{"id":299906,"date":"2026-06-08T12:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T12:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/299906\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T12:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T12:51:08","slug":"celebrate-the-art-of-shelling-in-sanibel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/299906\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate the Art of Shelling in Sanibel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-233454\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Enjoy-the-2nd-Annual-Shell-Swap-at-The-Sanibel-Recreation-Center-June-19.-Photo-courtesy-of-iStock-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Enjoy the 2nd Annual Shell &amp; Swap at The Sanibel Recreation Center June 19. Photo courtesy of iStock\" width=\"696\" height=\"619\"  \/>Enjoy the 2nd Annual Shell &amp; Swap at The Sanibel Recreation Center June 19. Photo courtesy of iStock<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Celebrate National Seashell Day at the <a href=\"http:\/\/mysanibel.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">2nd Annual Shell &amp; Swap<\/a>, hosted at The Sanibel Recreation Center June 19, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. This free, community-driven gathering invites shell enthusiasts to trade their most coveted coastal finds from the iconic shells of Sanibel Island to rare, hard-to-find specimens treasured by seasoned collectors. Known as one of the best shelling destinations in the world, Sanibel is a perfect place to discover new additions for your \u201cshell-lection,\u201d while swapping stories and shoreline secrets. The event is free; advance registration is required and participants are encouraged to bring display containers and labeled shells for educational exchange. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Enjoy the 2nd Annual Shell &amp; Swap at The Sanibel Recreation Center June 19. Photo courtesy of iStock&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-299906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}