Category: Environment

Artwork from the cover of TIDES by Jonathan White

Jonathan White, Author of TIDES: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean, to attend Maine Boat & Home Show

8/2/2018 - The regular rise and fall of the seas is a phenomenon we are all familiar with. In fact, US Harbors is so intimately connected to the tides through our popular tide charts, it could be described as a website powered by the moon! The author Jonathan White explores humanity's connection… SEE MORE

Best Beach Towns for 2018

7/12/2018 - It's mid-July, and if you haven't been to a beach yet, chances are you're thinking about it. But where to go? Where is the best beach near you? What makes it better than the rest? Weather, house prices, crime rate, restaurants and more are all factored in to a report… SEE MORE

Homes

How is your summer so far? – Take our Survey

6/18/2018 - Summer is finally here, and everyone is heading back out on the water. We want to be able to provide you with all the coastal information you need, and to do so, we've a few questions for you. If you have a spare 3 minutes we'd love you to tell… SEE MORE

Homes

Storm paths from 2017's hurricane season - Wikipedia

Hurricane Season 2018 is now underway

Environment

6/6/2018 - The Atlantic Hurricane season officially began on June 1st, however, on May 25th the first named storm, tropical cyclone Alberto, entered the Gulf of Mexico. It was the first storm to be named in May since 1976. Originally, the predictions for the 2018 Atlantic Basin hurricane season were for an… SEE MORE

US Harbors adds Alaska to its network of harbors

5/31/2018 - Our harbors now run from Aberdeen, WA to Zachar Bay, AK. That's right, we've added to our family of harbors with nearly 100 new harbors in Alaska Our Alaskan harbors at present have only Tide and Weather information. We, like our users, value the accuracy of our data, and so… SEE MORE

Homes

Top 3 beach communities in South Walton Beach, Florida

Environment

5/29/2018 - On the Emerald Coast of Florida in the northern Panhandle lies a beautiful place called South Walton Beach. (nearest Harbor: Destin, FL) It's a beautiful coastline lined with primarily single-family homes and low-rise condominiums (under 50 feet tall). The sand along the beaches of South Walton is fluffy white and… SEE MORE

Homes

IndoJax Visually Impaired Surf Camp, Courtesy of Jesse Stephenson

North Carolina’s Special Needs Summer Surf Camp – “If I can surf, I can do anything”

Environment

5/24/2018 - “If I can surf, I can do anything,” is the axiom of IndoJax Surf Charities, entering its eleventh year of teaching disadvantaged, medically fragile, and special needs children how to surf. “It’s an incredible journey to witness how surfing and the ocean can change the lives of others for the… SEE MORE

The History of Seine Fishing

5/23/2018 - Beach seining is an activity that involves pulling a long seine through the water of an adjacent beach. A seine is usually manned by two people, one on each end of the net. With smaller nets, and where allowed, one person can anchor an end to the beach and swing… SEE MORE

News and Events from the Lowcountry Maritime Society

5/18/2018 - Our Biggest Boat Launch Yet! We launched 18 beautiful wooden skiffs into the Ashley River.100 students joined in on the fun this year! 250 friends and family came to witness 1 beautiful scene! The Spring Boat Launch is the final and ultimate test of all of our students’ hard work and the final event of the school… SEE MORE

Sea Tow Portland/Midcoast co-owner Capt. Matt Wilder (left) provides a Sea Tow membership bag to MITA‚Äôs Exec Director Doug Welch

Partnership Focused on Coastal Island Conservation

5/9/2018 - From his Southport office overlooking Boothbay Harbor, Capt. Bruce White of Sea Tow Portland/Midcoast, can watch his six Sea Tow vessels zoom past on their way to and from jobs. Often those jobs take the Sea Tow boats past uninhabited islands, said White, who has co-owned this franchise since 2015.… SEE MORE