Best place to collect shells

[U2fan]

My son absolutely loves collecting shells. Where are the best beaches to collect shells within a few hours' drive from Orlando? Sanibel Island sounds ideal but it's just too far for us to drive there and back in a day, and we won't be able to stay overnight.

Thank you in advance, U2fan

[Guest]

Here is good, just above Clearwater, Dunedin is a lovely little town too.

floridastateparks/park/Honeymoon-Island

Here is a bit further away a few miles beyond Sarasota, you can find fossilised sharks teeth and shells. We love this area and have two goldfish bowls full of teeth and shells. Again Venice is a really good town to look round. If you go onto the jetty by the café there are often dolphins playing in the creek , following the boats in and out.

beachtreasuresandtreasurebea...c-shark-teeth/

[Hooray4Disney]

We collected these from Fort Desoto State Park at their furthest beach.

[U2fan]

Originally Posted by anna-marie

Here is good, just above Clearwater, Dunedin is a lovely little town too.

floridastateparks/park/Honeymoon-Island

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Thank you Anna-Marie - that looks perfect!

[U2fan]

Originally Posted by Hooray4Disney

We collected these from Fort Desoto State Park at their furthest beach.

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Wow Horray4Disney, he would love to see shells like that! Thank you

[Guest]

Originally Posted by U2fan

Thank you Anna-Marie - that looks perfect!

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Just added another place I thought of to the original post.

[Guest]

Dunedin is a really lovely small town, we've rented houses there in the past. It has close associations with Edinburgh ( Dunedin was the old name for Edinburgh )

I'd head a few miles up the coast to Honeymoon Island which is good for shell collectors... and has a really nice snack bar and walks.

This might help;

beachhunter/honeymoon_island.htm

[Guest]

These were found on Honeymoon Island

And the sharks teeth at Venice

A bit blurry, my tablet isn't the best!

[U2fan]

Thank you so much for all your responses - there are some really great suggestions for us to look through.

Thank you again, U2fan x

[Sara_toga]

Originally Posted by anna-marie

Here is good, just above Clearwater, Dunedin is a lovely little town too.

floridastateparks/park/Honeymoon-Island

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Off to Clearwater next week so must visit here. I just love collecting shells and have no had much luck so far in Florida.