What’s your Favorite Shelling Beach?
So far, Sanibel Island is the top choice of our readers for collecting seashells. If you had to pick your favorite place for collecting seashells, where would it be? Let us know in our seashell beach poll.
Take a look at the list of some favorite beaches so far, and pack your shell pail for your favorite destination.
Top 10 Shelling Beaches
- Sanibel Island, Florida, USA
- St. Pete Beach, Florida, USA
- Fort Myers, Florida, USA
- Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands, Florida, USA
- Saint Barthélémy, French West Indies
- Liverpool, England
- Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, USA
- Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos
- Galveston, Texas, USA
- Stinson Beach, California, USA
We have received plenty of other votes for beaches in the Bahamas, French Polynesia, Guam, Mexico, as well as from states around the U.S. including Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, and South Carolina. We also got one response that said, “Not telling: my precious.”
Learn more about seashells
Learn more about identifying shells, the history of seashell collecting, great shelling beaches, and the lives of the animals who make the shells we find on the beach. Articles ›
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This article appeared in the Beachcombing Magazine January/February 2019 issue but we will continue to keep it updated as new responses come in.
No live shelling: Be sure shells are empty and sand dollars, sea stars, and sea urchins are no longer alive before you bring them home.
