Category: 2026 News

March 23, 2026…. Dear Fellow Seawatch-on-the-Beach owners, After Board approval, the Seawatch Board website redesign is underway. Once it is completed, it will be tested and reviewed to confirm that it meets our requirements, including the ability of owners to post unit rentals and trades. The site will be open to anyone wishing to view… Continue reading Web Site Upgrade Update

March 20, 2026….. Dear Fellow Seawatch-on-the-Beach owners, The Board is discussing significant re-design of this site with many enhancements. As an advance notice, the first directive we will give our Webmaster is to change this site to one that requires a password to keep non-owners off the site. In addition, we have had quite a… Continue reading Seawatch Board Web Site Upgrade

March 11, 2026….. Dear fellow Seawatch-on-the-Beach owners, Only one day has passed since we wrote to you on the fraudulent Facebook activity that resulted in yesterday’s shutdown of the unaffiliated Seawatch-on-the-Beach Facebook page. This morning, I was alerted to an owner who has paid $1,600 to rent a week in the upcoming month, having transferred… Continue reading For rent by owner fraud…..

March 9, 2026….. Dear Fellow Seawatch-on-the-Beach owners, This morning, I learned that the unaffiliated Facebook Owners Page is being shut down due to scamming activity and financial loss to an owner. The Board of Directors are elected by, and represent all of you, our owners. When the Board meets in April of this year, we… Continue reading Owners Facebook Page Shutdown

March 1, 2026…. Dear Fellow Seawatch-on-the-Beach Owners, Recently, the Administrators of the unaffiliated Seawatch Facebook page alerted those members of two scams, one that apparently cost a potential buyer $5,000, the other, narrowly avoided. The membership criteria to that site only requires providing a unit number and unit week of ownership to secure membership. This… Continue reading Avoiding Scams

February 11, 2026…… Dear Fellow Seawatch-on-the-Beach owners, We just received the January 31, 2026 financial update on the resort. When comparing January 31, 2026 with January 31, 2025, I regret to inform you that our maintenance dues that are unpaid have increased 265% year over year from $178,692 at January 31, 2025 to $473,560 at… Continue reading Unpaid 2026 Maintenance Fees

February 10, 2026….. Dear Fellow Seawatch-on-the-Beach Owners, As we move through 2026, I wanted to give you an update on the need for a special assessment that we previously announced. For now, the immediate need to infuse cash into our balance sheet has subsided, because of the receipt of the annual maintenance fees that were… Continue reading Special Assessment Update

January 10, 2026…. Dear Fellow Seawatch-on-the Beach owners, The Board listens to you! Today, we installed an auxiliary propane powered pool heater for use during cold spells to supplement the Geothermal pool heating system to maintain the pool water temperature. Next week, the propane line will be connected and it will be complete. Thank you… Continue reading Pool Heater Update

January 2, 2026….. Dear Fellow Seawatch-on-the Beach owners, First of all, Happy New Year to everyone! The holidays have now passed and the resort and island are gearing up for peak tourism season that generally begins with week six. Winter in Southwest Florida brings occasional strong cold fronts from our northern neighbors that often include… Continue reading Pool Trivia