Honeymoon Island has split into two islands

There are a lot of places to explore inside Honeymoon Island State Park. But now it’s a little more challenging to get to some spots. Paul Paxon and his wife Denise brought their kayaks here to see the changes.

[@jonmacdonald5345]

Divorce island now!

[@roythousand13]

😂

[@justjokinntokin5474]

☑️

[@louisleprince5573]

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[@ManA-Level]

I thought the same thing.... 👏👏👏💔

[@soggyfroggy22]

You literally typed what I was thinking.

[@MelanesianRyce-zu2wm]

Guess the honeymoon's over..

[@ZombieKiller-dl6od]

lol

[@blueskysailing]

Yep... 😕

[@Mysticgamer]

I specifically clicked on the thumbnail to see if anyone would make that joke😂

[@dr.kennethnoisewater26]

You beat me to it

[@jdos5643]

What exactly is a honeymoon?

[@danlowe8684]

Honeymoon Island is a state beach park located in Dunedin, Pinellas County on the southwest coast of Florida. It is the highest attended beach state park in Florida. A portion of the island was artificially constructed with material mined from offshore in the 1960's, and the park has had a chronic erosion problem along the gulf coast shoreline ever since. In 1989, the Park Service placed 230,000 cy of sand along the beach front to restore the beach and protect the parking facilities, but the sand washed away in less than 2 years.

[@ojaftertoothpaste7174]

Thanks for the backstory

[@mollylittlewolf9192]

Thank you. That explains it.

[@Unfluencer]

thanks for providing the story that the news channel failed miserably at.

[@atatterson6992]

And the woman interviewed acts like climate change is at fault... it never ends

[@guybeingaguy]

@@atatterson6992 She literally wants to fight Mother Nature

[@davemanone3661]

Let nature do it's thing and leave it alone, just enjoy it!

[@bobwoods1302]

"Let nature do it's thing"? We are incapable of that. We love oil and garbage too much

[@davidcarmack5074]

One island for the bride, one island for the groom, sounds like a perfect honeymoon.

[@grancitodos7318]

Was that a 50/50 split?

[@davidthaler7018]

So one is called Honey island and the other is Moon Island?

[@amarsinghhembram4379]

One is honeymoon, the other is island.

[@00bankz24]

Now it is 😂

[@jonathantan2469]

Pants optional on Moon Island. 🌜 😏

[@user-dw1ls3rp1l]

Even nature loves metaphors.

[@dank2265]

I lived in Florida for 10 years and it always amazed me at how many people dont understand that the state is like 50% sandbar, and sandbars wash away , so lets pay a premium to live on one.

[@jonathantan2469]

Like in South Beach Miami... Building concrete highrise condos on a giant sandy barrier island that naturally shifts over time...

[@noodengr3three825]

Sand barrier islands have always shifted and always will. We adapt .

[@sentientflower7891]

Islands shift, roads and property do not. Florida is going to lose at least $100 billion in property in the next decade.

[@thievingpanda]

​@@sentientflower7891 bahaha according to Al Gore my house was supposed to be underwater by 2015. Guess what? It couldn't be drier!

[@sentientflower7891]

@@thievingpanda Al Gore visited your house?

[@thievingpanda]

@@sentientflower7891 You know it!

[@sentientflower7891]

@@thievingpanda did you ask Rush Limbaugh about cigars causing cancer? He denied it until he died by it.

[@bobloblaw9679]

...and both islands used to be connected to another island before a storm in the '30s separated them. things change.

[@mechellerene]

1921 Hurricane created Hurricane Pass that split Hog Island in two - renamed Honeymoon & Caladesi Islands

[@size-matters]

Nature has changed those islands for eternity. Why would you want to fix it when it’s not broken?

[@Hayyyward]

Exactly. It's not "damage". Too many people feel they have to control everything instead of just letting nature be.

[@mechellerene]

Agree

[@mechellerene]

@@Hayyyward 100%

[@timg2973]

she must work for the government.

[@kbrown5218]

Heck that might be a new great fishing spot😊

[@annietang3780]

We are not the center of the world: Respect the force of nature. Let nature be, nothing to be repaired.

