Tybee Island Outdoors

01/24/2025

Another day closed for the Tybee Light Station & Museum. We're hoping that the sunny and warmer weather tomorrow will allow us to open on Sunday, January 26th

01/18/2025

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🌟 Attention Tybee business owners and managers! 🌊🐢
Join us for the launch of the Tybee Turtle Friendly Business Program! 🌴💚

Here’s what’s in store:
🍹 Light Refreshments & Drinks
🤝 Networking with local business owners and managers
♻️ Explore sustainable swaps and eco-friendly alternatives for your business
🔧 Connect with suppliers offering simple, actionable solutions for sustainability
🐢 Learn how to become a certified Turtle-Friendly Business

📅 When: February 17. 2025, 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM (drop-in)
📍 Where: Tybee Island Marine Science Center (37 Meddin Drive, Tybee Island)

Be part of a community effort to support conservation and sustainability on Tybee. Let’s make a difference—together!

➡️ RSVP now: https://pp.events/avpWwLGb

01/06/2025

11/15/2024

What is sand and where does it [crab] come from?

The sand on Southeastern US beaches are made up of different types of sand grains: light minerals like quartz and feldspar, heavy minerals like magnetite and ilmenite, and carbonate sand from broken shells. The types and amounts of these grains can tell us about the source of the sand, how it got to the beach, and how it has changed over time.

Studies show that most of the sand on these beaches came from rivers flowing down from the Piedmont region, by physical and chemical weathering of the Appalachian and Blue ridge mountains.

Check this out for a more detailed explanation on Southeast US sand: https://coastalcare.org/2015/05/what-the-sand-tell-us-a-look-back-at-southeastern-us-beaches-by-orrin-h-pilkey-william-j-neal/



Did you see it?

11/04/2024

To follow the award winning Tybee Island Black History Trail just follow the attached link.
https://arcg.is/jP9fL

Researched and created by: Julia Pearce, Tybee MLK Human Rights Organization; Amy Potter, Georgia Southern University; Pat Leiby, Tybee MLK Human Rights Organization; Sarah Jones, Tybee Island Historical Society; and Joyah Mitchell, Georgia Southern UniversityKNOW BEFORE YOU GO: Some of properties y...

10/30/2024

A Tybee Halloween

10/10/2024

Tomorrow’s wind forecast from Milton

10/04/2024

Salt Bombs being delivered today to…

The Alida, Savannah, a Tribute Portfolio
Brochu's Family Tradition
Bubba Gumbo's
Common Restaurant
Common Thread Savannah
Fleeting
Husk Savannah
Late Air Wine Bar
Salt Island Fish & Beer
Sea Wolf Tybee

10/02/2024

How proud Jane Bridges is tonight. A project on Tybee Island that started with our discussions about saving the fading Black history on the island is now a reality and an award winning Tybee tourist attraction.

09/14/2024

Never forget this

07/10/2024

If you haven’t listened to the new podcast from the Tybee Island Historical Society, you’ve missed a real treat. It is educational and very entertaining.

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Our first three podcasts have launched with Mack Kitchens, Spec Hosti, and Norbert Chandler. We'll have them up on our website soon, but until we do here are a few links. Just head on over to your favorite podcast listening channel, and search for Tybee Remembers When.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tybee-remembers-when/id1755222140

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1323-tybee-remembers-when-191642975/

https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/475e27f1-f18d-4187-86dc-7a476f4319c8/tybee-remembers-when

https://open.spotify.com/show/5aL8C0gnvl5tBjVyenJjqL

06/18/2024

PLEASE FILL YOUR HOLES!

I know many who come to the beach want to have a good time and don’t think about filling in the holes or leaving trash around. But it is turtle nesting season. This huge hole was found in Pawleys Island. Here are some tips from our friends at S.C.U.TE. that will help you and the turtles.

1. When you leave the beach each evening, take your belongings and trash with you. Balloons and plastics are particularly dangerous because they look like turtles’ favorite food – jellyfish — when floating in the water. And please take down your shelters, beach chairs and tents as they present an entanglement danger to the turtles, and they can create obstructions which frighten the mothers and cause them to leave the beach without laying their eggs.

2. Please fill in your holes so that neither turtles nor people fall in them or over them overnight.

3. Lights out, please. It is VERY important to have a dark beach for the turtles to come ashore and lay their eggs. Artificial lighting (flashlights, glow sticks, and camera flashes) disorients the babies and discourages the mothers. After dark, please turn off outdoor lighting and shut curtains or blinds where indoor lighting can be seen from the beach. And do not use flashlights on the beach at night. They are just as detrimental as a floodlight.

4. Do Not Disturb! If you see a turtle nesting, please respect her needs and leave her alone to take care of Nature’s work. It’s okay to watch quietly from a distance, but do not take pictures or shine lights in her direction, and certainly do not disturb the nest in any way. Disturbing any sea turtle, its nest or its eggs is punishable under Federal law and carries large fines and possible jail sentencing.

If you see a turtle on the beach, leave it alone! If it is injured or somehow in distress, call this number, 800-922-5431, and record the nature of the problem and the location of the turtle.

📸 Amy Tennant Farr. Thank you for filling this one Amy!

06/17/2024

The best idea yet to help keep our beach clean.