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Top 10 Beaches for Shell Hunting

by Justin Glow (RSS feed) on Mar 8th 2007 at 4:30PM

Summer is right around the corner, and what's more fun than combing the beach for shells? Okay, I can think of a few things that might rank higher on the fun scale, but even so: searching for shells is a common pastime among beach dwellers, and it's obvious there's an art to finding the good ones. Hopefully this list of shell-heavy beaches from CNN will set you in the right direction:

Sanibel Island, Florida - "Seashells cover the beaches, tinkling like wind chimes as they tumble over one another in the waves."
Ocracoke Island, North Carolina - " The rare Scotch bonnet, state shell of North Carolina, sometimes turns up here."
Bandon, Oregon - "...winter storms also toss up Japanese glass fishing floats and such semiprecious stones as agate and jasper."
Galveston, Texas - "When cold fronts roll in from the north, experienced shellers bundle up and hit the beach."
Tunnels Beach, Kauai, Hawaii - "Legend has it that the puka shell-necklace craze began here in the 1960s"
Flag Ponds Nature Park, Lusby, Maryland - "Most of the shells here, along the Chesapeake Bay south of Annapolis, are fossils dating back millions of years."
Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia - "shark teeth can often be found on the marsh (west) side of the island"
Eleuthera Island, The Bahamas - "Supreme opportunities follow hurricanes, which pile mounds of shells onto the beaches."
Great Peconic Bay, Long Island, New York - "...the beaches of this surprisingly unspoiled area do contain some bay scallop shells (the official New York state shell) as well as other treasures"
Stinson Beach, California - "...this beach just north of San Francisco does supply limpet shells and sand dollars -- plus lots of surfers, a couple of nice seafood restaurants nearby, rugged natural beauty and endearing small-town quirkiness."