Gunk in the water

[histo]

I was planning to buy in the area but the gunk in the gulf water at Watersound is really turning me off. Anybody have anything to encourage me?

 

[Miss Kitty]

...describe this gunk, please.

 

[Jdarg]

One man's gunk is another man's treasure.

Histo, is this a serious post?

 

[scooterbug44]

What do you mean by gunk?

Brown stuff is just natural tannins. Dunno about other stuff.

 

[Kurt]

Could you hear the Jaws theme ?

 

[ASH]

He may be referring to all the grass coming in due to the recent winds and high tides. That and it is just about that time of year for June Grass. Right on time to make fishing tough for about a month.
My brief history here in Sowal also reminds me that for some reason when all that grass comes in, it has a habit of bringing additional bits and pieces of plastic and debris with it. I know that turtle walks have resulted in a higher than usual amount of junk to pick up and it isn't coming from people on the beach.

 

[Bobby J]

I was planning to buy in the area but the gunk in the gulf water at Watersound is really turning me off. Anybody have anything to encourage me?

If you were looking this past weekend it appeared the lake had opened. It is just a natural occurring flow of lake water meeting gulf water. The "gunk" is probably the lake water and many critters probably consider the gunk food. Come back and take another look. I think you will find our beaches, esp. Watersound to be some of the most beautiful in the world. People pay good money for gunk.

 

[ItzKatzTime]

He may be referring to all the grass coming in due to the recent winds and high tides. That and it is just about that time of year for June Grass. Right on time to make fishing tough for about a month.
My brief history here in Sowal also reminds me that for some reason when all that grass comes in, it has a habit of bringing additional bits and pieces of plastic and debris with it. I know that turtle walks have resulted in a higher than usual amount of junk to pick up and it isn't coming from people on the beach.

If you were looking this past weekend it appeared the lake had opened. It is just a natural occurring flow of lake water meeting gulf water. The "gunk" is probably the lake water and many critters probably consider the gunk food. Come back and take another look. I think you will find our beaches, esp. Watersound to be some of the most beautiful in the world. People pay good money for gunk.

Sounds like a legitamate/reasonable question to me.....especially if you're thinking about buying here. Thank you both for posting helpful answers to this persons question.

 

[cabythesea]

Its not a swimming pool...

The Gulf is different every day. Most days, its picture perfect, other days, its nature at its (less than) finest.
Bottomline - you can't beat the Emerald Coast - my opinion - maybe yours too.

 

[Jdarg]

Sorry for my mistrust- there have been plenty of new posters whose intent was to malign a development or builder-and the first post started out like one of those since it did not have the usual "introductions", but just started off with a negative, and seemed an unusual question for someone to ask if they were planning on buying here (as in, wouldn't a potential buyer know a little about water conditions??)

Histro, the Gulf is beautiful every day- wavy, calm, blue, brown, seaweedy, clear....