“Too many times we stand aside and let the waters slip away, till what we put off till tomorrow has now become today. So don't you sit upon the shoreline and say you're satisfied. Choose to chance the rapids and dare to dance the tide.”
Low tide at Little Hickory uncovers the entire cove. Just as important as the Where to shell would be the When to shell. There are lots of really fabulous beaches in SWFL that will produce plenty of decent shelling finds whether it is hot or cold - sunny or rainy - windy or calm but if a high tide has the shoreline covered in water the chances of you finding a bonanza of shell goodies are greatly decreased. Learning to determine the tide activity can greatly increase your shelling success. Tides aren't just waves lapping up against the shore. Tides are the daily rise and fall of the ocean surface. A very simple way to understand the flow of the tides is that the tide comes in (high tide) and the tide goes out (low tide). In a tidal day there are usually 4 tides - in - out - in - out but depending on the time of the year there might only be two tides in a day. Tides vary in a pattern over the course of the seasons. The moon phase effects the strength of a tide espe