As you would expect of a community in such a watery location, boats and seafood are important businesses. Many of the homes and building you see today are elevated much higher. Some of the earliest houses were built on grade and subject to flooding during high water storm events. Most of the dredged up fill in Hernando Beach is only 3 feet above sea level. Hernando Beach is mostly situated along Shoal Line Boulevard runs North and South along the eastern edge of the Hernando Beach community. Most of the land west of US-19 is wetland all along this stretch of Florida coast. So, no matter whether you put in at Hernando Beach, Bayport, or one of the other ramps or kayak launches nearby, use a little “nautical common sense” and head out to enjoy Florida’s aptly named Nature Coast.įor years, the area that is now Hernando Beach was all wetlands, typical of much of the Gulf Coast of Florida, North of Tarpon Springs. Paying attention, watching your speed, and staying away from the “dark spots” will have you out and about exploring island after island and have you fishing the grassy flats that hold a true abundance of sea life. Check your tides! If, you know your vessel and know how much water you need, check the tides and plan your outing from Hernando or Bayport accordingly. But, if you want to do some exploring, like we at Better Off Wet love to do, you will have to “brave” the area outside the marked channels. Stay inside the channel markers and you will not have any issues. No matter which one you choose, you will be able to easily navigate out to the gulf with well marked channels. Hernando Beach and Bayport areas both have great public boat ramps. In fact, just at the writing of this, one of our good friends, who has logged thousands of hours as a fishing guide, just showed us the damage to his hull, from a rock just off of his normal path. These locals have met up with said rocks many, many times. We have the good fortune of knowing some folks who grew up in the area and took some time to show us around.
Well, around Hernando Beach and Bayport areas you definitely want to listen when folks give you that advice. Watch out for Rocks! We at Better Off Wet, like many boaters, are familiar with folks telling us to watch out for rocks.
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