Florida Beaches
Florida has a wide variety of beaches if you look at it from the sand composition, usage, and the type of shoreline it occupies with the sometimes rough Atlantic on one side of the state and the calm Gulf on the other.
Atlantic Side
Mayport, North of Inlet .......................Atlantic Beach towards Jacksonville
Jacksonville Beach.......Dune System setup in front of Beach Houses
South of Jax - Punta Verda Beach
St. Augustine Beaches--Anastiasia Island-- near the pier.
St. Augustine Pier..no beach south of it.
St. Augustine Beaches--Anastiasia Island-- south of the pier.
Matanzas Inlet...South of St. Augustine and North of what is left of the Beach
Looking North toward Matanzas Inlet. Earlier dredging of this inlet depleted sand flow to the south, so erosion took place. The coastal road A1A is shown below.
The old A1A, being held up by rocks. It continues south until it ends on the beach.
The end of A1A..open to Off road Vehicles....the bypass around the Matanzas River, looking out at the small barrier island left between the ocean and river. Below is this barrier island found a few miles north of Marineland.
Houses built on stilts in response to what is left of the dunes to protect them from the sea. Photo taken from waters edge.
South of Crescent Beach is Marineland and then one of the few rocky beaches in Florida.
Looking North toward Marineland.........Rocky Beaches in Florida!
Rocky Beach looking South toward Palm Coast.....Close up of rock.
Rock Pool and some sand.
Palm Coast
Beverly Beach...................................Flagler Beach
Flagler
Pier 
Beach
Canaveral Beach looking North..............and South toward Cocoa Beach
Patrick Air Force Base.......................Melborne Beach
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Vero Beach...Near Wabasso (1) then looking south from (2)Disney Vacation Club...Then (3)downtown Vero Beach (2/5/00)
Ft. Pierce....North Hutchinson Island and .....South of St. Lucie Power Plant-Walton Beach
South
Hutchinson Island (House of Refuge)
Keys
Big Beach at Bahia Honda Key..south of 7 mile bridge in the Keys.
The Beach from the old bridge.
Gulf
Marco Island on the Gulf, big beaches with built in morning shade.
Attempt at "growing" Sand Dunes in Marco
Island
. .........Marco Island and north up to Naples Beach
Sarasota....................................................Longboat Key
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