little guys hanging out in the sargassum that you will be able to catch for dinner in a few years. ;-)

No sargassum = No hiding places for little fish = No big fish to catch later

thanks for the boost....

Got some pics of two different Sargassum Angler Fish, today, and some shaky, splashy video. Also saw some very different crabs living in the Sargassum Grass. Will try to remember to post tomorrow. Oh yeah, found plenty of trash some of which appears to have been at sea for a while, covered with barnacles.

Awww, it's not too bad, really. Although as mentioned above, there has been some sea-trash mixed in, but also some pretty neat stuff...found a watch that had been 'out to sea' for a while. The band was in bad shape, but the watch is the kind that 'takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'. Also picked up a good bit of drift wood, and since I'm the kind of gal that appreciates 'found art'...;-)

I can't wait to get to the beach today and examine this seaweed!

I can't wait to get to the beach today and examine this seaweed!

Maybe around lunch time, so you can enjoy a nice beach 'salad'?

take a few garbage bags and we can have a clean up day, while all the trash is washed up.


Grayton, yesterday.



Blue Mtn Beach, yesterday.
The Sargassum is pretty much everywhere I've been, but some places there is more than others.

This Sargassum Fish was caught by Little GreenRoomSurfer (who is also a fish), and was quickly released unharmed after a few quick photos.

take a few garbage bags and we can have a clean up day, while all the trash is washed up.


Grayton, yesterday.



Blue Mtn Beach, yesterday.
The Sargassum is pretty much everywhere I've been, but some places there is more than others.

Cool! I love how our beaches are different every single day. How boring it would be if they were just sand all the time...

This Sargassum Fish was caught by Little GreenRoomSurfer (who is also a fish), and was quickly released unharmed after a few quick photos.

She's there swimming and fishing again today.... was very excited about all the cool stuff she caught and released yesterday.

The Tdc better not move a thing. The Seaweed is an important part of the dune building process not to mention beach manicuring I believe is against the law.

I think picking "Artists" is a bit out of their realm also. 2plagarisms in 2 major events.

Sorry to have disparaged seaweed. I am so clueless about such matters that I didn't know its purpose.

Duh me. God has a purpose for everything. "Strange loops" are not random.

Got some pics of two different Sargassum Angler Fish, today, and some shaky, splashy video. Also saw some very different crabs living in the Sargassum Grass. Will try to remember to post tomorrow. Oh yeah, found plenty of trash some of which appears to have been at sea for a while, covered with barnacles.

Did you see the piece on CNN about garbage island?

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2008/04/14/ntm.garbage.island.cnn

OK, no reason to post any of my pics. The rest of you already pretty much hit it. I started at Navarre this weekend and the weeds and wood were pretty thick on the beach. The jelly fish were so bad that I couldn't fish. I got hit about 5 different times from Nettle Jelly's and then wussed out on fishing any more. Sting wore off in about a half hour. Went to Okaloosa Island and the weeds were still off shore a hundred yards or so, but working their way in. Walked West and snorkled for awhile and really hit a jackpot of shells. Jelly's were few on Okaloosa. It will only be a couple days before the beach smells pretty bad with the heat we are having right now.

Sargassum Grass at Grayton is now almost completely buried by sand.

I got to see lots of the fish that are right in the weeds. People were scooping them into buckets so that others back on shore could see them too. There was another organism that I am trying to find out what it was, it loooked like a weed, but shifted back and forth to propel itself. It looked like puffy weeds and was different then the fish that swam amongst the weeds. I held it in my goggles to show my wife before letting it go.
I hears someone call it a Spanish something or another, but don't fully remember.

I've been enjoying the water for the past week and a half and while there has been some seaweed, the water has been absolutely gorgeous. It isn't bad at all from my standpoint.

Does anyone remember the year it was so bad that one of the floats in the July 4th parade featured it? I think it was our own Dave R. that wore the gas mask on that float.

that sounds hilarious! would love to see a pic!!!

This Sargassum Fish was caught by Little GreenRoomSurfer (who is also a fish), and was quickly released unharmed after a few quick photos.

that is so coooool!!!!!!!!!! thanks sj.


we swam at the gulf a few times last week, instead of the lake at grayton, and noticed sargassum but it surely did not detract from the beauty of the water and beach - not at all! the beach is glorious in all its forms. it is forever changing while at the same time going through very seasonal/predictable cycles.

Did you see the video, yet?

Did you see the video, yet?

no, am I suppose to be checking a certain thread or place on the board for vids?

no, am I suppose to be checking a certain thread or place on the board for vids?

Sorry. I'm not sure if the video segment of SoWal has yet to be launched. I just figured you might have some inside scoop, and be able to view it. I uploaded it this afternoon. -- It is mostly a bunch of bubbles and gurgling noises.

Sorry. I'm not sure if the video segment of SoWal has yet to be launched. I just figured you might have some inside scoop, and be able to view it. I uploaded it this afternoon. -- It is mostly a bunch of bubbles and gurgling noises.

can't wait!

So how's that nutritious seaweed looking these days? My group will be down on Saturday. I'm not complaining - just managing expectations of those in our group who might be ignorant to the environmental benefits of the Sargassum and other marine vegetation.

Okay, okay - maybe I 'd like a day or 2 of clear water also. Thanks in advance for the heads up.

So how's that nutritious seaweed looking these days? My group will be down on Saturday. I'm not complaining - just managing expectations of those in our group who might be ignorant to the environmental benefits of the Sargassum and other marine vegetation.

Okay, okay - maybe I 'd like a day or 2 of clear water also. Thanks in advance for the heads up.

I'd just tell them there is tons, about a foot and a half deep covering the entire beach. They'll be plesently surprised when they find a lot less. That's what my parents did when we went to the beach.