The new moon of Saturday, May 16 provides a week of extra-low daylight morning tides at around sunrise. This month also brings a second full moon, known as a blue moon.
Beachcombing still delivers piles of blue Velella velellas, or by-the-wind sailors, and the tideline at Drakes Beach is festooned with greyish blobs of seal fur as northern elephant seals molt on the southern side of the beach.
Luxuriant growths of grass are overtaking many…