Tybee Island Beach Ecology Trips - Led by marine scientist/biologist, Dr. Joe Richardson
Make your beach trip more than just a trip to the beach. Make it a valuable experience discovering and learning
about animals and habitats of Georgia's beaches and barrier islands.
Discover Tybee's Natural Marine Treasures.
Adult and school groups from South Carolina, Georgia and Florida regularly ask "Dr. Joe" to lead their Tybee Island and barrier island beach trips. Make your group's trip to Tybee more than just a day at the beach. Spend some time exploring with a marine biologist.
Contact Dr. Joe at: joe@ceasurf.com to set up a trip. Some dates are better than others due to tides, so plan ahead with Dr. Joe.
DISCOVER THE DIVERSITY OF MARINE LIFE
ON TYBEE ISLAND
Tybee Island beach is a great location for finding and studying a wide variety of marine life typical of the southeastern US coastline. With its wide sandy beach front, proximity to inlets, rock jetties with tide pools, large intertidal zone, and generally low wave energy, Tybee provides a location and setting that allows much to be seen and done during a beach visit. Many visitors, students and educa-tors are surprised to learn that there is so much to see and find on Tybee. The secret is knowing where and how to look, how to find, and then learning what it is that you are finding.
With more than 30 years of experience, "Dr. Joe" has a passion for teaching folks of all ages (kindergarten through adults) about the animals and ecology of coastal Georgia and its habitats. As a professor of Marine Sciences, he taught courses in marine biology, invertebrate zoology, marine chemistry, oceanography, botany and other coastal ecology subjects. For many years he has conducted field studies at the beach for school classes, teachers and other groups.
Beach Ecology Trips Include Many Activities & Topics
Tybee offers a variety of habitats to explore and a wide variety of animals and shells to be found.
A typical "beach ecology" trip consists of a variety of topics and activities including:
Beachcombing for animals, identifying them, talking about how they live, who eats who, their adaptations;
Looking for fossils, including fossilized shark teeth;
Examining tide pools along the rock jetty; discussing the intertidal zone and adaptations for living in this dynamic habitat;
Collecting live specimens for our "field aquarium;"
Identifying and discussing new marine invasive species;
Pulling a 50 ft. beach seine net, examining fish and other animals caught, discussing their adaptations;
Measuring seawater salinity; Discussing tides; Examining sand layers; Looking for dolphins;
Discussing current research and issues.
Make the most of your trip to Tybee Island. Discover its natural marine resources. Contact Dr. Joe Richardson at: joe@ceasurf.com