Day at the Beach
Across
- 2. In Norse mythology, a giant Octopus that brings terror upon those sailors who sail in the waters where it lives.
- 3. The most stereotypical bird associated with public beaches.
- 4. Some people go off by themselves where swimmers aren't disturbing the water and water critters to go ______.
- 5. The sky turns orange and yellow at this time of day.
- 7. A large marine reptile with a bony or leathery shell and flippers, coming ashore annually on sandy beaches to lay eggs.
- 11. A royal model built out of the sediment of the shore
- 14. An incredibly intelligent cetacean, typically with a beaklike snout and a curved fin; often travels in pods
- 15. Greek goddess of the sea and wife of one of the big three.
- 16. You might get hungry, so you pack a basket and enjoy one of these on a blanket.
- 17. Sally sells ______ by the seashore.
- 18. You may climb this hill of beach sediment formed by the wind.
Down
- 1. Lay back in the beach sediment and wave your arms and legs to create this image; often made also in snow.
- 3. Toss a pebble like a frisbee to see how many times it will bounce across the surface of the water.
- 6. A mythical woman whose singing lures unwary sailors on to rocks
- 8. The sky turns purple and blue at this time of day.
- 9. A mythical half human sea creature, typically depicted as beautiful with flowing hair
- 10. Greek god of the sea and water
- 11. A typical activity at the beach for people of all ages, once you learn it's basically a lifelong skill, though many people do it competitively (even in the olympics).
- 12. Children like to hunt for this chemically weathered and smoothed item, often made from broken bottles.
- 13. A small Arctic whale, the male of which has a long forward-pointing spirally twisted tusk developed from one of its teeth.