Beachcombing In Florida

In general Florida's beaches do not offer an abundance of sea glass. However, our beaches are full of beautiful seashells, ancient fossilized sharks teeth, sea beans and other cool treasures. We consider Florida to be a beachcombers paradise!

Collecting seashells from the beaches of Florida

Sea Glass In Florida?

Florida has incredible beaches many of which promise beautiful seashells and ancient fossilized sharks teeth. Sea glass can be found on our beaches but not in abundance and planning a trip to any area of Florida around finding sea glass may result in disappointment. My husband, a Florida native, and I live on the west coast of Florida and have also lived on the east coast of Florida. We take surf trips to Florida's east coast and have found very little in the way of sea glass there. However, I have heard from other beachcombers who do find sea glass on the east coast on a regular basis. We have also found sea glass here on the gulf coast mostly white, amber and green and a few pieces of cobalt blue and aquamarine. We don't beachcomb in Florida with the intention of finding sea glass and find the odd piece while collecting seashells and sharks teeth.

Ancient Fossilized Sharks Teeth

While we do not have a lot of sea glass on our beaches we do have an abundance of ancient fossilized sharks teeth that are millions of years old. When sharks die the only thing that does not break down is there teeth and jaws. Sharks have several rows of teeth and the teeth in the front are constantly replaced by teeth in the back rows. In other words they produce a lot of teeth. Beautiful ancient fossilized sharks teeth can be found on beaches all over the state of Florida. The beaches of Venice and Englewood are excellent places to look for shark teeth and Venice, Florida is the shark tooth capitol of the world.

Please check back towards the end of February 2012 - We are in the process of adding more to this section!