Full Issue (PDF, 39.2 MB)

Coastal Recreation Feature (PDF, 29.7 MB)

Ebb & Flow (PDF, 8.2 MB)

Coastal Recreation: More than Fun in the Sun

The Graves—A Kayaking Adventure to Boston Harbor’s Island Wilderness

Getting Started - Kayaking

Kayakers Guide to the Great Marsh

The Secret Life of Shellers

Getting Started - Shelling

So You Found an Old Ship’s Timbers on the Beach...

Sailing Away: 30 Years of Shallow Waters, Sandy Shores, and Summer Breezes on Cape Cod Bay

Getting Started - Sailing

Sailing Is Great!

50 Fathoms under the Sea

Getting Started - Scuba Diving

Riding Waves to Environmental Consciousness

Getting Started - Surfing

The Cost of Surfing

Hooked on Fly Fishing

Getting Started - Fly Fishing

An Afternoon with Uncle Albert

Recipe: Bass Steaks on the Grille

It’s Blowin’ a Smoky Sou’Wester: Time to Rig!

Getting Started - Windsurfing

Take a Peep! Birding the Massachusetts Coast

Getting Started - Birding

The Ibis Watch

Sunbathing

Biking Coastal Trails

Getting Started - Biking

Relaxing (No Water Needed!)

Activity Ideas - Relaxing, etc.

Seaside Sitting & Eating

Clean Boating in the Commonwealth

Adaptive Management for Impacts to Eelgrass Habitat in Gloucester Harbor

The Workhorse of the Waterways

CZScience - Codium Up, Eelgrass Down: Invasives Impact Buzzards Bay

Focus on Coastal Towns: What’s Rocky and Quaint and Painted All Over?

Not that Quaint Little Fishing Shack Again?

Here’s Stormy

Ask Joe

Explore the coast of Massachusetts! The Bay State has more than 1,500 miles of coastline and there is something for just about everyone. Hike or bike along spectacular shorelines, replenish your lost calories with ice cream or fresh seafood (always tastes better when eaten overlooking the Atlantic), catch your own dinner, catch a wave, ride off into the sunset, or just enjoy an ocean view while sitting back and thinking about all the more strenuous things you could be doing...

Fine Print: Offer good May 27 - September 3. (That’s Memorial Day through Labor Day... of course, it’s New England, so give or take a month on either end. Unless you’re one of the true New Englanders who considers 40 degrees to be warm. Then you’ll have many months to enjoy outdoor coastal activities.) Sunglasses and coolers optional, sunscreen highly recommended.

Photographs (top to bottom): Rob Kipp (www.bird-photos.com), Chris Garby, Jennifer Romanski, CZM Archives, Claire Enterline, Arden Miller, Jennifer Romanski, and Brandy M. M. Wilbur