Sea Glass Summer Is Coming

Sea Glass Summer Is Coming

I can feel it already.

The light is shifting, the days are stretching out, and the tide has been pulling back just a little farther each morning. Summer isn’t fully here yet, but it’s close, and the beaches are starting to change again.

And this year, I’m not walking into it the same way.

A few things have come together all at once. I was recently featured in Beachcombing Magazine, which still feels a little unreal to say out loud. I’ve been accepted into the largest sea glass festival on the East Coast. And this month, I’m graduating.

From the outside, it probably looks like everything just happened overnight. But if you’ve ever found sea glass, you already know that’s not how any of this works.

Nothing about it is fast.

Every piece gets worked over by the ocean - pushed, buried, uncovered, and moved again and again until it finally washes up where someone can see it. What looks like a perfect find in your hand has already been through years of movement before it ever reached you.

That’s what this season feels like.

Not something new, but something that’s been building for a long time finally starting to surface.

And now we’re heading into summer, which is its own kind of rhythm.

The beaches get busier, the shoreline resets more often, and the tide starts to feel more alive. Early mornings matter more. Negative tides start to hit in a way they didn’t all winter. Coves begin producing again, quietly holding onto things that other stretches of beach let go.

There are more people out there, sure, but there are also more opportunities if you know how to read what’s in front of you.

That’s the part I’m excited about.

I’m going into this season with a different kind of awareness - paying closer attention, moving a little slower, and being more intentional about what I’m looking for. Not just anything, but the right things.

Better finds, better days, and a deeper understanding of what these beaches actually give you when you give them your time.

I’ll be out there a lot this summer. Walking, watching, and figuring out what’s working and what isn’t, and sharing that as I go.

Because there really isn’t a single “best” beach.

Just timing, tide, and whether or not you’re paying attention.

Sea glass summer is coming.

And I’m ready for it.