Nantasket Beach

This summer we got out to Nantasket Beach on Hull two weekends in a row.  Here are two shots from the same spot on the beach, one from each weekend.  Check out the tidal change!  The first weekend we got to the beach at low tide.  While we were there, we, and everyone else on the beach, kept moving the blankets, towels and umbrellas further and further up until practically everyone was in the water!  

The second weekend it was the opposite timing, we got there at high tide. We picked out a spot in the slim line of sand between rock and water.  But while we were there the beach grew and grew- still leaving the early birds hugging the rocks while all the late arrivers spread out on the spacious sand.

Sea Worm!

Brandts and seaweed at dusk- wolly beach

More seaweed than usual after stormy weather.

Super Moon

On March 19th we walked down to the beach in the late evening to check out the Super Moon. Any moon rise over Quincy Bay on a clear night is pretty super, but this one is called so because it was a full moon while at the closest point to the earth on its elliptical orbit. Here are a few photos taken to try to capture the magic of the moment.

Summer Evenings on Wollaston Beach

These hot evenings bring everyone out onto Wollaston beach. these pictures are taken from further down Quincy Shore Drive from Ocean St. in the background of the first (and third) photo you can see the silhouettes of the prudential center and the hancock in downtown boston.

Clam Digging

Often, when the tide is low, small groups of clam diggers can be spotted on wollaston beach. Whether or not they should be eating those clams I don't know. But it makes for some nice shots.

Horseshoe Mating Season at Wollaston Beach

The smaller, lighter colored one is the male. During new and full moons the horseshoe crabs come up onto the beach to mate. More info about horseshoe crab reproduction here.

Wollaston Beach in Winter