点评:Although we were definitely disappointed by the lack of quality shells that the Sanibel Island beaches are known for, we had a good & rollicking time standing in the surf, hand-dredging for shells & getting a good, wild ocean "bath" at the same time as the tide came in (we started looking during the ebb tide but, post-low tide, the waters came in REALLY quickly). We had a few, successful finds shelling in this manner. As for the beach, it is nice & long with lots of folks walking it, has a lot of detritus on it, mostly natural, ocean things such as dried twigs, lots & lots of old & calcified shells, dried beach grass & those super cool "Mermaid necklaces" that hold whelk eggs in their flat, opaque pods. They were everywhere as you walk northward on the shoreline. The beach is fairly crowded closer to the parking lots ($5/hour to park & there are bathrooms, showers, water fountains & history/geography info between the parking area & the beach) & thins out after around 5 PM. The water gets rough pretty quickly as the tide rolls in but offers great sunsets over the Gulf of Mexico.
翻译:尽管我们对桑尼贝尔岛海滩所著称的优质贝壳的缺乏感到失望,但我们在海浪中站着,用手挖贝壳,在潮水涌来时享受了一次美妙而又狂野的海洋“沐浴”,度过了一段愉快而又欢乐的时光(我们开始在退潮时寻找贝壳,但退潮后,海水涨得非常快)。我们以这种方式成功找到了一些贝壳。至于海滩,它又好又长,很多人在上面散步,上面有很多碎屑,大多是天然的海洋物质,如干树枝、许多许多旧的和钙化的贝壳、干枯的海滩草和那些超酷的“美人鱼项链”,它们将海螺卵装在扁平、不透明的豆荚里。当你沿着海岸线向北走时,它们随处可见。靠近停车场的海滩相当拥挤(停车费为每小时 5 美元,停车场和海滩之间设有浴室、淋浴、喷泉和历史/地理信息),下午 5 点左右后人流稀少。潮水涨潮时,海水很快变得波涛汹涌,但可以欣赏到墨西哥湾的壮丽日落。