Ellwood Beach Beam
By Emma Godinez
I took the below picture near sand beach & Elwood beach. Normally one can see 4 ft of the beam (me pictured w/abalone shell in hand). My height is 5’01” in comparison to the beam.
In my hand (above) is the largest Abalone shell I have ever come across. I run everyday on the beach and normally only see the size pictured above.
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Jan 10, 2023 10:57 AMThat's the Iron Man of Sands.
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Jan 10, 2023 02:23 PM@TMO- Iron Man of Sands, I love it. grew up at Sands and have not herd that before.
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Jan 09, 2023 12:39 PMThanks for sharing. Interesting to see those pilings get covered and uncovered over the years, as the sand comes and goes. The shell is a nice find, I can remember when you could see a huge pile of those shells next to the freeway near Fairview, and many people in Goleta had a large one on their coffee table as an ashtray. Oh how times change LOL. glad to see you photos.
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Jan 09, 2023 11:25 AMGreat photos Emma!
I’m guessing, but the one you are holding in your hand next to the steel piling is a red abalone? Bummer you didn’t include a photo of it.
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Jan 09, 2023 11:22 AMWith the colored banding, I think it is from the abalone farm a mile or so up the coast.
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Jan 09, 2023 10:15 AMI have a 4' long rusted piece of one of those pilings in my yard, as a piece of found art. It was loose and I picked it up back in 1997 or so. I had to carry it a couple miles to my girlfriend's house, and I was exhausted after doing so since it weighed so much. It was worth the effort.
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Jan 09, 2023 09:48 AMWe've picked up 3 in shells of green ab in the past in the area. So good to see these creatures growing out there now. Thanks for sharing!
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Jan 09, 2023 09:48 AMNice greenie. About 4 years old.
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Jan 09, 2023 09:44 AMThe shell looks pretty diminutive to me. Used to be able to pick off legal size abalone (currently 7" at widest part) off rocks at low tide. This looks like maybe 5"? Still, nice to know that some of these shell fish are still around the shoreline.
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Jan 09, 2023 07:38 PMThe top photo is for reference, the bottom photo shows the plate sized shell in her hand.
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Jan 09, 2023 09:26 AMThats a good sized Ab shell. Yes, rare to see those any more. Thanks Emma!
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Jan 09, 2023 09:07 AMThank you for sharing!
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Jan 09, 2023 09:06 AMCool--