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Sand Key Lifeguards

Lifeguards and fire rescue play a central role in water safety on many of the beaches of Pinellas County. These individuals who are trained in lifesaving, first aid, and water safety help ensure visitors enjoy a safe day at the beach. Continue reading Sand Key Lifeguards

Food Trailer Fire

After looking at the pictures of Sand Key from that banger swell on the 21st of November, I noticed in the pictures, the small food trailer always on the beach had caught fire.  Not that that really has any significance to surfers, because the trailer is usually closed in the winter when there is surf.  Regardless, there was a city firetruck and county recreation truck on the scene.  There appears to be no city records of this incident, so it is hard to determine the cause of the fire.  But what is clear, is that, the food trailer has been crispified.

Hurricane Matthew Makes Landfall: Sand Key Gallery

The gulf coast was going off today like it was wintertime. Large surf was exploding on the sandbars. Sand Key, aka the zoo, was packed as usual. It was hard to find a bit of shoulder room. Collisions were common and near brushes with death were frequent. The sandbar was shallow, the surf large, and the crowd maxing out.

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