Our family has just returned from the San Destin area.
On Sunday (June 25) we went to the beach to check things out after checking in and suddenly the beaches were cleared by people yelling "shark!!"--only to realize it was a manatee. It was very close (maybe 20 feet from where waves were breaking). Then on Sat, July 1 we saw the 4 that the previous post was probably referring to--swimming together, VERY close in. During this past week, in addition to the manatees, we saw dolphins just past the first sandbar, sting rays, and a sea turtle. The turtle came right up to us, was swimming along in the shallow water, my little boy almost tried to pick him up--but I stopped him, not knowing what the laws were!! He was not a huge turtle but a pretty good size one.
We too felt very blessed to see such sea life in a weeks time--and NOT see a shark or jellyfish!!
On Sunday (June 25) we went to the beach to check things out after checking in and suddenly the beaches were cleared by people yelling "shark!!"--only to realize it was a manatee. It was very close (maybe 20 feet from where waves were breaking). Then on Sat, July 1 we saw the 4 that the previous post was probably referring to--swimming together, VERY close in. During this past week, in addition to the manatees, we saw dolphins just past the first sandbar, sting rays, and a sea turtle. The turtle came right up to us, was swimming along in the shallow water, my little boy almost tried to pick him up--but I stopped him, not knowing what the laws were!! He was not a huge turtle but a pretty good size one.
We too felt very blessed to see such sea life in a weeks time--and NOT see a shark or jellyfish!!