On Sun, Sep 06, 2009 at 09:59:56PM -0400, Flying Pig wrote: > We're going to be arriving in St. Augustine late next week (10th-ish). > > What's the controlling depth on the inlet?
Plenty of water - 45'-60' in the inlet itself, low 20s just outside - but stay south of the Vilano Beach rocks (northern side just before you get in) as you approach. They're obvious (break violently) in anything but the calmest weather, but people have come to grief on them anyway. Do be aware that the sea can get *really* rough really quickly as you close with the land - as is the case with most Florida inlets anyway - in rough weather. Also, make sure to check your tide tables: the currents there can be 5 knots and more. Once in the inlet itself, you can't make a mistake if you favor the south side, since the depths are in the 20s almost all the way to the shore. I've fished there quite a bit, and know it well. The north side shoals up very quickly, particularly once you pass the first buoy in the inlet - I've seen a number of boats get caught by the current and shoved way up that beach in seconds. -- * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET * _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
