Tybee Expeditions

06/06/2026

06/05/2026

06/02/2026

June 10. This will be the last Uniquely Tybee Lunch & Learn for the summer. Our next program is in September. Make sure you don't miss the Island Pickers. They are returning by popular demand.

05/20/2026

Did you know that if you live anywhere in the state of Georgia you can have your very own Tybee Island Lighthouse license plate? Did you also know that a percentage of the tag fee goes to support the Tybee Island Lighthouse? All you need to do is head to your local tag office and let them know you want one. It's also a great way to show your love for all things Tybee.

05/03/2026

May 13 Uniquely Tybee Lunch & Learn will have as the guest, Mola & Bobby Chu. The Chu family and their impact on the Island is enormous and this program will be one of our best. So much Tybee history.

04/27/2026

Mark your calendars! The last two Lunch & Learn programs before our summer break are now scheduled. Don't miss them.

03/26/2026

Save the date. April 8th @11:30.
Lunch & Learn at All Saints Episcopal on Jones Ave. It will be an informative meeting and a PLANT SWAP. Bring a plant and take a plant. Fun 🌻🥀🌼🌸

03/15/2026

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03/10/2026

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Tybee Island’s Black fish camps, particularly in the 1930s near the Back River (site of modern-day A.J.'s Dockside), were vital, thriving settlements where Black families lived, fished, and harvested oysters. This community relied on the coastal waterways for their livelihood.
Black residents worked in the fishing and sh*****ng industry, contributing significantly to the island's economy.
Families resided in a village of shanty homes along the Back River.
These camps were part of a broader, often marginalized, Black community that included nearby churches, such as Litway Baptist Church on Alger Avenue.

03/05/2026

Sea Foam. During windy days like today, I get asked a lot about Sea Foam. Sea foam is due to oil in the seawater. It’s not petroleum or pollution-type oil. Instead it is more like vegetable oil. Lots of the microscopic algae, or phytoplankton, that live in the inshore water, produce oil as their food and energy reserve inside their cells. It’s a way to store lots of chemical energy in a small space, and secondly, the tiny oil droplets inside help the algal cells to float or keep from sinking.

As the phytoplankton manufacture oil, they also leak it. When they die, they leak it. When they are eaten and their consumers die, they also leak it into the water. So this sort of “vegetable” oil is a natural component of sea water, especially in places like ours where the water is rich with these tiny algae.

On days when the wind is blowing, stirring up the ocean and the waves are white-capping, the oils and proteins get worked toward the surface. If the wind is blowing from offshore toward the beach, this imperceptible film of oil and protein gets constantly blown onto shore. As the film catches the blowing air, that oily film forms bubbles. And as the wind continues to blow, all those bubbles result in piles of foam that accumulates on the shoreline.