Florida Shelling Sanibel Lighthouse Beach at Low Tide. Fossils, shells and critters oh my!

Florida Shelling Sanibel Lighthouse Beach at Low Tide. Fossils, shells and critters oh my!

SWF Beach Life
SWF Beach Life
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Florida Shelling at the Sanibel Lighthouse Beach was a brisk way to start my day. Winter shelling sure does come with it's challenges - the cold being one! We were going to be experiencing negative low tides and I really want to find a horse conch. I'm pretty convinced Sanibel is where I'm going to find it and since the tides were really low, I thought I would have better access to shallow water and stumble across my horse conch.

The tide was low but I didn't find what I was expecting. I don't think this Sanibel Lighthouse beach likes me. I've been here a few times and have left with great pictures and ZERO shells. On this particular day I did happen to find a few things to talk about, including 2 squishy critters that I've never seen before and a fossil that is over a million years old!

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