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Things You Didn’t Know About Ghost Crabs

Things You Didn’t Know About Ghost Crabs

Maybe you’ve lived on the coast your whole life, or perhaps you just visit a few times a year. Either…

5 Terrific Beach Reads to Tuck in Your Beach Bag

5 Terrific Beach Reads to Tuck in Your Beach Bag

While there’s no hard definition of what a great beach read is, most readers think of it as something that’s…

Eco-friendly Products from 30A That Are Good for the Planet

Eco-friendly Products from 30A That Are Good for the Planet

We’ve put together a collection of environmentally friendly products that can help us all reduce our dependence on single-use plastics…

5 Ways a Beach Day is Good For Your Health

5 Ways a Beach Day is Good For Your Health

You’d rather be at the beach than almost anywhere else on earth. But sometimes you may feel too over-scheduled to…

Stunning Beach Photography: Capturing Nature’s Night Lights

Stunning Beach Photography: Capturing Nature’s Night Lights

Susan Gunn is a self-professed “nature freak” with photography in her blood. After vacationing on the beaches of 30A for…

Vote Now For ‘Perfect In South Walton’ Awards — Ends August 31

6 Things to Do BEFORE You Head to the Beach

By Jordan Greene The beach is an easy place to kill time… and spend money. Of course, beach essentials are known…

Shuck an Oyster Like a Pro: Yes, You Can!

Shuck an Oyster Like a Pro: Yes, You Can!

Ice cold and raw, fried or baked, fresh oysters make perfect beach food, hands down one of the most popular…

The Washed Ashore Effort: Turning Trash Into Treasure

The Washed Ashore Effort: Turning Trash Into Treasure

While art has always been appreciated for its beauty and for the feelings it creates in the onlooker, it can…

Meet the Highest 30A Fan on Earth

Meet the Highest 30A Fan on Earth

Merry Morgan Holotik climbed the ultimate mountain in 2019. The highest peak on earth, Mt. Everest is on the border…

Dolphin Therapy: Helping Children and Adults Alike

Dolphin Therapy: Helping Children and Adults Alike

Just off the shores of Shell Island in Panama City, Florida, pods of wild dolphins roam freely. These dolphins aren’t…

UMA Artist Urges: Let’s Not Blow This

UMA Artist Urges: Let’s Not Blow This

Our earth is as delicate as a flower, and Alabama artist Kevin Reilly replicated its fragility in his piece Let’s…

How Artificial Reefs Promote Marine Habitat

How Artificial Reefs Promote Marine Habitat

Art has long been used to convey awareness for dozens of social, cultural and economic issues to the American public…

What’s the Deal With Sea Lice?

What’s the Deal With Sea Lice?

If you’ve been hearing talk about sea lice and wondering what they are, we’ve got some answers. The truth is…

Hunter S. Thompson: From the Florida Panhandle to Infamy

Hunter S. Thompson: From the Florida Panhandle to Infamy

Did you know Hunter S. Thompson was a journalist that began his career here on the Florida Panhandle?

Beach Games: Beyond Sandcastles

Beach Games: Beyond Sandcastles

By Sarah Murphy Robertson The beach serves as an expansive space to families to gather, relax, and enjoy time spent together.…

2019 Underwater Museum of Art Installations

2019 Underwater Museum of Art Installations

The nation’s first underwater museum expanded with 12 new sculptures. The Underwater Museum of Art (UMA) is located less than a…

5 New Summer Essentials: Try These Perfect Items for the Beach

5 New Summer Essentials: Try These Perfect Items for the Beach

There are certain summer essentials that no 30A local or visitor should leave the house (or cottage) without for a…

Beach Cocktail: The Sunny Bunch

Beach Cocktail: The Sunny Bunch

Havana Beach Bar and Grill inside the Pearl Hotel offers many elevated cocktails in Rosemary Beach. The Sunny Bunch is…

Hello, 2019!

What You Need to Know About Microplastics and the Planet

Here’s the naked truth about clothing, microplastics, and the planet: everything we, as a planet, produce comes at a cost…

10 Stunning Beach Races and Marathons to Conquer

10 Stunning Beach Races and Marathons to Conquer

Whether it’s on a bike, a paddleboard or your own two legs, the exhilaration of crossing a finish line is…

Photographer Captures Magical Shape of Water in Images

Photographer Captures Magical Shape of Water in Images

The shape of water has never looked as magical as when Kevin Freese captures it in a photo. From the…

Electric Blue Beauty: Plankton Creates Magical Waters

Electric Blue Beauty: Plankton Creates Magical Waters

Set against the night sky, the surf lights up an iridescent blue as it rolls to the shore. The water…

Stepping in to Save Dolphins When They Can’t Save Themselves

Stepping in to Save Dolphins When They Can’t Save Themselves

Sometimes no matter how much love, care and medical attention you give an injured dolphin, it’s never enough to get…

5 Fascinating Facts About Palm Trees

5 Fascinating Facts About Palm Trees

They give us some much-needed shade during long lazy beach days, they create awesome photo backdrops for fun beach selfies,…

Going Deep with Local Diver & Reef Artist Vince Tatum

Going Deep with Local Diver & Reef Artist Vince Tatum

Some locals are lucky enough to be born here in South Walton, but the rest of us have our own…

Finding Truman

Finding Truman

By Laura Braune Smyer For fifteen years after its inception, 30A’s quaintly idyllic beach community of Seaside was a little-known secret…

The Lionfish: How We’re Winning Against This Invasive Species

The Lionfish: How We’re Winning Against This Invasive Species

They are strikingly beautiful, with vibrant red and white stripes and a showy array of long, flowing fins. They are…

See How the Underwater Museum is Flourishing

See How the Underwater Museum is Flourishing

The UMA was officially deployed in June 2018 off the coast of 30A’s Grayton Beach. Footage from just two months…

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