The indextidethe week of, at best
Peak spring clarity — Rainbow, Silver, Weeki Wachee
Fires when low discharge AND low turbidity after dry spells (USGS gauges)
Photograph Florida paddler · CC BY-SA 4.0
December through March. The notch is October.
- Where
- Rainbow River, Dunnellon
- Drive
- 85 minutes from Lakeland
- In season
- December through March
- Certainty
- the week of, at best
- Drone
- permit
From the field
Clarity is a dry-spell artefact and it collapses within a day of real rain upstream, so this is a window you take when it opens rather than one you plan.