I am addicted! I stumbled upon this channel and am I ever glad I did. I live in Canada so we do not have beaches like this. I have learned so much about shells. Keep up the great work. Love it!

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

I’m so glad you found my channel too! Thanks so much for watching my beach walks. I am loving everything about where I live and so glad I can share it and teach some shell names along the way!

May!! I'll be there in May!!🏝🐚👙🏖👙🐚😍

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Yay!! I hope the wait goes quick for you! Thank you for coming along with me!

Yup..watched again ! Reminds me of a Great kayak shelling trip ! Need another !! Great video !!

Wow, in a beautiful place to experience a beautiful sunrise! And the Big Bonus: Shell Hunting! 🐚 I can't think of a more perfect morning. 👌

Good day for Banded Tulips. The close up encounters with the dolphins were really cool!!!

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! It's always such a treat to see those dolphins. And it's almost manatee season! Maybe we'll see one of those. Or another turtle!!

Oh I'm so Jelly Belly 🙃 That dolphin was just Beautiful 🐬❤️

You are making it so hard to stay home while I am sick.. lol You will find that huge empty Horse Conch one day for sure.. Thanks for sharing all the treasures.

@nowvoyagerNE

3 жыл бұрын

Get well soon!

@shanaynay6652

3 жыл бұрын

@@nowvoyagerNE Thank you.

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

I hope you feel better soon Shannon! I WILL find that empty Horse Conch one day. I hope it's this year!

@brendalunsford2530

3 жыл бұрын

I was lucky to find a medium size horse conch my first trip to Sanibel. Found it in the bushes !? My son found Ine on the same trip in the water but didn’t seen anything but little ones on our other two trips. You will find one. There are others I am still looking for!

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

@@brendalunsford2530 Lol - in the bushes. Oh I’ll find min me one of these days. I’m already grateful for the beauty I’m going to find!

Wow jackpot for the alphabet shells!!! Beautiful day tranquil!!!🏝🌊🛶🏖

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Just wait - the island is the gaudy nautica jackpot! Thanks for watching Patty!

Love, love, love it! Totally bringing back childhood memories! That fiesty conch was a riot ... what fun!

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Right?! Thanks so much for watching!

Ah...Mom! I wanted to see more today! LOL! That sandbar was awesome and the water?! OMG! SO clear! I wouldn't be able to get in and out of a kayak, my body just doesn't move very well anymore. We have a canoe that hubby and I used for fishing, but I had to give that up a couple of years ago too. Hell to get old, so stay young, my friend! Thanks for taking us along with you and I can't wait for next week!

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

I'm getting out and about as much as I can. I hope to be climbing in and out of kayaks for many years to come! My body may get older, but my spirit never will :) Thanks for taking the time to watch my vids and comment Mary Lou!

Wow, that swirly striped shark eye is stunning; have never seen anything like it! Just wow! 👏

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

The gaudy naticas are one of my favorites. The really colorful ones are just stunning! Thanks so much for coming along with me!

I feel so relaxed after watching your videos. I have recommended your site to my coworkers that are attending my Mindfulness training sessions. ❤️🐚

@SWFBeachLife

2 жыл бұрын

That's wonderful! I'm so glad you enjoy your walks with me. I hope your coworkers get something out of them too. Thank you!

Love the beach at that time of day, and love sandbars. ♡♡

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

You have fantastic taste :)

@tinkertailor3115

3 жыл бұрын

@@SWFBeachLife :-)

Thank you for transporting me to the beach once more. You have played a part in making the last year of isolation tolerable. I hope you find the most perfect giant horse conch shell soon!

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Aww - thank you so much. I'm so glad I can bring you a little beachy goodness each week :) I appreciate you taking the time to watch my walks! I'll get that horse conch one of these days!

@maylynrizada5882

Жыл бұрын

I love you 💘😚😚😚💘💘💘😚😚💘

I grew up in FL never knew would have liked shelling 101 in school FIELD TRIPS!!! TU SO MUCH!!!

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

You are so very welcome! I didn't know I was going to love shells either until I started finding them!

