Surf warming up at World's Most Famous Beach in Daytona
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Volusia County Beach Safety flew the yellow flag today on the World's Most Famous Beach® and along the Volusia County coastline.
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Red flags to be flown along World's Most Famous Beach in Daytona & other Volusia County beaches
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Volusia County Beach Safety flew the red flag on Monday, the Dr. Martin Lurther King, Jr. holiday, red signalling rough surf.
Red flags flown at World's Most Famous Beach in Daytona
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Photos for Headline Surfer / There wasn't much people- or vehicle-traffic action Monday afternoon on the hard sands of Daytona Beach, shown above or on New Smyrna Beach, shown here at left.By HENRY FREDERICK
Headline Surfer®
World's Most Famous Beach in Daytona devoid of post-Thanksgiving holiday weekend crowds
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Photos for Headline Surfer / Above, a view of Daytona Beach from the Daytona Beach cam, near the Dunlawton Avenue Beach Ramp Approach in Daytona Beach Shores at 4: 11 p.m. Monday. At left, the Flagler Avenue Beach Ramp Approach at 4:12 p.m. in New Smyrna Beach.By Henry Frederick
Headline Surfer
New Smyrna Beach surfer/lensman Kem McNair captures scene setter with egret
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Kem McNair's picture taking skills are only exceeded by his surfing abilities here in the seaside community known for its charm, ecclectic botiques and bars on Flagler Avenue.
Volusia County's beach cam on Dunlawton in Daytona Beach Shores not working
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- One of Volusia County's two beach cams for online viewers is working.
The "Daytona Beach" beach cam at the Dunlawton approach in Daytona Beach Shores shows shows a blackened blackened screen with a brief message that reads: "We are havoing problems with playback. We apologize for the inconvenience."
The cam has been inoperable since last weekend. The audio is fine, but the video feed is off. The other county beach cam on the Flagler Avenue Beach ramp is working fine.
Attendance light along World's Most Famous Beach in Daytona & in NSB, though sharks plentiful Sunday near South Jetty where 3 surfers bitten
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- While things have been calm so far this week along the World's Most Famous Beach in Daytona and further south in Daytona Beach Shores, Ponce Inlet and New Smyrna, the flying of the red flag Sunday was apropos, considering a rare instance of three shark bite victims on the same day near the South Jetty on the New Smyrna Beach side.
Plus there was the rescue of a man in a boat that was overwhelmed by choppy waters and a teen swimmer injured when he was caught by surprise by a strong wave that slammed him head first into the bottom.
9/11 Twin Towers re-created at World's Most Famous Beach in Daytona
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- An anonymous sand sculpturer re-created the Manhattan skyline, complete with the Twin Towers, on the Word's Most Famous Beach in Daytona in commemoration of the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. It is here where the hard wet sands, nurtured by the incoming surf, make it possible for beach driving to continue along certain stretches of the Atlantic coastline.
Beach Safety: 1 swimmer rescued in Daytona & dead manatee washes ashore in New Smyrna
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Beach patrol personnel had somewhat of an eventful day on Tuesday, rescuing a swimmer in the Daytona Beach surf and tending to a dead manatee that washed ashore in New Smyrna Beach.
Hundreds stung by jellyfish along the World's Most Famous Beach in Daytona
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By Henry Frederick
Headline Surfer
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- When the purple flags are being flown along the World's Most Famous Beach, they're not for a Barney the dinosaur birthday party. The flags are a warning to be alert about jellyfish -- those nearly invisible critters that blend in with the soapy surf and sometimes wash up along the shore.