August 29, 2022
Much has been made of the coming armageddon when California will be pounded by rain for a whole month as a monster Pineapple Express will send […]
June 8, 2022
Ocean day arrives with a recent mixed press. Perhaps the most important is the story in the New Yorker that we are running out of sand. […]
March 21, 2022
Spring Break is upon us and given the different schedules it will last for roughly six weeks. For college age students it is the opportunity to […]
March 4, 2022
For home owners on the coast the news just keeps getting worse. The 2022 Sea Level Rise technical Report from NOAA is a scary document. It […]
January 28, 2022
The California Coastal Commission has a great deal of authority when it comes to issues relating to the coast. So when it approves guidelines they attract […]
December 13, 2021
In the United States we pay attention to our own problems and sometimes ignore difficulties elsewhere. After writing about sea level rise in America and the […]
November 4, 2021
As an historian who has worked mostly in the 17th century it is a little unreal to find something you have written about in the daily […]
October 1, 2021
For modest women the world over there is always a problem in going to the beach. Few beaches now have changing cabins that used to be […]
August 27, 2021
For someone who is used to working in 17th century materials it comes as a shock when you discover one of the problems regarding writings on […]
July 28, 2021
This summer everyday brings news of bad weather somewhere in the world. Record temperatures in Seattle and Scotland. Record rain falls in Germany and England. A […]
July 14, 2021
French aristocrats started going to the beach in the late 18th century. Most resorts were on the English Channel–Dieppe, Boulogne, Trouville and Deauville–were among the first. […]
June 21, 2021
My first trip to the beach was long ago and far away, indeed in an unlikely spot. I grew up in Scotland where the summers are […]
May 28, 2021
America likes to think of itself as a be-coastal country–at least the people on the coasts do. The implication is that the coasts are the same […]
May 19, 2021
I I often get asked how do you do research on Beaches? Well, this image provides one version. It is, of course, not really so. I […]
April 30, 2021
I know that a site with the title “Lureofthebeach” should only include trips to the beach but having been to Santa Monica a little while ago […]