Thank you for taking me along! Good for at least a week! Beautiful sand bars and islands. Can’t wait til next week!

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

I'm happy to provide you with your weekly beach fix! Thank you so much for watching!!!

Thank you so much for taking me to the paradiseish place 🥰🥰🥰

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure 😊! Thank you for watching!

Hello my friend. Thank you once again for such a wonderful video. I would have loved to have been there with you shelling. What a beautiful day you had. I really appreciate it when you show us the live critters. You are showing me critters I have never seen before and it is so fascinating!!! I love your videos so much. Please be safe when you are out and about. And thank you for bringing the beach to me.💖

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

You are so very welcome beach friend! My favorite walks are when I'm finding a variety of shells and a few critters to say hi to. I had so much fun out on the water this day. I wish I could do it every week!

Love this! That was such a beautiful day! Running into you out on the beach was a highlight of my week!

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Kayla from Ohio! It was nice to meet you too! I hope you found lots of great stuff while you were here. That bucket you were working on was pretty full so I bet you did - LOL! I hope Sanibel was kind to you as well!

@kaylagrafton9241

3 жыл бұрын

@@SWFBeachLife, I found lots of goodies in both Marco and Sanibel to bring back to Oklahoma. I'll just be glad when they are all cleaned.

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

@@kaylagrafton9241 Oh I learned my lesson! I used to just dump everything in a bucket but the last time I organized my shells it took me ALL DAY and I killed my back. Now I tackle them one shelling day at a time. Best of luck cleaning! 100% bleach works terrific on those FFCs!

@teresamortier260

2 жыл бұрын

@@kaylagrafton9241 We are staying for the week on Sanibel and plan on driving to Marco Island for the day. Can I ask how the shelling was? Any sand dollars?

That active critter was pretty cool, I love these videos. Great idea to go to sand bars. Just stunning

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching!

Loved this location. Sandbars are so much fun. Great finds. Can't wait to see the island next week. 😊🐚🐌🦈

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and coming along with me!

Wow, it was tulip and olive day. So peaceful and plentiful.

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Just wait - I find tons of gaudy nautica on the island - Part 2!

We watch all your videos over and over

@SWFBeachLife

2 жыл бұрын

🙏🏼

Mother Nature was blessing you that day! Thanks for sharing this wonderful adventure !!

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

She really was! It was incredible to be out there and so close to the dolphins too! Thanks for coming along with me!

Wow, what beautiful scenery! Love the Dolphins that were soooo close to your kayaks. How cool! I noticed granny hands once again hehehe!! I get them finding fossils and crystals as well!!🤣 I just can't get over the awesome and beautiful critters and shells you find and show us!! Just love ❤️ it all!! Keep shelling on honey!!😁

@SWFBeachLife

2 жыл бұрын

I found yet another critter I have never seen before and I can't wait to share. It's so WEIRD looking! I will keep on walking and exploring and learning - I can't get enough!

There’s nothing like walking on a beautiful beach 🏝 love your videos and all your beautiful 🐚🐬 life is good 😊💞 xx can’t wait to see your next video x

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Aw - thank you so much! Life truly is good and I am blessed to live in this beautiful area. And I'm so glad that I can share it for others to enjoy! Thanks so much for watching!

awesome shell tour. thanks for taking us along the shores we all long to be exploring. Loved the active fighting conch. Looking forward to next weeks adventure. God bless!

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for coming along with me on my walk!

Thank you very much for all your videos. Your great! 👍🐚🐌🤙🥰🇨🇦

@SWFBeachLife

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!

Really really enjoyed this adventure to the sandbars, loads to see, and the sunrise oh wow 👌

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

It was such the absolute perfect day for this type of adventure. The weather, the winds - all of it was perfect! I'm looking forward to share the rest of my day next Sunday!

I ran into your channel yesterday. You have a good voice and it’s nice to hear your excitement in your voice. I love to learn and the ocean makes this channel so calming. Great work

@SWFBeachLife

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I hope you enjoy spending time at the beach with me!

Beautiful day shelling! 💕

I will never see beaches like those, except through generous adventurers like you who enjoy sharing your wonderful treks with those of us who cannot partake. Thank you for including us! God bless you and yours.

