The indextidedatable to the day
Spring clarity window
Fires when low flow at 491 cfs clears the tannin for full-color drift shots this week
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September, peaking September. The notch is October.
Next: Sunday, September 13 — 0 days away, keyed to the published start time
This week: watch — low flow at 491 cfs clears the tannin for full-color drift shots this week. Leave by 4:59am.
- Where
- Rainbow Springs / KP Hole drift
- Drive
- 101 minutes from Lakeland
- In season
- September
- Peak
- September
- Certainty
- datable to the day
- Drone
- no — state park; launch outside boundaries only
- Glass
- 16–35mm at f/4 or faster, polarizer, f/8, fast shutter to freeze drift, shoot down through the surface
From the field
Rainbow River at Dunnellon gauge reads 491 cfs (fires ≤ 650). Low flow means the runoff tannin is gone — over/under water, drift shots and white-sand bottom in full color. Morning light angles reach deepest.