[@mechellerene]

👏👏👏👏

[@bbrcummins1984]

This island was absolutely beautiful 60 years ago

[@marilynwaaldijk_howell1320]

Like I was saying ,..."A WARNING FROM MOTHER NATURE",.!!!!!‼️ ..🤔🥺😲😳😢🙏👮💯🎀.

[@aerialcombat]

how was it different?

[@mechellerene]

It still is. Absolutely gorgeous.

[@brianjacobs3102]

Yeah, wasn't everything better 60 years ago.

[@mechellerene]

Heading out on our boat to see this tomorrow. We've been watching how the island has been changing since Idalia & Nicole. Very cool. Nature is BOSS.

[@atatterson6992]

And the lady interviewed acts like humans did it... amazing

[@jonathanshumpert9549]

@@atatterson6992 I thought the same thing. Nature creates and destroys barrier islands. Thats how they form and that is how they end. That lady seems to think we should try to stop natural erosion from happening.

[@atatterson6992]

No Sweetheart, nature's gonna do whatever it wants... we have NO say in the matter.

[@MrGriff305]

So many fossil fuel bots want everyone to know this sea level rise is "nature"

[@sailcatthecat972]

Lunatic fringy thinks you can stop mother nature and the sea.

[@FLoridaGulfCoast727]

Spot on

[@ericargento4429]

No need for name calling , do you really feel better , calmer and happier by negative feelings and comments toward others ?

[@sailcatthecat972]

@@ericargento4429 if the shoe fits...

[@petermoss4824]

Yeah, I want to see Dunedin try to fix this one. They have tried before

[@t-dog8528]

​@@ericargento4429seriously? Watch that next high tide kazza

[@MrGriff305]

Even as a Floridian, I had no idea that this was Florida because the "news" story didn't bother to say. She then said INTERcoastal. Can someone please verify that that's a thing and that it exists on the west coast of Florida?

[@BlueTigerRunning]

Honeymoon island is located off the coast of Dunedin. Crazy it's been split in two now. I haven't been there in years.

[@zafnor]

Intercoastal is the waterway that exist between barrier islands and the main coast in the Tampa Bay area. Looking up the term I found it was called INTRAcoastal, but from living in the area I've heard it called INTERcoastal. The barrier islands extend from the Tampa Bay area south to the Everglades.

[@AlphaMale_1]

Unwise people call it INTER coastal, but along the West Coast of Florida it's INTRACOASTAL. Sadly, she is wrong again, as the body of water to the east of Honeymoon Island is St Johns Sound..

[@thomasmcneill3062]

It is actually St. Joeseph Sound

[@GlassDolphin465]

@@BlueTigerRunningI was there probably like two years ago it never looked like that so ya.

[@lennyray42]

It’s just doing what it’s always done. That island was created the same way it’s being destroyed…

[@mechellerene]

Fact

[@davidhoffmann6771]

This has opened and closed in the past

[@mechellerene]

It will be interesting to watch over the coming months.

[@angelgarcia1025]

So effectively - they're "divorced " Island now.......

[@brisvegas859]

Water knows no boundaries.

[@dr.winstonsmith]

Prophetic for couples

[@mwmccann3734]

Is this like 18 years old? If I recall, the island was breached following hurricane Jeanne. Made a great fishing spot on the inside.

[@gonefishing3644]

The ocean builds up or erodes sand bars and barrier islands during storms -- even those barrier islands with vegetation. Respect the power of Mother Nature and her oceans. Never build an ocean view home too close to the shore.

[@timbrown8038]

It's legally separated.

[@marcusthatsme]

My family used to walk Honeymoon Island most evenings when I was a kid, crazy to think it looks like that now.

[@katjones2781]

You can't keep it from changing this is the planet Earth and things change everyday. I grew up on this beach and I'm 62 years old and I've seen it changed over the years and that's how it just is in Mother Nature . Climate change is another reason

[@zoecunningham3019]

This occurrence is nature. Lands have altered since the beginning. A waste to spend any money in attempt to "fix" would be feeble effort

[@FLoridaGulfCoast727]

👏👏👏

[@thadcalvert7466]

I live in Dunedin, and this is a beautiful place to visit!

[@odatopt]

Yeah, that's right the island honeymoon is over, each took a half however, I have a feeling they may build a bridge to save the relationship.