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for using the word partake. It's totally underused! I was watching a video on KZread from another country and I too was like, " Oh wow, that's so beautiful!" I really do live in an incredibly beautiful part of Florida surrounded by so many beautiful beaches. I'm so happy to be able to share with others who won't ever get to partake. I am cooking up this new thing though that I hope to introduce in a few weeks. It might get you even closer to the beach! thank you for always coming along with me!!! xoxo

@nowvoyagerNE

3 жыл бұрын

@@SWFBeachLife : "partake" ... i got a discount on a $75 word, so i figured i best use it before it expired! ! hehehe!

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

@@nowvoyagerNE LOL - Love it! Please do use your giant vocabulary words. I am a big fan of vocabulary and I eschew the mundane when possible ;)

@nowvoyagerNE

3 жыл бұрын

@@SWFBeachLife : *eschew* ....my vocab is woefully sparse compared to yours, as i had to look up eschew! i first encountered "discerning" only a few years ago (i was a late-blooming Christian) and i initially had a proverbial devil of a time understanding it. once while in college (another late-bloomer experience), i needed a more sophisticated word for "wishy washy" for a college composition course assignment, so i went from the student union into the student book store (they were in the small small building) to borrow a thesaurus, and found "irresolute." that was one of the best words i ever pilfered. *:-D*

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

@@nowvoyagerNE Irreaolute is a pretty good one! Obfuscation is another word I like. Diatribe, vitriol - I’m a nerd on many levels! Xoxox

What an awesome adventure going out to those sand bars. That's neat see a alive Florida Fighting conch. Love the dolphins there. I always enjoy your videos and look forward to the next one. Thank you.

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

It was pretty awesome paddling out there. And the weather was absolutely perfect! Thanks so much for coming along with me to see all the goodies I found :) Hope you have a great week!

Tip toe thru the tulips.... you had a great day.. thanks

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed I did! It had been a while since I'd found so many so I was psyched! Thanks so much for watching!

Wonderful finds...that big old whelk with the holes are the ones I love to repair and paint

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

And I bet you would make incredible things of them! I do not have your talent or patience! xoxo

I would be in heaven with all those shells and on that beautiful beach. I think I have salt water in my veins.

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

That's pretty much the way I feel every time I go beach combing. On this day, I really was in heaven

Nooooooo over too soon!!! Lol. An Awesome adventure!!!!! I would kept the broken tulio the horse conch and the lighting well! Gotta watch again... thank you!!!!!

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

If they didn't add 40lbs to my haul I might have considered it - LOL! I'm wearing this nifty aqua bracelet as I write this. I owe you an email xoxo

This was a very fun day for you. Great finds. Thanks 😊

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for coming along with me on my walk!

This location was so awesome, can’t wait till next week. Thank you for the trip.

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Aw - you are so very welcome! I was really excited to share this awesome trip with you all! Thank you for watching!

I truly like that you give directions to these sand bars at Marco Island! Love your channel!

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I'm one of those sharing kind of gals and I want you to be armed with as much info as possible! Thanks so much for watching!!!

You left us with a cliff hanger! Lol Those beautiful dolphins 🐬🐬❣️❣️❣️ Oh my goodness, I love them! Can’t wait for part 2! 💗

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

We're those dolphin awesome! It was such a fabulous day. Can't wait to share the island!

@pennykiehl3872

3 жыл бұрын

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@pennykiehl3872

3 жыл бұрын

@@SWFBeachLife 888

Another awesome shell day. How much fun going out to a sand bar. And such awesome shells once again. Love your voice, I could listen to you all day. Thanks for sharing your video with us today. Love your channel ❤️❤️❤️

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Well thanks so much for watching again Artie! I hope you're loving your new home here in FL!

@debnordman1640

3 жыл бұрын

I love your voice & listening to you too! Love all your cute sayings & names for things; so fun watching & listening!

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

@@debnordman1640 Thank you so much! I'm not for everyone, but I am glad you can appreciate my humor!

