if the public has the right to access the shoreline and then why is  Crescent beach off limits? That's something I've always wondered. I can understand that land owners do not have to provide access through their private property to the publuc to access the shoreline, but out there  Crescent beach  is perfectly accessible from Salt Creek, but if you dare step foot on the wrong half of that Creek, let alone on the sand on the other side, the owners will come out and demand a fee or chase you off their  beach