Tides

[LyvWyr]

I live in Mexico and my location sees massive tidal swings daily.
Certain times of the year the tide goes out over a mile.
Daily it goes out a half mile. ( that's just my guess)
Swimmers walk out to the low tide , and during high tide you have to get out there a ways to be in water 3 ft deep.
The beach is very flat. Full of black sand in the wet and very thick loose sand on the dry portions. It so thick it's hard to walk in.
The wave action is pretty minimal, during the tide coming in they are only a foot to 2 feet tall.
I usually hit the wet near the shore at low tide , always checking the low spots. Furthest I've gone out at low tide is 150' or so from the high tide line.
Do you think there could be another area out by the low tide line that collects the drops?
With minimal wave action do you think those drops could make it to near the shore?
Thanks

 

[Ken Clad]

Do you think there could be another area out by the low tide line that collects the drops?
With minimal wave action do you think those drops could make it to near the shore?

Most definitely there is a drop off point past the low tide line where the water gets deeper in a hurry. Is there good stuff in there? Probably... it is one of the hardest spots to work, since the tide is always in a state of flux. You will definitely feel it on your body. You have to good, fast and lucky. (I can usually only muster one of those at a time) If you aren't very confident in your ability to swim, and your gear can't be submerged, this might not be the place for you.

IMO, minimal wave action is probably not bringing targets closer in. Storms and rip currents that move 10's of millions of cubic yards of sand around change the battlefield the most. That's why people say, "learn to read the beach". When you notice significant change... it's game time anew.

 

[LyvWyr]

I'm not good ,fast , or lucky but I am persistent AF. I'm going to head out there at low tide tonight. There are some long sandbars that people use like walkways to get out there. I will hunt there too.
I'm not sure how deep the water will be. People take their kids out there so I don't think it's too deep or too rough.
I will take some pictures and report back.
I've been trying to learn about the beach dynamics but I haven't seen or read anything about a beach where the water goes out half a mile.
I will get some pics and report my findings.
Thank you

 

[Tom_in_CA]

My opinion (via 45 yrs. of beach hunting) is that : Those super low tide days that you speak of, have absolutely nothing to do with increasing goodie tallies. Because if the beach (that inter-tidal zone) is sanded "in", then : The only thing that the added real estate acreage allows you is : Lots and lots of more room to wander around in and find NOTHING in.


So the trick is not to get out further where you saw swimmers yesterday or last month or whatever. The trick is to get there on days when the sand is eroding OUT (after storms and swells and tides and on-shore winds all combine to erode). And even then, on those days, you might find all the targets at the mid-belt region, or even all grouped up by the cut. Meaning you didn't need monster low tides.

So as you can see, it's not necessarily "where the swimmer is loosing his coin or ring". Instead, it's : Where is mother nature eventually GROUPING those targets.

 

[RgnFn]

... So as you can see, it's not necessarily "where the swimmer is loosing his coin or ring". Instead, it's : Where is mother nature eventually GROUPING those targets.

To that point, if you start finding lead fishing weights, you're in a good spot. *IF* there is any gold on the beach, it will likely be with or near the lead, as they are both dense metals.