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THE COAST AtlasShells / Sea glass / Water-worn wonders
The curl of a shell. A stripe of color. Something small the tide left in plain sight. Find a shore worth slowing down for.
Bodega Bay · CA
Look along the strand line and photograph the shells you spot. Shells and fragments vary with weather and season.
Ask the land manager about current shell-removal rules. An empty shell is not automatically permitted to take.
Check the land manager’s rules ↗Pescadero · CA
Look along the strand line and photograph the shells you spot. Shells and fragments vary with weather and season.
Ask the land manager about current shell-removal rules. An empty shell is not automatically permitted to take.
Check the land manager’s rules ↗Pescadero · CA
Look along the strand line and photograph the shells you spot. Shells and fragments vary with weather and season.
Ask the land manager about current shell-removal rules. An empty shell is not automatically permitted to take.
Check the land manager’s rules ↗Pacific Grove · CA
Look along the strand line and photograph the shells you spot. Shells and fragments vary with weather and season.
Ask the land manager about current shell-removal rules. An empty shell is not automatically permitted to take.
Check the land manager’s rules ↗Malibu · CA
Look along the strand line and photograph the shells you spot. Shells and fragments vary with weather and season.
Ask the land manager about current shell-removal rules. An empty shell is not automatically permitted to take.
Check the land manager’s rules ↗San Pedro · CA
Look along the strand line and photograph the shells you spot. Shells and fragments vary with weather and season.
Ask the land manager about current shell-removal rules. An empty shell is not automatically permitted to take.
Check the land manager’s rules ↗Newport Beach · CA
Look along the strand line and photograph the shells you spot. Shells and fragments vary with weather and season.
Photograph shells and leave the tide-pool habitat in place. Check protected-area rules; do not collect living animals or occupied shells.
Check the land manager’s rules ↗La Jolla · CA
Look along the strand line and photograph the shells you spot. Shells and fragments vary with weather and season.
Photograph shells and leave the tide-pool habitat in place. Check protected-area rules; do not collect living animals or occupied shells.
Check the land manager’s rules ↗Point Reyes · CA
Look along the strand line and photograph the shells you spot. Shells and fragments vary with weather and season.
Look and photograph only. Point Reyes protects shells and other natural objects.
Check the land manager’s rules ↗Point Reyes · CA
Look along the strand line and photograph the shells you spot. Shells and fragments vary with weather and season.
Look and photograph only. Point Reyes protects shells and other natural objects.
Check the land manager’s rules ↗Point Reyes · CA
Look along the strand line and photograph the shells you spot. Shells and fragments vary with weather and season.
Look and photograph only. Point Reyes protects shells and other natural objects.
Check the land manager’s rules ↗Capitola · CA
Look along the strand line and photograph the shells you spot. Shells and fragments vary with weather and season.
Ask the land manager about current shell-removal rules. An empty shell is not automatically permitted to take.
Check the land manager’s rules ↗Aptos · CA
Look along the strand line and photograph the shells you spot. Shells and fragments vary with weather and season.
Ask the land manager about current shell-removal rules. An empty shell is not automatically permitted to take.
Check the land manager’s rules ↗Carmel · CA
Look along the strand line and photograph the shells you spot. Shells and fragments vary with weather and season.
Ask the land manager about current shell-removal rules. An empty shell is not automatically permitted to take.
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Shells & beachcombingSan Simeon · CA
Look along the strand line and photograph the shells you spot. Shells and fragments vary with weather and season.
Ask the land manager about current shell-removal rules. An empty shell is not automatically permitted to take.
Check the land manager’s rules ↗Morro Bay · CA
Look along the strand line and photograph the shells you spot. Shells and fragments vary with weather and season.
Ask the land manager about current shell-removal rules. An empty shell is not automatically permitted to take.
Check the land manager’s rules ↗Pismo Beach · CA
Look along the strand line and photograph the shells you spot. Shells and fragments vary with weather and season.
Ask the land manager about current shell-removal rules. An empty shell is not automatically permitted to take.
Check the land manager’s rules ↗Laguna Beach · CA
Look along the strand line and photograph the shells you spot. Shells and fragments vary with weather and season.
