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Anastasia State Park / St. Augustine Beach (FL)
Best windows in the next two weeks, plus a packing list calibrated for tidal beach hunting.
Top 5 windows · next 14 days
1
Monday, June 29
4.9ft swing · spring tide · low 2:19 PM · 0.28" recent rain
74
Great
2
Tuesday, June 30
4.8ft swing · spring tide · low 2:58 PM · ~0.6ft below predicted (offshore wind) · 0.63" recent rain
74
Great
3
Sunday, June 28
4.8ft swing · low 1:38 PM · 1.83" recent rain
73
Great
4
Thursday, June 25
4.6ft swing · low 11:23 AM · post-storm
72
Great
5
Friday, June 26
4.7ft swing · low 12:09 PM · post-storm
72
Great
Packing checklist
Essentials
- ☐Water (more than you think)
- ☐Hat + polarized sunglasses
- ☐Reef-safe sunscreen
- ☐Phone with offline copy of this dossier
- ☐Snack / electrolytes
- ☐Trash bag — leave it cleaner than you found it
Tools
- ☐Mesh sifter or basket (1/4″ mesh is the sweet spot)
- ☐Knee pads or kneeling foam
- ☐Sand scoop (long handle for water work)
- ☐Quart ziplock + small lidded jar for finds
- ☐Permanent marker for labels
- ☐Caliper or ruler for sizing
Beach-specific
- ☐Rash guard for long sun exposure
- ☐Water shoes — shells and stingrays
- ☐Tide chart screenshot for your day
- ☐Headlamp if hunting low tide near sunrise/sunset
Find care
- ☐Soft toothbrush
- ☐Padded box for any 2″+ tooth
- ☐Cotton or tissue layers between teeth
- ☐Notebook (or open the Toothhound logbook)
Tactic refresher
Walk the wrack line at low tide the day after a NE blow. Concentrate at the inlet end (north of the park) where shell-and-pebble lag piles up.
Don't forget
Open beach surface collection is fine. State park rules: no digging in dunes; surface tooth collecting is tolerated.