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
The weekly build has been paused since October 6, 2026. The seasons and dates below still hold. Events are the ones the last finished build found, in the week of 2026-09-13, that have not happened yet — anything announced since is missing, and nothing here reflects this week's weather.
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.