Photograph shells and leave the tide-pool habitat in place. Check protected-area rules; do not collect living animals or occupied shells.
Check the land manager’s rules ↗Laguna Beach · CA
Look along the strand line and photograph the shells you spot. Shells and fragments vary with weather and season.
Photograph shells and leave the tide-pool habitat in place. Check protected-area rules; do not collect living animals or occupied shells.
Check the land manager’s rules ↗Laguna Beach · CA
Look along the strand line and photograph the shells you spot. Shells and fragments vary with weather and season.
Photograph shells and leave the tide-pool habitat in place. Check protected-area rules; do not collect living animals or occupied shells.
Check the land manager’s rules ↗Laguna Beach · CA
Look along the strand line and photograph the shells you spot. Shells and fragments vary with weather and season.
Photograph shells and leave the tide-pool habitat in place. Check protected-area rules; do not collect living animals or occupied shells.
Check the land manager’s rules ↗Newport Beach · CA
Look along the strand line and photograph the shells you spot. Shells and fragments vary with weather and season.
Photograph shells and leave the tide-pool habitat in place. Check protected-area rules; do not collect living animals or occupied shells.
Check the land manager’s rules ↗Cardiff · CA
Look along the strand line and photograph the shells you spot. Shells and fragments vary with weather and season.
Photograph shells and leave the tide-pool habitat in place. Check protected-area rules; do not collect living animals or occupied shells.
Check the land manager’s rules ↗Encinitas · CA
Look along the strand line and photograph the shells you spot. Shells and fragments vary with weather and season.
Photograph shells and leave the tide-pool habitat in place. Check protected-area rules; do not collect living animals or occupied shells.
Check the land manager’s rules ↗La Jolla · CA
Look along the strand line and photograph the shells you spot. Shells and fragments vary with weather and season.
Ask the land manager about current shell-removal rules. An empty shell is not automatically permitted to take.
Check the land manager’s rules ↗Sonoma Coast · CA
Look along the strand line and photograph the shells you spot. Shells and fragments vary with weather and season.
Ask the land manager about current shell-removal rules. An empty shell is not automatically permitted to take.
Check the land manager’s rules ↗Cambria · CA
Shell fragments and water-worn stones can share the strand line. The beach’s name is not a promise of gem-quality moonstone.
Ask the land manager about current shell-removal rules. An empty shell is not automatically permitted to take.
Check the land manager’s rules ↗Cambria · CA
Look along the strand line and photograph the shells you spot. Shells and fragments vary with weather and season.
Ask the land manager about current shell-removal rules. An empty shell is not automatically permitted to take.
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Shells & beachcombingSan Simeon · CA
Look along the strand line and photograph the shells you spot. Shells and fragments vary with weather and season.
Ask the land manager about current shell-removal rules. An empty shell is not automatically permitted to take.
Check the land manager’s rules ↗Cayucos · CA
Look along the strand line and photograph the shells you spot. Shells and fragments vary with weather and season.
Ask the land manager about current shell-removal rules. An empty shell is not automatically permitted to take.
Check the land manager’s rules ↗Coronado · CA
Shell fragments and strand-line discoveries; what washes up varies.
Check the park’s current collecting rules before taking anything.
Check the land manager’s rules ↗Sanibel · FL
A well-known shelling beach on Sanibel.
Take only genuinely empty shells where current local rules permit. Live shelling is prohibited.
Check the land manager’s rules ↗Sanibel · FL
Sanibel’s shoreline is known for shelling; finds are never guaranteed.
No live shelling. Confirm current local limits and park rules.
Check the land manager’s rules ↗Captiva · FL
A published Captiva shelling destination.
No live shelling. Stay off dunes and give nesting wildlife room.
Check the land manager’s rules ↗Harkers Island · NC
NPS identifies whelks, bay scallops and Scotch bonnets among possible finds.
NPS permits up to five gallons of uninhabited shells per person per day for personal, non-commercial use. Leave every occupied shell. Verify current rules before visiting.
Check the land manager’s rules ↗Buxton · NC
NPS lists shelling as a seashore activity.
Only take empty shells within the current NPS limits. Never disturb occupied shells, nesting areas or closed dunes.
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