[@ep2223]

Nothing like people who think they can defy mother nature. "Let"s do something before we loose it!" Is that what ecology is all about? Save the world from people who want to save the world!!!!!

[@robdemeer9008]

Exactly! People are always complaining that humans are changing the world and ruining it, then when nature changes the world, people want to try and stop nature, pick a side

[@sentientflower7891]

Try reading books.

[@ep2223]

@@sentientflower7891 Just because it's in a book doesn't make it fact based on long term world data.

[@sentientflower7891]

@@ep2223 education works. Try it for once.

[@ep2223]

@@sentientflower7891 I read more than you know. That's why I can critically think and choose for myself. Control and manipulation of our world is a result of mans pride. Look in the mirror before you judge.

[@cannonfodder4812]

Storm damage like this is quite common, the island is just a sand bar. It will eventually close up on its own. South padre island in texas gets cut up by hurricanes and the cuts fill themselves in pretty regularly.

[@slickjohnc1]

This is exactly how Hurricane Pass was formed.

[@dr.baljitkaur3988]

Now the honey island has it's OWN moon

[@piratepete842]

Of interest..off shore of honey moon and caladesi is the site of a quarry utilized by prehistoric people for lithic manufacturing..known by some as caladesi chert it has black and blue hues..this material and items made from it have been recovered from coastal and upland sites..during the iceage and up to that time when rising sea levels inundated the site..it was one of several quarry locations used by group's in the bay area

[@TameraJacobs]

So they need to change the name to the Honeymoon Islands. I suggest building a couple of ferry stations, which can take you back and forth at high tide.

[@Joe_joe34]

Wow that's very cool, did you just think of that?

[@maxmotors9497]

You can’t stop Mother Nature.

[@leftfinned]

Hurricane Michael cut through the Cape San Blas state park. It’s filling in slowly but still unable to reopen the majority of the parks camping and hiking areas. It had an unexpected and huge benefit to local sea turtle population though. In the colder winters sea turtles who have gone into the shallow bay to eat get trapped by the shallow water getting too cold too quickly and there is only one way out which is to go completely around the tip of the cape… by the time they are “cold stunned” they simply can’t make the journey back to deeper warmer waters. When the cut was produced after the hurricane every winter following saw a deeply significant drop in number of sea turtles that became cold stunned as they were able to get themselves to safety through the newly formed cut in the cape. I wish people realized how many hundreds of sea turtles this has helped over the last 5 years and would work to keep it open for them. As soon as it fills in the state park and camping can reopen as soon as new road is done. A small bridge would allow the state to make their money, allow people to still experience the beautiful nature and camping opportunities, AND still allow sea turtles to help themselves to deeper warmer waters in the coldest times. When cold stun events happens prior to Michael - hundreds and occasionally thousands of sea turtles would require human intervention to be removed from the bay. They go in literal piles of turtles to be rehabilitated, or die. Sad. 😢

[@gimpygardner3377]

His and hers islands... The perfect marriage.

[@loudfast1261]

Been watching this happen since last July,at first it was a channel at high tide about four feet wide. Started after the last hurricane came through. Posted about it on social media back then fwiw.

[@dikoman516]

To the white hat ledy: Mam, if you didn't know nature is always changing and there's nothing wrong with that, relax.

[@viniciusbrand4742]

Here in Brazil we have Honey Island (Ilha do Mel) that was also divided in two!

[@hayleysroom]

Are those dolphins at 00:35? Such a scenic backdrop 😍

[@user-rj5tn5kh9j]

Give it 2 years it will fill back on its own

[@NUKEzx10r]

Who knew the world could be a dangerous place?

[@Jen-rose76]

Soon Florida will be all under water!! Mother Nature is taking her Planet Back!! ❤

[@dennisenright9347]

Was there a pre-nup to determine who got what after the honeymoon was over?

[@robertgore8911]

It's a barrier island and they change constantly. Caladesi island on the north end of Clearwater Beach used to do the same thing.I know,I grew up there and fished that area constantly. Look out for rattlesnakes on caladesi Island as well,it's infested.

[@sentientflower7891]

Clearwater Beach to Ft. DeSoto Park are all barrier islands and the beaches are all disappearing and soon those properties will be in the Gulf of Mexico.

