Day at the Beach

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