Honeymoon Island has split into two islands

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Published 2024-04-20
There are a lot of places to explore inside Honeymoon Island State Park. But now it’s a little more challenging to get to some spots. Paul Paxon and his wife Denise brought their kayaks here to see the changes.
All Comments (21)
  • @danlowe8684
    Honeymoon Island is a state beach park located in Dunedin, Pinellas County on the southwest coast of Florida. It is the highest attended beach state park in Florida. A portion of the island was artificially constructed with material mined from offshore in the 1960's, and the park has had a chronic erosion problem along the gulf coast shoreline ever since. In 1989, the Park Service placed 230,000 cy of sand along the beach front to restore the beach and protect the parking facilities, but the sand washed away in less than 2 years.
  • @davemanone3661
    Let nature do it's thing and leave it alone, just enjoy it!
  • @davidcarmack5074
    One island for the bride, one island for the groom, sounds like a perfect honeymoon.
  • @bobloblaw9679
    ...and both islands used to be connected to another island before a storm in the '30s separated them. things change.
  • @noodengr3three825
    Sand barrier islands have always shifted and always will. We adapt .
  • @davidthaler7018
    So one is called Honey island and the other is Moon Island?
  • @dank2265
    I lived in Florida for 10 years and it always amazed me at how many people dont understand that the state is like 50% sandbar, and sandbars wash away , so lets pay a premium to live on one.
  • @size-matters
    Nature has changed those islands for eternity. Why would you want to fix it when it’s not broken?
  • @mechellerene
    Heading out on our boat to see this tomorrow. We've been watching how the island has been changing since Idalia & Nicole. Very cool. Nature is BOSS.
  • @annietang3780
    We are not the center of the world: Respect the force of nature. Let nature be, nothing to be repaired.
  • @MrGriff305
    Even as a Floridian, I had no idea that this was Florida because the "news" story didn't bother to say. She then said INTERcoastal. Can someone please verify that that's a thing and that it exists on the west coast of Florida?
  • @atatterson6992
    No Sweetheart, nature's gonna do whatever it wants... we have NO say in the matter.
  • @lennyray42
    It’s just doing what it’s always done. That island was created the same way it’s being destroyed…