[@MonicaFlorida]

What is the kayaker wearing around his neck? Phone? Some tracking device?

[@MadScientyst]

That Hurricane caused a 'divorce'...Honeymoon's OVER!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@dougmorgan3590]

Let Mother Nature do her thing, she knows what’s best for the environment

[@MLandPRO77]

Wow!

[@aloha4ever1]

One of my favorite places to bring my dog.

[@danielwaynemiller]

Can't wait for the Divorce Court episode to drop

[@heisrisen7961]

Looks like the honeymoon is over!!

[@adventurecoalition3690]

Nature is awesome

[@davidmurray6176]

I've been there dozens of times on boats. The tide is always changing it from day to day. Putting a time lapse camera would show just how much change occurs. Mother Nature knows what it's doing. Leave it be.

[@dillinpicklesworth5698]

That gives me hope that California will do the same. 😁

[@timjones8184]

Looks like a nice fishing spot. 😂

[@sarcasmunlimited1570]

Were the Honeymooners separated, one on each island?

[@greggreg2263]

Sera sera

[@yourworldexplorer1]

That is great for the biodiversity of the estuaries. They need that clean, oxygenated ocean water to thrive.

[@dastrnad]

Someone please enlighten me. Was that a beeper hanging from the cord around that man’s neck?

[@MrOptimusheath]

This is why I never got married 🤣

[@qualicumwilson5168]

Maybe if you get rid of those groins and off shore wavebreakers the sand would continue along the coast and patch up the divorce in Honeymoon Island.

[@xrayron1]

Absolutely no riptide would happen at that spot.

[@Pinkorchid72]

The honeymoon is over!

[@mikeyh0]

This affects me about as much a driver getting a speeding ticket in Paris.

[@billmadison2032]

These are all barrier islands and are subject to the weather

[@treefarm3288]

Looks warm for Dunedin, South Island, NZ. Possibly another country?

[@llofdarkwater9152]

Dunedin, Florida, U.S. Sister city to Dunedin, Scotland.

[@romad357]

Hopefully it is only a "trial (temporary) separation".

[@peterodz007]

Sand banks.not so as an island.

[@AllieThePrettyGator]

Wdym stranded the nearest road access is on the far north and far south of the island respectivly

[@evilydal]

No Man's an island: Hold my beer

[@GlassDolphin465]

I’ve been there when the Honeymoon was still going. It’s sad they divorced.

[@evonne315]

You gotta let it change.

[@arfriedman4577]

I dont know this place. Very interesting what happened.

[@nealaskme6272]

lol…….its the way of the island saying….get off of me, you’re done !!!

[@lindaterrell5535]

Hurricane Pass is named for the storm that formed it.

[@pawwalton2157]

Even Honeymoon Island is separated.

[@CEOkiller]

The Honeymoon is over!

[@sueteran]

C’est la vie!

[@cocolocoflow]

Mother Nature wanted a split.

[@lelaine61]

Repair the Island😳🤣Mother Nature says Bring It On😂It’s fun knocking Stupidity down even if it’s just a thought😁☕️

[@boosysurfs2bfree]

She took half! Honeymoon is over.

[@snowmiaow]

Are the mangroves OK?

[@TheHouseboat1]

Would have been nice you know where this actually is. Having lived in Florida I know but most people on You Tube would never know.

[@joesmith7427]

What type of insurance do you carry to protect you from your sand washing away??? Flood insurance-No!! Fire insurance?? NO 😂

[@user-em2nh2hh8m]

Let nature do its thing

[@jhariette]

done and over!

[@roguephoenix]

honeymoon is over. they've split. not sure if it's an amicable separation

[@lokesh303101]

Split in two Islands!

[@wtywatoad]

One of these days, Alice. One of these days!

[@Tewthpaste]

*nothing last forever kids, nothing last forever.* 🤣

[@peterblack3665]

Looks like the Honeymoon is over and there’s a split coming....

[@MoD885]

Island for the Chest deep indeed relationship,,,

[@grahamnancledra7036]

Where the hell is it?

[@michaelmccotter4293]

Split the beach. The Honeymoon's over.

[@vulcan2882]

I guess the Honeymoon is now over.

[@MonicaFlorida]

If they don’t fix it, I hope they put up warning signs.