Current News

Turtle Nesting Season Begins Early In Dade County!!!

Turtle Nesting Season starts April 15th in Dade County.  In Broward and Palm Beach Counties the season started March 1st.

Turtle Monitors survey the beach each morning just after sunrise to look for new turtle nests.  If they find a nest they will mark the area with stakes so that beachgoers know to avoid the area. Turtle Nesting season impacts beach cleaning activities in two major ways;

1. Mechanical Beach Cleaning cannot commence until after the 'all clear' has been given by the turtle Monitors, this could be as late as 9 am, depending on the number of nests that the monitors need to mark as they survey the beach.
2. In Broward and Palm Beach Counties, Mechanical Beach Cleaning cannot be performed above the last high tide line., i.e., only on the wet sand area, not the dry sand where the turtles nest.

For more information check out the link at http://www.beachraker.net/pdf/Seaturtle_ShareBeach_Visitors.pdf

New Sand Sifting Equipment

Our new BeachTech Sand Sifters have been working overtime, they are picking up lots of dried seaweed, cigarette ends, bottle caps, straws, etc., buried just below the surface of the sand, as you can see below.

BEACH MAINTENANCE SERVICES

As environmental awareness increases throughout the United States, Florida residents are becoming more concerned with the preservation and protection of our coastal beach habitats. Year after year, the populations in our coastal communities grow causing our once untouched beaches to become polluted with litter left every day by beach visitors and boaters.  Without proper mechanical beach cleaning, trash and debris accumulate and ultimately destroy the pristine beauty of our local Florida beaches.

PROFESSIONAL BEACH MAINTENANCE SERVICES

Beach Raker has over 30 years of experience in cleaning Florida’s environmentally sensitive beaches. Cities, Towns, Condominiums, Resorts and private homes throughout Florida have come to depend on our beach maintenance services like: seaweed management, beach grooming, sand sifting, sand excavation, sand dune management, turtle nest monitoring and garbage removal. At Beach Raker, our goal is to balance our client’s desire to enjoy the beach with the preservation and protection of Florida’s natural beach wildlife. Let the qualified employees at Beach Raker maintain your coastal property with our unique and environmentally safe beach maintenance methods and services.