After encountering so many on the beach, Sylvester said she took to Facebook to share her experience. Nicole Sylvester stands on Limantour Beach, where she found thousands of velella velella.

So far this year, 19 nests have been found on Point Reyes beaches - five on Limantour Beach, three in the Abbotts Lagoon restoration area, and 11 between Abbotts Lagoon and North Beach parking lot.

Limantour Beach is about a 50-mile drive northwest from San Francisco. This story was originally published March 26, 2024 at 12:55 PM. Daniella Segura is a national real-time reporter with McClatchy.

Briana DeSanctis, 40, arrives at Limantour Beach in Marin County after a two-year, 6,800-mile hike from Delaware to the Pacific Ocean, on Saturday morning Feb. 10, 2024.

Limantour Beach is about a 50-mile drive northwest from San Francisco. This story was originally published March 26, 2024 at 12:55 PM. Daniella Segura is a national real-time reporter with McClatchy.

Most people arriving at Limantour Beach at Point Reyes understandably make straight for the ocean. But for those willing to make a low-tide detour before they catch sight of the Pacific, some ...

Limantour Beach is about a 50-mile drive northwest from San Francisco. Hundreds of thousands of tiny sea creatures wash ashore in California. What are they?

Limantour Beach is about a 50-mile drive northwest from San Francisco. This story was originally published March 26, 2024, 3:55 PM. Daniella Segura is a national real-time reporter with McClatchy.

Limantour Beach in the Point Reyes National Seashore was evacuated on Wednesday afternoon after construction crews discovered unstable subsurface soils on Limantour Road, according to park staff.

A dead gray whale rests on Limantour Beach at Point Reyes National Seashore in Point Reyes Station, north of San Francisco, May 23, 2019.