When’s the Best Time to Take an Airboat Ride?
Ah, summertime in Florida… and the most common question I’m asked when making reservations is “what’s the best time to take an airboat ride?”
My answer is always going to be the morning. Lots of people think that late evening or night would be better, but take if from a Florida native – unless you have a really high tolerance for bugs the night trip isn’t for you. Besides, your trip will have a very high probability of being rained out.
Yep, it rains almost every afternoon/evening in the summer. Florida’s nickname may be the “Sunshine State”, but severe weather is a common pattern in the summer. These thunderstorms are caused by overland collisions of moist air from the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean called the “sea breeze effect”.
No matter which direction the winds are blowing, they are always off the water! On calm summer afternoons with little prevailing wind, our sea breezes collide in the middle, creating thunderstorms down right down the center of the state.
Once we get into a sea breeze pattern, these storms seem are a regular occurrence. So when you see the Florida weather forecast, remember that percentage of rain is most probably going to be late afternoon, and plan to book your airboat ride in the morning!
