Most Dangerous Inlet You have ever been through?

Hodderbiz · #1 (**permalink**) 05-10-2007

What & where is the most dangerous inlet you have run?

flamjam · #2 (**permalink**) 05-10-2007

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What & where is the most dangerous inlet you run?

Central California in the winter. Santa Cruz Harbor gets completely closed out on a large swell. Moss Landing is even worse. And the swell and currents at the Golden Gate are just scary.

Likwidsukr · #3 (**permalink**) 05-10-2007

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What & where is the most dangerous inlet you have run?

Oregon Inlet, Outer Banks In Nc Shoals that move. Daily.

Hodderbiz · #4 (**permalink**) 05-10-2007

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Oregon Inlet, Outer Banks In Nc Shoals that move. Daily.

lets hear some stories also!

HebertNecessity · #5 (**permalink**) 05-11-2007

We'll there was that one girl I met in a bar in college, opps wrong forum

Hodderbiz · #6 (**permalink**) 05-11-2007

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We'll there was that one girl I met in a bar in college, opps wrong forum

Hebert, that pic in your avatar is for people that dont live in south florida!

**harryangus** · #7 (**permalink**) 05-11-2007

Any inlet can be dangerous during flooding and especially ebbing. If you have strong seas and a strong ebbing, it can create very big waves in a matter of minutes.
I have been through 6 to 8 feet waves entering the Haulover inlet. Many people do not know how to run a huge wave, especially in an inlet when big waves mixed with other boats and narrow area can be downright dangerous.

**captndaffy** · #8 (**permalink**) 05-11-2007

Heck, on Sat of Air and Sea show I was going out Hillsboro, and a 68 searay hit the hammer right before he got to me (I was still going the RIGHT speed) and 50' sportfish had just slowed down, and I got sandwiched between the wakes and my bow went UNDER! nice. but that shows that it doesn't take much to have issues, in a smaller boat that would have been a possible swamping!

bajanbum · #9 (**permalink**) 05-11-2007

Haulover inlet can be bad sometimes. When I was still getting the hang of powerboating, I almost tipped entering Haulover. I don't know if the tide was coming in or going out, but the waves were huge and going to different angles. I was green at the time and was definitely going too slow. A wave spun me around and I had to head back out and come in again.