One of my last posts was about kayaking to the St. Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park and how the beach looked so much wider. Today we saw where a lot of that sand must have come from, when we took a motorcycle ride down to Hutchinson Island and Chastain Beach. This beach is the next one to the north of Bathtub Reef Beach, which is closed while they rebuild the beach and dunes with more sand. We thought we could walk from Chastain down to Bathtub but that was not meant to be, as the tide was high and we could really see the erosion. Bathtub Beach is just around the corner of this house which is now really in the water at this stage of the tide.
Here are some other houses that look to be getting close to being in danger of washing away during one of these more frequent storms we seem to be having.
Last year when we were at this beach, the sand covered quite a bit of these rocks. It was fun watching the surf break and send up spumes of water (and even some seaweed) from blowholes in the rocks. It must be wild on a windy day.
As a plus, we found some pretty nice shells, so the sea did giveth and taketh away with Hurricanes Ian & Nicole. Next time we decide to take a beach walk, we will make sure to check the tide tables.
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