Where's My Sandy Beach started as a simple question: what if the places we go to relax are also some of the most quietly fascinating places on Earth? A tide pool is a working ecosystem. A grain of sand is a geological record. A shipwreck is a story someone lived through. This site exists to notice those things, and to write them down properly.
It's built and written independently, part travel journal, part science notebook, part reading list, for people who'd rather understand a coastline than just photograph it. Every Coastal Note is researched and written before it's published. Every Lab Notes project has actually been tested. Every Geo Lit review is of a book that's actually been read.
What's here
Coastal Notes
Field-note dispatches on the science, history, and literature tied to real coastlines.
Lab Notes
Hands-on beach science projects, the kind you can actually do on a beach day.
Geo Lit
Book reviews for anything worth packing for the coast, fiction, history, science, poetry.
Pack the Bag & Plan the Trip
A gear builder and a stay finder, for when reading about a place turns into going there.
How this site makes money
Where's My Sandy Beach is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by linking to Amazon.com, and is also an Expedia affiliate. As an Amazon Associate, this site earns from qualifying purchases. Some links on this site, including product recommendations, book links, and stay links, are affiliate links, meaning a small commission may be earned at no additional cost to you. Recommendations are made because the item or book is genuinely a good fit for the story it's attached to, not because of the commission involved.