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Sand Dollar Beach



Posted by Melissa – San Francisco Gal

Sand Dollar Beach is the largest unbroken stretch of sand along the Big Sur coast. It is protected by the high bluffs behind it. The beach is about 150 ft below the top of the bluffs and is reached by a good trail and impressive staircase. A photo merge of four handheld images.

Hope your week is off to a good start. We are in for a some welcome rain this week.

Thanks, as always, for stopping by and for all of your kind comments — I appreciate them all.

ยฉ Melissa Post 2018

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Big Sur, Sand Dollar Beach, beach, water, wave, surf, cliff, rock, stone, sand, CA, California, seastack

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Tide Tables

We have had the best luck finding Sand Dollars at low tide, so we have made extensive use of the tide tables.

https://www.surf-forecast.com/breaks/Del-Mar-Beach/tides/latest

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July 15, 2021 Jackpot

I went out alone this morning at low tide to hang with the cranes and try my luck at some sand dollar hunting. I hit the jackpot, 16 sand dollars! I first found about 5-6 walking down from 18th St North to Dog Beach which was a good haul for me as I had previously been sand dollar challenged compared to Paula.

On my way back South from Dog Beach. I found the motherload in the deep tide pools Paula was stuck crossing the day before. Initially, it was three in knee-high water close to the shore, then more and more kept luring me into deeper water until I was in over waist-deep. With over ten additional sand dollars added to my collection, I headed home with my bounty happy as a clam at high tide.