What an amazing trip! Girl, you're really living in paradise! I was yelling at you at 25.35 when you left that lightning wulk who was beaten by a sponge. It is gorgeous!! And here in Europe we would pay a lot to buy a shell like this one. It has character with all those tiny holes in it. Can't wait to see next week episode. I'm curious what you will find on that island. Stay safe. Sending lots of love. 😘xx

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

That shell was actually lighter in weight because of all those holes. Really kind of neat! Our warm waters down here (we're actually sub-tropical) give us so many cool shells and creatures. I'm super lucky to live here for sure! I couldn't imagine shipping a beat up shell to Europe - LOL! I'll stay safe if you do beach friend! xoxo

Wow it beautiful and shells and love it

This was an awesome video💕

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

I certainly enjoyed the kayaking trip...so much fun and u made it fun...too bad the horse conchs were broke😜 but going to these islands are so exciting and u don’t know what treasures you are going to find...thanks again shell friend for the beauties and the water and the porpoises 😎

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

We were so close to the dolphins! The whole day was such a treat. I'm excited to share the rest of the beauty of the 10,000 islands! Thanks for coming with me Janet! xoxo

I would be in heaven out there. Love shelling.

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

I was in heaven!! Thank you for watching!

Loved it can't wait until next week thanks for sharing

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!

I’m excited to watch this!!!! So glad you got to experience this!!!

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

It was so much fun! And I know I mentioned it a few times in the video, but it was so, so pretty being out there. Can't wait to share the island!

My grandma died this morning, thank you for posting today, i needed to see the ocean 💜

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry to hear this news. Sending you love and hugs from Florida. xoxoxo

@tiffanypedigo8493

3 жыл бұрын

@@SWFBeachLife thank you 💜

@bethwarden4144

3 жыл бұрын

Very sorry for your loss

Beautiful scenery!

Best shelling of my life was this location! Congrats on a great day!

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! It was absolutely perfect. The weather, the company. I had such a great time. Thank you so much for watching and coming along with me!

Awesome shelling! 💕

Neat adventure!👏😎👍

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!

I enjoy watching your videos. I hope to find lots of tulips.

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

I hope so too! Thank you so much for watching!

Banded tulips are my favorite, especially the dark ones!

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

I personally really like the dark ones too! :)

Such an awesome trip!!! You did so good !! 😉

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for coming along with me!! 😁

Awesome finds and video!

Right off the bat! bam! an alphabet cone! I knew this was going to be a good video! Loved seeing all the live critters, egg casings and the dolphins too! Kice island, I’ve heard good things about that place and can’t wait till next week to see what treasures you find! P.s. I love FFC also, cute little buggers with their eyes and they way they thrash their little sickle around lol

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

I know - I can't resist those FFC eyes! I know these critters are all snails but they're just so cute! I shelled at Kice Island when I went on my first shell tour but it was on the complete other side. I think I might have done better on this day. Man it was fun and the weather was perfect! Can't wait to share the island part!

Looks like you are having a wonderful time. Great finds.

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Oh I am! I couldn't ask for anything more. Thank you so much for watching!

I love your channel, it is THE best!

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Aww - thank you SO MUCH! I appreciate you taking the time to leave such a lovely comment!

I just discovered you and I’ve become a new follower. Thank you for the mini vacation. I love kayaking too.

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome aboard! I hope you learn about all the beautiful beaches, shells and critters I come upon!

What a magical trip! All those tulips and cones were awesome! Surely a record even for you! I look forward to your next adventure!

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

It really was magical! Wait until you see how many gaudy nautias I find on the island! Can't wait to share :)

Wow, you have a whole staff now! Very impressive! :-)

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

I WISH!!! LOL. Oh man that would be awesome to hire someone to help me. Goals!

Thank you for making this videos I learned a lot for the names of the seashells I love your video so thank you. Edit the ones I know Florida finding Kong, Abandon tulip, Alphabet cone, Shark eye, Scallops, Lightning welk, horse Kong, olives, sand dollar, sea star, clams, top shell, spiky Jewel box

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Wow that's awesome! I'm so glad you're leaning your shells. I feel like it makes a trip to the beach more fun when you know what you're finding. Thank you for watching!

