Picking Up Seashells During Low Tide

Hello there Hivers, hope everyone is safe and doing well. For today's content, I just want to share what it is like living near the shorelines, especially during low tides. Here in our town of Alcoy which is located in the southern portion of Cebu, most of the villages are located close to the shorelines wherein fishing is one of the main sources of living in the community. But during low tides, locals in our village flock to the shorelines to search for a variety of seashells for personal consumption. Since our village is known for its bountiful supply of fresh seafood like sea urchins and Aninikad as most locals prefer to call the seashells.

Just like what we did late this afternoon as the tide schedule is low during late of the afternoon and high during the morning. So, taking advantage of the low tide together with my wife and sister-in-law we decided to go along and pick fresh seashells as well.

As you can see in the above photos a lot of locals in our village also taking advantage of the low tide as well. As you notice most of them bring plastic bags wherein they put their picked seashells in it. While on the other side of the shoreline is the well-known public beach resort of Alcoy the Tingko Beach.

^{Tingko Beach}

That's my wife raking the white sand to look for certain shells that most locals of Alcoy call it Kaykay.

This is what kaykay looks like in a closer view.

On the other hand, sister-in-law has its own plastic bag as well. She found more than what my wife and I found. The bag was mixed with Aninikad and sea urchin. Here's a closer look of her plastic bag, look at those colorful spines of sea urchin, they were actually moving as I open the plastic bag.

I even hold one of the Aninikad that sister-in-law found and took photo of it.

We even found some more of Aninikad as we go further on the low tide. Most of the time these kind of seashells are hard to find since they camouflage with the seagrass and even blends with the stones, but these ones we're holding were found just under the rock the reason why it is coverd with sands.

You see living close to the shorelines is a great way to enjoy the ocean at the same time opportunities to find free fresh foods. That's it for todays content, hope you enjoyed reading and see you on the next one. Ciao!