Going to the Beach on a Sunny Day

Going to the Beach on a sunny day is what I did on the daily when I lived in Orange County. It is seen as a place of relaxation because it is normally quiet and peaceful there. To look around you and see the beauty of mother nature at its finest. The majority of people you ask will say that the beach is one of their favorite vacation destinations. Not only for the beauty and relaxation but for the sheer entertainment. Going there to ride the waves on my boogie board was pretty relaxing as well. You just get this great rush of adrenaline it's just so exhilarating you just want to keep on feeling it. That is a few reasons why I enjoy it as much as I do. In the following paragraphs I will talk about what I see when I go to the beach, my experience at the beach and why we need to protect our beaches and marine life.

A place where I like to get away from all my troubles that are bothering me is the beach. When I go to the beach what I see is the blazing sun beating down on the smooth, weathered rocks on the cliff side. The crisp seaweed washes onto the rocks by the waves, and lay baking at the sea's edge, occasionally moving with the tide. The clear blue sea's waves rattle the tiny pebbles embedded in the golden sand. The foam from the waves cover a small child's forgotten sandcastle, bringing it down with a dull crash. The high tide pushes back the crowd of people to the beach's edge. Ice cream stalls and cotton candy stands wafts a sickly sweet smell of sugar to a

group of little children. The swooping of the seagulls to capture food littered across the sand scare a couple of people into dropping their ice creams and hotdogs. The seagulls, happy with their find, soar above the crowd, and land in the sea to enjoy their lunch. Shoals of colourful fish dart around beneath them, frightened by the intrusion. They swim off to the boats and ships bobbing on the horizon, where the sea and the sky merge into one clear sheet of blue. This what I see when I went bodyboarding at the beach. I saw the real beauty in nature when I was at the beach riding the waves on my boogie board. The beach is not only known as a place to relax ,but as a place of beauty. Many of times you see artist portraying the beach with their paintings, or by singing about its magnificence and its greatness. No matter how descriptive nor how detailed the picture is though it can never capture the beauty that the beach really holds. Not only above but under the water also. The ocean is filled with many colorful and astonishing marine life.

Many people also go to the beach as a recreational area also. One can play volleyball, the nets are strung tight as a harp. The hammocks swaying loosely in the nice ocean breeze. The drinks flowing and abundant like Niagra Falls. People always find something fun to do at the beach. It maybe throwing a ball around or getting a nice tan there's something for everyone. Beach is great place to explore for nature. You can find sand crabs or starfish on shallow ends. Some people even find oysters or fish. When going to beach people can surf, bodyboard, paddleboard, and even swim in the ocean. As you can see going to the beach is a great form of exercise as well by performing any of these activities you will be burning many calories.

Everything in this world we use comes from the ocean in some way. The air we breathe, the water we drink, even the products we use day to day, would not be possible without the ocean. This is why I urge that we need to protect our beaches and marine life. “The ocean is the largest ecosystem on Earth, it is the planet’s life support system. “Oceans generate half of the oxygen we breathe and, at any given moment, they contain more than 97% of the world’s water.” It's so beautiful but our beaches our trashed everyday by visitors. When visitors come to beach and leave their trash some of gets washed into the ocean putting marine life at risk of harm. Fishnets improperly discarded into the ocean can also cause major issues, tangling into unsuspecting mammals and fish. “According to the Marin Academy's Oceanography website, there are over 46,000 pieces of plastic floating in each square mile of ocean off the Northeast coast of the United States, which contributes to the death of 100,000 marine mammals and two millions sea birds yearly.” In short if we want a better future for those we care about, in order to survive and prosper, we need healthy oceans.

If your asking how can I do my part in protecting our beaches, there are many ways for people to protect our beaches. For one if you see litter on the beach pick it up and dispose of it properly. Also when you go to beach yourself as a visitor clean up after your own plastics and garbage. Another way marine life gets hurt is when people dump their waste like paint or oil in our drainage sewers which go into the ocean. An additional way to help the beach when your not even there is to use non-plastic items like water bottles and instead use reusable items.

I remember one day in particular when I went to the beach with my friends. We were on our way to Newport Beach in Orange County. The Sun was beating harder and the traffic was

getting worse which was a sign we were close by. We parked our car and quickly walked over to the beach to escape the heat. As soon as I got there I felt the hot sand burning my feet and I rush over to the deep blue water to cool down before I get a blister. After that me and my friends grabbed our boogie boards and head into the ocean. At first it's freezing cold then after 5 minutes you just forget about everything else. All I can focus on is finding the best wave to ride. After about being out in ocean for over an hour we come back to shore to eat and nap on the beach. We close our eyes and just lay in the nice warm sand right next to the ocean. You can hear the waves crashing against the coast as everything on your mind just slowly disappears. It just simply doesn’t get better than that. When you think of the Beach, a lot of people picture different places in their minds. When I picture the beach, it’s a place of relaxation and happiness for me.

In this paragraph I will be giving you a philosophers point of view on nature. Nature is very complex and there's a lot of different factors when its comes to nature according to Raymond Williams, nature has three areas of meaning: “The essential quality and character of something,” “The inherent force which directs either the world or human beings or both;” Lastly he states “the material world itself, taken as including or not including human beings”. He also mentions that historical significance of these three meanings are very important. Nature has many different words that you can use depending on what youre talking about for example natural selection, naturalism, naturalistic, human nature and many more.

To keep it short nature is especially important and there are several factors that come in to nature.

The waves are crashing. The sun is setting. People are laughing and talking under the sunset. I feel the sand squish slowly through my toes as I walk down the shoreline. My favorite place to got to is the beach. The weather at the beach is the most quarreling of all places in the world. One minute you are relaxing lazily on the sandy seashore sipping your drink. Next the foamy mist from the rampant ocean spray your face lightly as though it was the touch of a feather. Off in the distance the sun begins to set in a sleepy unrushed fashion. It is one of the most beautiful things one can see. In conclusion, the beach is my happy place and is for many others that's why need to continue all efforts to protect our beaches and marine life for future generations to come.

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