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The beach during the minus tide had many of these tubeworms that emerged about 2" above the surface. They are thicker than our typical Spiochaetopterus costarum ssp. pottsi. I dug into the sand to try to find the worm, but could only dig 6-8" before the hole filled with water. The tubes are very thin, unlike parchment tubeworms. They bend and don't break, but they are thin as paper. I've often seen them on the beach, and thought at first they were paper straws. The first photo shows a few under a few inches of water. Others were above the surface. One photo shows a 6" empty tube beside two poking up from the sand.