We are all aware of the changes that take place to a beach during storms of almost any size
but what are you aware of on a daily basis ( if you are close enough to see them ) ?
You may stay for several days or weeks on vacation and have good weather with no
storms your whole stay. But the beach your at is still changing, if you are paying attention.
The change will most likely be small and take place over two or three days maybe even
over for or five. What would make this change and why? Wind, tide, and current ! They never
stop working on any beach for more than a few hours at best, they are keeping the sand in
continuous motion and they can move many tons of sand in a very short length of time.
They can pull off or pile on a inch or more from the near shore hunting grounds in just one
or two tide changes, and that might be just enough to get you close enough to things that
the day before were that one or more inch's out of reach. Wind that blows at an angle of
less that 90 deg.s to a shore are pushing water along that shore and its also picking up
the sand that the waves are stirring up and carrying it along with it until it reaches a point
that slows it down and settles out. This point may be a jetty, rocky point, deeper water,
or current coming from a different direction, or any number of other reasons.
These same factors are what creates rip tides always watch for them.
The spring equinox starting in the middle of March and into April and the fall equinox
starting in the middle of Sept. into Oct. are responsible for many changes ( stronger
tides, and currents ) that reshape the near shore bottoms and surface of the beaches
as stated above. A lot happens in the water that for the most part we can't see but there
are some major changes we can see if we look and keep looking. Sand will be pulled off
the beach creating a low spot ( good spot to hunt ) of maybe an acre only to be covered
up with the next tide to create a high spot ( not worth wasting on to hunt ) . And so it go's,
be attentive to the sand level changes no matter how slight and it will add to your success
when detecting any beach. Study the tides for your area, and never miss the chance to
hunt a beach on a (-) tide ( this is a tide that is even lower than a normal low tide ) and if
there is a wind blowing from the land out to sea so much the better. That means even if
it's going to happen at 1:00 or 2:00 AM ! These are the conditions that can make the
very best of the best hunts you will ever have. The very best hunting on any beach will
be at the very lowest level you can reach, hunt it when you can get with in that zone.
but what are you aware of on a daily basis ( if you are close enough to see them ) ?
You may stay for several days or weeks on vacation and have good weather with no
storms your whole stay. But the beach your at is still changing, if you are paying attention.
The change will most likely be small and take place over two or three days maybe even
over for or five. What would make this change and why? Wind, tide, and current ! They never
stop working on any beach for more than a few hours at best, they are keeping the sand in
continuous motion and they can move many tons of sand in a very short length of time.
They can pull off or pile on a inch or more from the near shore hunting grounds in just one
or two tide changes, and that might be just enough to get you close enough to things that
the day before were that one or more inch's out of reach. Wind that blows at an angle of
less that 90 deg.s to a shore are pushing water along that shore and its also picking up
the sand that the waves are stirring up and carrying it along with it until it reaches a point
that slows it down and settles out. This point may be a jetty, rocky point, deeper water,
or current coming from a different direction, or any number of other reasons.
These same factors are what creates rip tides always watch for them.
The spring equinox starting in the middle of March and into April and the fall equinox
starting in the middle of Sept. into Oct. are responsible for many changes ( stronger
tides, and currents ) that reshape the near shore bottoms and surface of the beaches
as stated above. A lot happens in the water that for the most part we can't see but there
are some major changes we can see if we look and keep looking. Sand will be pulled off
the beach creating a low spot ( good spot to hunt ) of maybe an acre only to be covered
up with the next tide to create a high spot ( not worth wasting on to hunt ) . And so it go's,
be attentive to the sand level changes no matter how slight and it will add to your success
when detecting any beach. Study the tides for your area, and never miss the chance to
hunt a beach on a (-) tide ( this is a tide that is even lower than a normal low tide ) and if
there is a wind blowing from the land out to sea so much the better. That means even if
it's going to happen at 1:00 or 2:00 AM ! These are the conditions that can make the
very best of the best hunts you will ever have. The very best hunting on any beach will
be at the very lowest level you can reach, hunt it when you can get with in that zone.
