{"id":24410,"date":"2017-07-09T11:07:25","date_gmt":"2017-07-09T18:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=24410"},"modified":"2017-07-09T02:38:50","modified_gmt":"2017-07-09T09:38:50","slug":"sand-sculpting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/sand-sculpting\/","title":{"rendered":"Sand Sculpting Comes to California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/2014ca.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>California sand sculpting season is in full swing this week with the Imperial Beach Sun &amp; Sea Festival (pictured) and San Clemente&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/san-clemente-ocean-festival.html\">Ocean Festival<\/a> Sand Sculpting Contest. According to sand sculpting experts, California&#8217;s beaches aren&#8217;t always the best spot for sandcastle sculptures and contests. Don&#8217;t tell that to the crowds&#8211;thousands attend these popular events.<\/p>\n<h2>Building Better Sand Sculptures<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>In general, beach sand is not suitable for sand sculpting because its grains are rounded due to tidal wash and wind, and it contains no silt and clay.<\/li>\n<li>Professionals prefer sand originating from fluvial deposits (river sand) that has angular grains mixed with a fraction of silt and clay. These characteristics enable the sand to bond better.<\/li>\n<li>If a beach is\u00a0situated near estuaries, the sand can be suitable for sculpting.<\/li>\n<li>The lifespan of a sand sculpture depends on the quality of the sand, local weather conditions and climate. A sculpture can last 4 to 6 months with the right type of sand.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/sandcastle-festivals-contests.html\">Sand Sculpture &amp; Castle Festivals in California<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Imperial Beach July 14-15, 2017<\/li>\n<li>San Clemente July 16<\/li>\n<li>San Pedro Cabrillo Beach July 22<\/li>\n<li>Balboa Island Ruby Beach August 5<\/li>\n<li>Manhattan Beach August 6<\/li>\n<li>Point Reyes Drakes Beach August 27<\/li>\n<li>San Diego September 1-4<\/li>\n<li>Carmel Beach September 16<\/li>\n<li>Oceanside September 16-17<\/li>\n<li>Pacifica September 23-24<\/li>\n<li>Corona del Mar October 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California sand sculpting season is in full swing this week with the Imperial Beach Sun &amp; Sea Festival (pictured) and San Clemente&#8217;s\u00a0Ocean Festival Sand Sculpting Contest. According to sand sculpting experts, California&#8217;s beaches aren&#8217;t always the best spot for sandcastle sculptures and contests. Don&#8217;t tell that to the crowds&#8211;thousands attend these popular events. Building Better [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24410"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24410\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}