@joannasaito6650

3 жыл бұрын

You are welcome but I think the seashells you collect are not here but I don't let that stop me I just like seashells I have 183 seashells I really like them they are all not perfect but the are awesome and you are too and this is my name Starlie and j am 9 years old the beach I go to find seashells is howbush maybe you could look it up one time I saw a pill of rocks and then I saw seashells I think the ones were alphabet cones because it was a cone I it was kinda my lucky day

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

@@joannasaito6650 If you found a cone it must have been your lucky day. They aren’t easy to find!

Great treasures! I’m Shelling on Sanibel this week!

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! And I hope you find lots of goodies at Sanibel! I was there this morning and it was chilly! Hopefully the winds were leaving good stuff on the beach for you.

I love Kice! The best place in the entire world to go shelling! Hands down! So jealous!!! Would love to be there and not in NE!!!

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

I'll tell you it was some pretty dang good shelling. You won't be jealous when hurricane season arrives! Thank you so much for watching!

I wish you would show us a picture of you and your husband I love love going shelling with you I love it I've not been able to go to the beach in years so I enjoy my trips with you thank you so much

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

You are so very welcome! I hear this a lot and my mother would have had a real hard time navigating the beach so I'm very conscious of people who aren't as mobile as I am. I'm happy that I can "take you" to the beach with me and show you all the beautiful scenery and goodies I'm finding! One day I might share a pic of my husband and I but for now I'm pretty happy just walking around anonymous :) One woman recognized me last week from my voice!

Oh I loved this one!!! The water was so beautiful and so were the shells you showed us!! Have blessed week, can't wait for the next one! 🙆🏻‍♀️🙋‍♀️

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I can't wait to share the island portion. It was beautiful too! I hope you have a great week!

You had a lot of nice pickings on the eater’s edge in this video. What a lovely day. Your fiesta conch reminds me of the one I picked up...😂. I saw your comment on the shelter from Australia’s site; nice to know we both have watched him shelling as well. I look forward to next week’s installment of this great shelling day. Til then, bye.

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

I think it's safe to say us shellers on social media kinda either know each other or know of each other. I hope the Australian sheller does great on YT. Wish I could shell over there. Well, except for the part that they have things that CAN KILL YOU while you're shelling. That part I can certainly do without - LOL! Thank you for watching!

Everything is beautiful.

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

It sure was! Thank you for watching!

This was an awesome adventure!

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you - it really was!

We’ve also kayaked to those sandbars and Dickerson Island. It is absolutely beautiful and great shelling!

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

We skipped Dickerson and went right to Kice but I want to go back and check out Dickerson! It was SO MUCH FUN!!

@suebresnahan8572

3 жыл бұрын

@@SWFBeachLifewe’ve been there as well! I would say the Kice is the best of them all!🐚

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

@@suebresnahan8572 Good to know!!! Have a great week!

Beautiful! The 10,000 islands area is awesome for shells. Went there for the first time and the essentially massive sandbar I went to was loaded with piles of shells. Those chunks of horse conchs were pretty cool! Especially considering if those were the first you found up until that point!

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

It was really, really awesome to be out there and the weather was absolutely perfect. I can't wait to do it again! Maybe next time I'll find that keeper conch.

Love your video 💓💓💓🙏🏼

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!

THANKS FOR SHARING KNOWLEDGE AND VIDEO !!

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

You bet!

Will share, so enjoyable

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

You are the best !!!!

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Aw shucks. Thank you SO MUCH! :)

This was really cool! Would love to do that! BEAUTIFUL pear whelk! You found so many banded tulips, I lost track. ☺️ Some great live specimens too! Looking forward to next week and part 2!! xxoo

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

It was a lot of fun! Now I'm dying to get a kayak LOL! Hope you have a great week beach friend!

Beautiful

OMG! I love kayaking and frequent my local lakes and rivers. We have kayaked in the Keys and hope to kayak the 10 Thousand Islands someday. Very cool seeing the live calico clam, the pear whelk at 15:30 was gorgeous and the white slipper shell was a total newbie to me. I’ll be eagerly awaiting part 2 next week.

