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I’m listing the Gulf Coast as a single category, and it is only on the list because I use a lot of sea glass from our area.  Glass is not plentiful here in the way that it is in the other places I have mentioned, and I’m not suggesting that anyone should come from far away to hunt for beach glass.

However, you can find glass on just about any beach, and you can improve your chances with the right combination of features.  Look near places where there have historically been concentrations of people, such as ports or jetties, and where there is some surf from time to time.  Look for the shingle.  On the gulf coast, you can often find areas where the shoreline has been scoured out by storms.

I walk miles on the beach near our home at Surfside Beach, TX, and usually pick up one or two pieces over a day’s walk.  However, if you want to find larger quantities, you can try the Bolivar Peninsula to the east or Sargent’s beach to the west.  It will be mostly “craft grade” glass with lots of greens, browns and whites, but you can sometimes find some nice pieces.  At High Island on Bolivar, east of the intersection of highway 87 and 124, the road used to continue eastward along the shore but was mostly washed out many years ago.  You could still drive a car (carefully) on it at my last visit, (I have not been there since Hurricane Harvey).  Sargent beach is just east of Matagorda bay (look for Sergeant Joe Parks, Jr. Memorial Highway on Google Maps).

Searching for glass in your “home waters” is fun, and best of all, you can do it more often.  When you find a good piece, its rarity makes it more special!

Please come to one of the venues and we can trade information on our glass hunting trips!

Other beaches I have visited:
1. Seaham Beach, Seaham, England, U.K
2. Vieques Island, Vieques, Puerto Rico, USA
3. North Bimini, Bahamas
4. Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada
5. McCurdy Point, Port Townsend, Washington, USA
6. Texas Gulf Coast
7. Maine Coast (USA)
8. Souris, Prince Edward Island, Canada
 
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