To say someone owns a beach must mean they own some property under water too. Seems silly. If they want a private beach then they should buy a private island.
Well, some properties do own the beach - above the high water line. They also own and have to maintain the sea grapes.
As far as access - anyone can walk on the beach in FL. However they have to use public access areas and parks to get there. You can’t just walk up some driveway and through a private backyard to get to the beach.
You need to read up on riparian rights.
If you own waterfront property, you own up to the high tide area.
If you own on a lake, you own the bottom on an angle to a point in the center of the lake.
Private property rights should always override the public’s rights.
Around here the property line is all the way out to low tide. Comes in handy for mooring balls for boats and rail systems for hauling out.
Perfect, thank you.
I’m HUGE on property rights, but riparian usage goes wayyy back,.before America existed. Seaside property owners, rightfully, cannot deny others access to the shoreline.
That said, it gets gets gray on issues like cutting through owner’s property to get to the beach or how far up from the water is permissable. Tides, seawalls, fences, docks, jetties etc. create issues too.