California Beaches

[longknife]

Yum.

 

[skye]

Why is the sand red?

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Why is the sand red?

Red crabs, thousands of red crabs

 

[Alex.]

Thousands of tiny red crabs invade California beach

"The Orange County Register reports that pelagic red crabs are usually found off Baja California, but currents that are part of the El Nino weather pattern are sweeping them north.

The 1- to 3-inch-long crabs have washed up for several years along the Orange County coastline."


Yuck

 

[Zander]

Warmer water bring them out.

They're harmless.

 

[skye]

Why is the sand red?

Red crabs, thousands of red crabs

Wow!

 

[Kat]

Pretty area, except for those crabbie things.. I would freak out!!

 

[Alex.]

 

[Alex.]

 

[skye]

OMG!!! ^^^

 

[Alex.]

OMG!!! ^^^

No matter how harmless the crabs are I cannot imagine having a nice day out on the beach with these critters scrambling about.

 

[Kat]

Yum.

I love the teeny hermit crabs we have at the Gulf. But they aren't in hordes either. Plus can't see them well in the white sand.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

We get the same thing here on the Texas Gulf coast in the spring but they aren't red.
A buddy and I were camping/fishing on Matagorda Island one weekend and when the sun set these things came out of the dunes by the millions!!
One of the most incredible things I've ever seen!
They were friggen everywhere!!

 

[Kat]

We get the same thing here on the Texas Gulf coast in the spring but they aren't red.
A buddy and I were camping/fishing on Matagorda Island one weekend and when the sun set these things came out of the dunes by the millions!!
One of the most incredible things I've ever seen!
They were friggen everywhere!!

Creepy! Why do they do that? (no I didn't read the links)

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

We get the same thing here on the Texas Gulf coast in the spring but they aren't red.
A buddy and I were camping/fishing on Matagorda Island one weekend and when the sun set these things came out of the dunes by the millions!!
One of the most incredible things I've ever seen!
They were friggen everywhere!!

Creepy! Why do they do that? (no I didn't read the links)

I would guess it has something to do with the young moving towards the water.
These were about the size of a quarter. I'd never seen it before and I havent seen it since.
It was incredible!!
It happened at this campsite only accessible by boat.

There were literally acres of crabs.

 

[Kat]

We get the same thing here on the Texas Gulf coast in the spring but they aren't red.
A buddy and I were camping/fishing on Matagorda Island one weekend and when the sun set these things came out of the dunes by the millions!!
One of the most incredible things I've ever seen!
They were friggen everywhere!!

Creepy! Why do they do that? (no I didn't read the links)

I would guess it has something to do with the young moving towards the water.
These were about the size of a quarter. I'd never seen it before and I havent seen it since.
It was incredible!!
It happened at this campsite only accessible by boat.
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There were literally acres of crabs.

WOW that is amazing. But, I still would freak out. LOL

 

[IsaacNewton]

Huge landslide on Highway 1 near Big Sur. I've driven the Coastal Highway (Highway 1) countless times and it is always spectacular scenery. I'd guess this road closure will last at least a year. There is another part of the 1 that has been closed for months as well. I drove down it a couple months ago and you could only go about 20 minutes south of Big Sur before having to turn around.

For anyone that hasn't driven the California coast get thee to a car rental (when it reopens). No coastline on Earth has anything on California's coast. It is incredible.

 

[longknife]

Multiple closures due to heavy rai8ns