Tag Archives: Compo Beach South Beach

Pic Of The Day #1492

Posted on May 18, 2021 | 1 comment

Clouds, sun and stuff, near the Compo Beach kayak launch (Photo/Katherine Bruan)

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Pic Of The Day #1488

Posted on May 14, 2021 | 1 comment

South Beach sunset (Photo/Dinkin Fotografik)

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Pic Of The Day #1231

Posted on August 30, 2020 | 2 comments

Dinner at South Beach (Photo/Lauri Weiser)

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Weather Or Not

Posted on August 25, 2020 | 23 comments

Just a few minutes before 6 p.m., this was the scene at Owenoke, from Compo’s South Beach:

But if you turned 180 degrees you saw this, over Cockenoe Island:

(Photos/Dan Woog)

Five minutes later, the Owenoke clouds prevailed. The skies opened up; the wind roared with Isaias-like ferocity.

Five minutes after that, it was all over. The sun came out everywhere.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect though, until 10 p.m.

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Just Another Day At The Beach

Posted on July 26, 2020 | 15 comments

Hot, humid weather drove hundreds of Westporters to Compo Beach yesterday.

And yes, they were nearly all Westporters. No day passes are being sold.

In an added effort to keep crowds to a COVID-safe number, Parks & Recreation officials closed (and patrolled) the dropoff (aka Uber) area across from the Soundview parking lot …

… and erected barricades along Soundview Drive.

They even put stanchions in front of the pumping station at the Longshore exit, near the Minute Man monument. Savvy folks have been parking there for a while.

Police also ticketed cars parked illegally on side streets.

Meanwhile — very quietly — Parks & Rec has re-opened the very popular playground.

They also returned a few (well distanced) tables to the two pavilions.

Westporters wasted no time going back to their old habit of dumping all their stuff all over the place, then leaving …

… and at South Beach, where Parks & Rec added a few picnic tables and even grills, Westporters quickly returned to the pre-pandemic ritual of completely ignoring the signs saying “Tables Are Not Reservable” — on each table! — and reserving them.