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Kayaking the Keys sounds AMAZING! This day of kayaking was so awesome I now have the kayak bug and I really want to get one. I can only imagine all the cool places I could explore!! Thanks so much for coming along with me!

Love your shelling

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for coming along with me :)

Amazing shelling day! Can’t wait for next week’s video! I’ve been wanting to kayak out there. My husband and I did a guided shelling tour and loved it, but would LOVE to have more time to explore.

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

That is the rub with the touring companies. Only so much time. It was great! My friend used Florida Adventures to rent the kayaks and the service was stellar! Everyone was really nice.

@ginacorry6994

3 жыл бұрын

@@SWFBeachLife thanks for the tip! My niece and her new hubby just moved to FM. I can’t wait to come down for a visit and take a day or so to go to Marco Island and give that a try!

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

@@ginacorry6994 Just make sure you check the winds and tides. It's not always such an easy paddle ;)

Awesome!!!!!

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

You are!

I enjoy watching and I can’t wait till part two is it Sunday yet lol 😆 🐚🐚🐚🐚❤️

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

LOL! Not quite yet beach friend but soon :) Have a great week in the meantime!

I think my greatest find is a pure white moon shell I found in the Bahamas. But I’m super jealous of your sand dollars I tell my fiancé everytime you find one in your videos lol.

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

OOooo a pure white moon snail sounds lovely. I have not found any of those...yet. Thank you so much for coming along with me on my beach walks!

Our Lighting Whelks here in Georgia, are a Dark purple and cream colored. I have several the size of your hand. And I have several Lettered Olives that I collected on Tybee Island years ago. I am an avid sheller and advocate for sand dollars. I've seen people leave the islands with sand pails full of live sand dollars and then when they leave, they dump the now dead sand dollars in the trash cans. It upsets me to no end. Even with the signs, they just go on the sand bars and pull them out. So than you for your education on the critters

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Oh that stinks. I'm not a big fan of telling people what to do, except when it comes to taking live critters. I've intervened quite a few times to make sure the creatures go back in the water. I've found that it's because people don't know any better. I have a whole video about sand dollars. I wish all those people knew they were alive!

Thank you for sharing your beach adventures with us! We just got back from our annual st. Pete Beach vacation. We are lucky enough to spend a week every year, and then I spend the next year trying to figure out a way to get down there before March. Somehow that hasn't happened yet. My dream is to someday make it down to Fort Myers. Thanks for all the education of my favorite pastime of shelling. Sometime could you do a video on things like why the olive gets so shiny sometimes, or the difference between a Shark eye and a gaudy Nautica ect..i would love to know these things. Again thanks for sharing with us all!

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

St. Pete Beach for a week sounds pretty nice. I get to go to the beach all the time, but not for extended periods where I can just relax. I'll have to change that! There are so many neat beaches down here - I am so fortunate. I hope you get to make it down here too! I have mentioned both of the items you are asking about: why olives are so shiny and the difference between a shark eye and a gaudy, so I want to make sure my new viewers get the info but not bore my viewers that have been with me for a while. It's a hard balance but I'll go ahead and tackle both of these items for you in some upcoming videos :) Thank you so much for watching!!

Love the live FFC!

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Me too! I like when they come out of their shell and say hi :)

That looks like it's so much fun! I envy you. I thought I saw a tiny little hermit crab in one of your shells. I'm sure you check them all over.

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

When you shell in the water you have to be careful of critters for sure! No critters made it home with me :) I know how lucky I am to live here!

So jealous! I try to make it to Sanibel for shelling twice a year. I've found some incredible shells on the only accessible by boat islands. You're so lucky to live there :) (tulip shells are my favorites)

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Shelling from the beaches is really great down here, but an added bonus is definitely being able to shell far away from others on sandbars and islands. I am SO lucky to live here! Tulips are one of my favorites - I love them all!

That water 😍

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

I know! I kept pinching myself it was so pretty :)

You are making it such a tough choice of which beach for my husband and I to visit on our way through to the Keys..... have ya ever done night pre-dawn hunt? saw a guy on Sanibel and seems he was finding HUGE shells.... trying to figure the downside---other than just not "seeing" the beautiful surroundings....that is why we LOVE Your channel! you present so much to look at! Thanks again!

