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Fishing trips here are very infrequently cancelled due to bad weather and most charter captains can average well over 300 days per annum........you have to have some days off! However when the weather is bad.....ITS USUALLY REALLY BAD!
As a comparison you would be lucky to be able to fish 160 days of the year in the UK.


Magical Sunsets

There is plenty of sun and I mean sun, throughout the year. Clearwater averages over 340 days of sunshine per year. The average temperature during July is about 91 degrees and an evening temperature of 76 degrees with humidity about 83%. The sea temperature can be between 82 to 90 degrees,  just like stepping into your bath. Try the English Channel for comparison !


Plenty of sun & great beaches

Whilst talking about weather I should remind you that Florida is the "LIGHTNING" capital of the world.  Lightning should be taken seriously and you should seek shelter in a building as soon as possible. Do not seek shelter near or under trees. These thunderstorms may arrive and disappear just as quickly as they came, but usually they happen during the late afternoon, around 4pm to 6pm. Experience lightning from June through to September. The grim statistics show that each year on average 67 persons are killed in Florida by lightening!

 
Funnel Cloud - these things are dangerous"

The rainy season occurs during the summer months only, from about June to September. There may be no hint of rain when you start your day as you will probably have clear skies. Do not be fooled, just start your day early, because when it rains during the late afternoon, it really does........in fact it may flood. It's not unusual to have maybe three inches of rain in hour.


When it looks like this seek shelter!

Unfortunately weather is usually our main enemy in many things we do.
Here are a few tools that we use to help us plan your passage on the water.

  NEW FLORIDA VIRTUAL BUOY WEATHER
 

Forecasting & Other Devices:

 

 

Florida Webcams:

 

East Coast

Jupiter Inlet Webcam

East
Coast

Boca Raton

West
Coast

Trade Winds Resort - St. Pete Beach East
Coast
Miami Webcam

East Coast

Jensen Beach Gulf Marco Island
East
Coast
Kennedy Space Centre Webcam East Coast Melbourne Beach Surfcam
East
Coast
Daytona Beach Webcam East
Coast
New Smyrna Beach Webcam
Gulf Bonita Beach Webcam Gulf Marco Beach Webcam
Gulf Fort Myers Beach Webcams Gulf Naples Bay Webcam
Florida
Keys
Key West East
Coast
Cape Canaveral Webcam
Central
Florida
Orlando Webcams Gulf Destin Harbor Webcam
East
Coast
St. Lucie Inlet Gulf Downtown Tampa Webcam

PLEASE NOTE: Webcams seem to come and go. Many that get damaged due to severe weather never seem to get repaired and have been removed from our website. We try to keep only those online that are functioning. Jupiter Inline is probably the best webcam in Florida for picture quality as it uses a Digital Camera as opposed to a Webcam.


MOON PHASES

Believe it or not but the moon effects fishing here in the Gulf of Mexico dramatically. When there is a FULL MOON  the fish actually eat at night as the bait fish are illuminated by the moon.

Following waning crescent is New Moon, beginning a repetition of the complete phase cycle of 29.5 days average duration. The time in days counted from the time of New Moon is called the Moon's "age". Each complete cycle of phases is called a "lunation".

Because the cycle of the phases is shorter than most calendar months, the phase of the Moon at the very beginning of the month usually repeats at the very end of the month. When there are two Full Moons in a month (which occurs, on average, every 2.7 years), the second one is called a "Blue Moon".

Although Full Moon occurs each month at a specific date and time, the Moon's disk may appear to be full for several nights in a row if it is clear. This is because the percentage of the Moon's disk that appears illuminated changes very slowly around the time of Full Moon (also around New Moon, but the Moon is not visible at all then). The Moon may appear 100% illuminated only on the night closest to the time of exact Full Moon, but on the night before and night after will appear 97-99% illuminated; most people would not notice the difference. Even two days from Full Moon the Moon's disk is 93-97% illuminated.

The relationship of the Moon's phase to its angular distance in the sky from the Sun allows us to establish very exact definitions of when the primary phases occur, independent of how they appear. Technically, the phases New Moon, First Quarter, Full Moon, and Last Quarter are defined to occur when the excess of the apparent ecliptic (celestial) longitude of the Moon over that of the Sun is 0, 90, 180, and 270 degrees, respectively. These definitions are used when the dates and times of the phases are computed for almanacs, calendars, etc. Because the difference between the ecliptic longitudes of the Moon and Sun is a monotonically and rapidly increasing quantity, the dates and times of the phases of the Moon computed this way are instantaneous and well defined.

The percent of the Moon's surface illuminated is a more refined, quantitative description of the Moon's appearance than is the phase. Considering the Moon as a circular disk, the ratio of the area illuminated by direct sunlight to its total area is the fraction of the Moon's surface illuminated; multiplied by 100, it is the percent illuminated. At New Moon the percent illuminated is 0; at First and Last Quarters it is 50%; and at Full Moon it is 100%. During the crescent phases the percent illuminated is between 0 and 50% and during gibbous phases it is between 50% and 100%.

For practical purposes, phases of the Moon and the percent of the Moon illuminated are independent of the location on the Earth from where the Moon is observed. That is, all the phases occur at the same time regardless of the observer's position.
New Moon - The Moon's un-illuminated side is facing the Earth. The Moon is not visible (except during a solar eclipse).
Waxing Crescent - The Moon appears to be partly but less than one-half illuminated by direct sunlight. The fraction of the Moon's disk that is illuminated is increasing.
First Quarter - One-half of the Moon appears to be illuminated by direct sunlight. The fraction of the Moon's disk that is illuminated is increasing.
Waxing Gibbous - The Moon appears to be more than one-half but not fully illuminated by direct sunlight. The fraction of the Moon's disk that is illuminated is increasing.
Full Moon - The Moon's illuminated side is facing the Earth. The Moon appears to be completely illuminated by direct sunlight.
Waning Gibbous - The Moon appears to be more than one-half but not fully illuminated by direct sunlight. The fraction of the Moon's disk that is illuminated is decreasing.
Last Quarter - One-half of the Moon appears to be illuminated by direct sunlight. The fraction of the Moon's disk that is illuminated is decreasing.
Waning Crescent - The Moon appears to be partly but less than one-half illuminated by direct sunlight. The fraction of the Moon's disk that is illuminated is decreasing.


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