FeLizDream
Active Member
- Jun 28, 2015
- 253
- Boat Info
- 2001 Sea Ray 400 Sedan Bridge, with engine synchronizer.
- Engines
- Cummins 6cta 450 HP, prop 22 Lx 22" L cup.
I used to love Sanibel island, I had my boat in Sanibel marina for over 3 years, but the last year 2016 the waters in Sanibel are Murky dark water, with red tide and plenty of dead fishes.
"A second bad result of the heavy rains caused by a stronger El Nino weather system was the filling of Lake Okeechobee and the urgency from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to unleash its muddy and murky waters into the Caloosahatchee River, as well as watershed runoff from surrounding areas which led directly to the beaches of Sanibel. The threat of damage to the levies after Lake Okeechobee reached over 16-feet high, forced the release into the Calooshatchee and St. Lucie Rivers. The Calooshatchee sustained most of the drainage, since it is the larger of the two. -
See more at:
http://www.captivasanibel.com/page/content.detail/id/527826.html#sthash.Q3fv2XKh.dpuf"
It was no longer enjoyable to keep the Boat at Sanibel marina, so we decided to look around In Marco Island, FL, for my surprise the water is clean ad pristine, plenty of places to go and closer to my home in Pembroke Pines, FL.
We found a super clean Marina, Marco Island Marina Yacht Club, with recently build floating docks and pump out on each dock row.
We miss Sanibel an Captiva Island but we don't miss the murky waters caused by the runoff waters of lake Okeechobee...
We are enjoying our new marina, and all the new places to go, don't miss to visit the Dome Houses at cape Romano, nice adventure, plenty of places and 10,000 thousand islands to go...
Below is a picture of the murky waters at Sanibel Island, FL
"A second bad result of the heavy rains caused by a stronger El Nino weather system was the filling of Lake Okeechobee and the urgency from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to unleash its muddy and murky waters into the Caloosahatchee River, as well as watershed runoff from surrounding areas which led directly to the beaches of Sanibel. The threat of damage to the levies after Lake Okeechobee reached over 16-feet high, forced the release into the Calooshatchee and St. Lucie Rivers. The Calooshatchee sustained most of the drainage, since it is the larger of the two. -
See more at:
http://www.captivasanibel.com/page/content.detail/id/527826.html#sthash.Q3fv2XKh.dpuf"
It was no longer enjoyable to keep the Boat at Sanibel marina, so we decided to look around In Marco Island, FL, for my surprise the water is clean ad pristine, plenty of places to go and closer to my home in Pembroke Pines, FL.
We found a super clean Marina, Marco Island Marina Yacht Club, with recently build floating docks and pump out on each dock row.
We miss Sanibel an Captiva Island but we don't miss the murky waters caused by the runoff waters of lake Okeechobee...
We are enjoying our new marina, and all the new places to go, don't miss to visit the Dome Houses at cape Romano, nice adventure, plenty of places and 10,000 thousand islands to go...
Below is a picture of the murky waters at Sanibel Island, FL
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