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry there's so many crazy awesome beaches down here! And each one offers something different. I can't wait to get back to the Keys - the place that convinced us we needed to move to FL. I am going to try night shelling this week actually! I tried it once and the headlamp I had wasn't good enough AND it started to rain so I bailed and never made a video. I'm hoping low tide will be kind to me. I'm willing to see what I can find in the dark! Plus hopefully I can be first on the beach!

You have to go up to Pass a Grille Beach at the jetty. This past weekend horse conchs and large whelks were found...Empty!! I didn't find them...but someday!!!

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

First thing I did was look up how far the drive is - LOL! I will be getting up more North one of these days. There's a bunch of beaches I want to see. I hope you get your giant one day too!!

Wow! Lots of tulips! I can’t wait until next week to see Kice Island! That where we went at Thanksgiving and found Sooo many shells! There tons of minis there to if you take the time to hunt for them.

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

I believe it on the minis! I've been there once before but at the south part of the island. This time we walked along the south end and it was gorgeous and AWESOME! Can't wait to share :)

@brendalunsford2530

3 жыл бұрын

I believe they dropped us off on the North end of Kice (where you can see the buildings on Marco) but found the most shells when we went around the corner on the West side. We got there by boat. I’m too old for kayaking! I think you left from the same marina we left from.

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

@@brendalunsford2530 It sounds like the same tour - Cape Romano Dome homes included in all. Seeing those was worth the trip. And the dolphins!

@brendalunsford2530

3 жыл бұрын

We didn’t see the domes. Where we went they have three (or four) drop offs and pick up times to Kice Island during the day. We had to drive down from Sanibel where we were staying so got the second drop off about 11:00 and took the last pickup at 4:30 so we got to stay a long time! I really want to go back. There were 7 of us and we had the beach all to ourselves except for a couple of people who didn’t stay long. I really want to go back there again so I can’t wait for your next video.

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

@@brendalunsford2530 I hope I don’t disappoint!!

I wish my husband and I could go comb the beaches often. I would love it! No beaches in Ky though 😒

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

No, being in KY does indeed make it hard to go beach combing. It should like you need to plan a vacation!

My family,and I went to Mrytle Beach this weekend.I found olives,moon snail,and shark eyes.1 top snail,and 2 prickly cockles.And a few scallops.But mostly the plain shells.And some corral fossil.

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Wow! Sounds like the same goodies we have here. Awesome! Admittedly, most of the shells we have here are common too but at least once in a while there some real treasures! Isn't it so much fun?

@roserocks1979

3 жыл бұрын

@@SWFBeachLife Yes it is.I don't get to the beach often.But I love shell hunting when I go.

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

@@roserocks1979 It’s so fun. And shells are FREE!!!

Love the video, as always! So, I've been wondering, how do you know the egg casings are from lightning whelks and not from knobbed/pear whelks? I can never tell! Can't wait to see the rest of the trip! 😁

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

We don't get the knobbed whelks down here (sure wish we did!) and I've found so many lightning whelk egg casings I just know they're from the lightning whelk. The pear whelk egg casing looks very similar, however it's smaller in diameter. Hopefully I can find one of those to share one of these days! Great question!

@lisak5133

3 жыл бұрын

@@SWFBeachLife That makes total sense! Thank you so much!

I always pick up lots of things when I go gemstone hunting, I find a lot of 'leaverite' leave er' rite there. I know that I will find even nicer pieces further on.

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

Leaverite - I love it! I personally find tons of putitbaque (pronounced put it back) - LOL! Good luck hunting!

Thank you for the Kayak tour..you brave soul ! I'm inspired ! Did you rent your kayaks ? Great video !

@SWFBeachLife

3 жыл бұрын

My friend rented them but I'm dying to get one. Soon as I can figure out how to get one on my car and get it on and off by myself I'm getting one!

@nancycross2228

3 жыл бұрын

@@SWFBeachLife Amen !