re: Backstreet Boys singer battles sheriff over beach trespassers at his 30A beach home.

So these people are setting up on the beach area below the high tide line that is actually public property and they’re allowed to do so? But doing it in a manner just mess to with him? Or, they’re setting up above that line and getting into arguments over the access to that portion of the beach?

Above. They are setting up on private property. They don’t do it just to him, he is just the only one who happens to be high profile.

That Señorita just wanted to be sippin' margaritas on the beach.

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Do you think his neighbors are fighting this for attention and relevancy?

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They are. In fact they pay for some of the private security that tries to enforce the rules.

He is just being targeted because the protestors know it will bring them attention.

I think much of this stems from both sides’ misunderstanding of “mean high tide line.”

As in the image, a line of seaweed washed up can be from an abnormal storm tide or a normal high tide, so a beach goer can’t just point to shite washed up. Ignorant property owners and managers seem to think it’s water’s edge all day every day, which is also false. It all depends on beach slope, as generally the northern Gulf is microtidal and has a very small range of 1 ft give or take. Wind can also influence water setup. In the end, you do have 10, 20, sometimes 30+ feet of intertidal beach that private property owners have no legal recourse to stop people from setting up. In Louisiana, since our sand grain size is smaller, our beaches are even flatter, and that zone is even wider (but we don’t have the same issues property-wise). All sides need to be educated on this.

Not all. That dude is a dick and harassed people because they got too close to his line. They call him the beach Karen. Most owners are like Brian and just don’t want people camping out all day. The majority won’t even do anything if someone is on part of their property, it’s the people trying to protest private beaches that are the problem because they will purposely go very high above the line.

The emerald coast is crazy crowded these days. Want a true white sand private beach? Got to heads to the Bahamas .

Mexico changed its laws to where no beach can be private.
I sort of agree. You can own land you shouldn't own a beach.

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I sort of agree. You can own land you shouldn't own a beach.

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Why not? You can own lake front property, mountain side property next to an active ski slope, etc.

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below the high tide line

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One problem is that most people don’t know where that line is. I don’t think it’s as simple as wet sand vs. dry sand.