Where the sea meets the shore, a thousand years of grinding waves pummeled the coral rock into submission for your pleasure. Like powdered sugar between your toes, the sands massage with each step. Our beach sand is special. Pick up a handful. Looking closely you'll see it comes in many shapes.
Some grains look like bits of oatmeal, others like miniature deer antlers.
Fashioned by special algae which thrive in Marathon's warm waters, these specks contribute much of the sea bottom and beaches surrounding the Keys. Broad acres of sargassum seaweed flourish in the wake of the Gulfstream. It looks like a suntanned parsley salad. Take a handful and shake it out. You'll find small shrimp, fish and tiny crabs that make a home in this habitat.