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In Asbury Park, New Jersey, summer visitors are known as "bennies." On the southern Jersey shore, the same visitors are "shoobies."
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Are You a Shoobie or a Benny?

When summer visitors arrive, so do the colorful and sometimes perplexing local nicknames.
Laura Kiniry May 26, 2023
In the Caribbean's Lesser Antilles archipelago, this aerial shot from April 2015 shows sargassum seaweed creeping toward a beach on Grande-Terre, which is part of the island of Guadeloupe, one of France's overseas <em>départements</em>.
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10 Photos of Seaweed Blobs That Will Blow Your Mind

As a supersized sargassum bloom heads toward Florida and the Caribbean, we take a closer look at past big blobs.
Sarah Durn April 5, 2023
Balade, New Caledonia

Monument de Balade

An overgrown monument remembers 60 years of French control in New Caledonia.
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Washington's 'Washaway Beach' Experiment Is Reshaping Ideas About Coastal Erosion

In 2016, a concerned local dropped $400 worth of rock on a vanishing beach to see what would happen. Now engineers are watching, too.
Sarah Trent February 13, 2023
Niarbyl Bay 3
Dalby, Isle of Man

Niarbyl Bay

The name Niarbyl means “the tail” and refers to the rocky formations that push out into the Irish Sea.
Kapa'a, Hawaii

Pineapple Dump Pier

A local pineapple cannery once dumped pineapple trimmings off of this pier, with sometimes smelly results.
View from Golondrinas Cave
Manatí, Puerto Rico

Cueva de las Golondrinas (Cave of the Swallows)

The short hike is worth the stunning views and crystal blue waters of a secluded beach.
A shark flag at Nauset Beach in Orleans, Massachusetts, alerts visitors to the presence of the animals. Shark sightings are an almost daily occurrence on Cape Cod in summer months.
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In Cape Cod's 'Sharky' Waters, Humans Learn to Coexist with an Apex Predator

New technology and changing habits may keep beachgoers safe as the local great white population grows.
Sarah Sax July 12, 2021
The shore of Dead Horse Bay, photographed in 2015, is known for its trash.
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New York's Favorite Trash-Strewn Beach Is a Wee Bit Radioactive

The National Park Service has closed a portion of Dead Horse Bay.
Jessica Leigh Hester August 20, 2020
Bioluminescent waves crashed onto Venice Beach on May 6, while California was starting to relax shelter-in-place restrictions.
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The Dazzling Bioluminescence of Waves in California

As beaches started to reopen, locals came to see the light show from a distance.
Mario Koran May 8, 2020
The Wind Turbine Beach
Hvide Sande, Denmark

The Wind Turbine Beach

Along this stretch of beach in Denmark resides several massive bastions of energy.
Torre Flavia.
Ladispoli, Italy

Torre Flavia

The ruins of this medieval tower are destined to crumble into the sea.
Winning isn't easy, but it should at least be possible.
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On the Midway With the Carnival Game Investigators Out to Protect Your Summer Fun

Step right up!
Jessica Leigh Hester August 29, 2019
Sulphur rich water bubbling out of the sea cave.
Koroni, Greece

Xigia Sulphur Caves

These sea caves are the source of Xigia Beach's distinct aroma.
Loop-the-Loop named themselves after the popular Coney Island coaster.
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The Singular Queerness of Old Coney Island

Drag kings, queer burlesque, and bathhouses abounded.
Sabrina Imbler June 28, 2019
The water is full of wonders.
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How to Decode the Shells You Find Washed Up on the Beach

A beginner's guide to identifying conchs, chitons, and more.
Jessica Leigh Hester May 26, 2019
This <em>Aplidium stellatum</em> came ashore near Destin, Florida.
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The Secret Life of 'Sea Pork,' The Organ-Like Blobs on Your Beach

Contains no actual pork.
Jessica Leigh Hester May 15, 2019
The rolled up message read "BREAK" on one side, and "BOTTLE" on the other.
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Found: A 50-Year-Old Scientific Message, Stuffed in a Bottle

Thousands were cast into the waves in the 1960s, and one turned up in Texas decades later.
Jessica Leigh Hester February 18, 2019