Flagler Beach officials weighing safety, environment on beach lighting City commissioners are willing to dim lights near the beach for nesting sea turtles, but they also want to limit the city's liabilities for human visitors. Disoriented hatchlings delay beach's opening A group of disoriented turtle hatchlings delayed the opening of the beach for more than an hour Tuesday morning. Simms Jessica Kemp, right, of Ormond Beach works with Marion Riensema of New Smyrna Beach as part of the Volusia Sea Turtle Society checking the turtle nests that have hatched on New Smyrna Beach on Tuesday. Board delays ruling on water park's sign Officials at Adventure Landing water park will have to wait a while longer to see if the city will let them place a sign promoting their park on the beachside's public parking garage. Waves splash against the shoreline dragging sand to and from the beach.
Tides come in and go out, adding to the dynamic system.
There are the winds as well. From one second to another, in miniscule degrees, the beach is never the same. An estimated 75 baby sea turtles that hatched on the beach behind the Plaza Resort and Spa property early Saturday should have used the night's natural glow to find their way into the Atlantic. Beach driving restrictions devastating to some concessionaires Eight years ago builder David Centrella quit the construction business and headed for the beach. Advisory board votes to standardize, beautify beach ramps The ramps leading motorists from Atlantic Avenue to the sandy traffic lanes of Volusia County's beaches have a problem, according to the Beach Policy Advisory Board.