The indextidedatable to the day
Spring clarity window
Fires when gauge at 130 cfs trigger met, tannin-free water and white sand bottom this week
Photograph Fredlyfish4 · CC BY-SA 3.0
September, peaking September. The notch is October.
Next: Sunday, September 13 — 0 days away, keyed to the published start time
This week: watch — gauge at 130 cfs trigger met, tannin-free water and white sand bottom this week. Leave by 5:34am.
- Where
- Weeki Wachee springs run
- Drive
- 67 minutes from Lakeland
- In season
- September
- Peak
- September
- Certainty
- datable to the day
- Drone
- no — state park
- Glass
- 16–35mm at f/4 or faster, polarizer angle managed by hand, fast shutter to freeze drifting fish and grass
From the field
Weeki Wachee River gauge reads 130 cfs (fires ≤ 130). 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.