Divorce island now!

Guess the honeymoon's over..

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.

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

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

Even nature loves metaphors.

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

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.

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

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

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.

This island was absolutely beautiful 60 years ago

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

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

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

Water knows no boundaries.

Prophetic for couples

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?

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

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

This has opened and closed in the past

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.

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

It's legally separated.

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

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

You can’t stop Mother Nature.

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

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

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

This is exactly how Hurricane Pass was formed.

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

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.

Now the honey island has it's OWN moon

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.

His and hers islands... The perfect marriage.

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!!!!!

Wow!

Nature is awesome

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.

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.

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

One of my favorite places to bring my dog.

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. 😢

Looks like the honeymoon is over!!

The honeymoon is over!

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

Can't wait for the Divorce Court episode to drop

Sera sera

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

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

Looks like a nice fishing spot. 😂

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

This is why I never got married 🤣

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

Absolutely no riptide would happen at that spot.

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

Who knew the world could be a dangerous place?

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

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

Sand banks.not so as an island.

C’est la vie!

The Honeymoon is over!

done and over!

These are all barrier islands and are subject to the weather

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

You gotta let it change.

Let nature do its thing

I dont know this place. Very interesting what happened.

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.

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

Split in two Islands!

Mother Nature wanted a split.

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

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.

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

She took half! Honeymoon is over.

Were the Honeymooners separated, one on each island?

Island for the Chest deep indeed relationship,,,

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

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.

Hurricane Pass is named for the storm that formed it.

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

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

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

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

Even Honeymoon Island is separated.

Are the mangroves OK?

I guess the Honeymoon is now over.

Lots eagles there.

His and hers

No Man's an island: Hold my beer

Mother Nature is a harsh taskmaster

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

I guarantee the women on The View try to use this to rant about the "Climate Crisis"

The ocean did it

It’s only a public split. In reality, they are still very much together.

0:35 Sh-sh-sh-SHARK!

Sounds about right… 🤷‍♂️

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