Crescent Beach near St. Augustine, FL
Crescent Beach My family loves to go to the beach, and we live less than an hour from several beaches here in FL, so it happens frequently. But the beaches here are boring--sand and waves is what you get. But if you head up toward St. Augustine, things get much better. Crescent Beach [ map ] near Marineland just south of St. Augustine is a beautiful beach. There are coquina rocks all along the beach, and they create a lot more photographic interest than simple sand and beach. Sanderling at Crescent Beach Not only that, but it seems to me that the rocks attract more wildlife. At least I see far more shorebirds, gulls, terns, and turtles here than elsewhere. This is a great place to go for sunrise photographs at the beach--certainly the best I've found in FL so far. I'm certainly open to suggestions from any of you who have found great places to go in FL. Sea Turtle at Crescent Beach Now, if I can convince my family to go alo...