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Brian7son posted 08-28-2008 03:17 PM ET (US)
A friend of mine flew over Sebastion Inlet in Florida this morning and he got a bird's eye view of the outgoing tide from 800 feet. The outgoing tide was so dirty that it looks like black ink spilled into the ocean. It's amazing how clear the line is. It really looks like an oil spill.
http://s232.photobucket.com/albums/ee75/Brian7son/?action=view& current=outgoing2.jpg
http://s232.photobucket.com/albums/ee75/Brian7son/?action=view& current=outgoing3.jpg
http://s232.photobucket.com/albums/ee75/Brian7son/?action=view& current=outgoingtide.jpg
jmorgan40 posted 08-28-2008 04:18 PM ET (US)
WOW is all I can say. That is really cool
Brian7son posted 08-28-2008 04:40 PM ET (US)
If you take a trip along the east coast of Florida in a boat, the water in the outgoing tide often has a stark color contrast to ocean water. You can clearly see it from a few hundred yards away as you approach the inlets on outgoing tides.
However, when you see the overhead view, it really gives you a neat perspective.
The bummer is, I think there is a lot of pollution in there.
TransAm posted 08-28-2008 06:12 PM ET (US)
Yeah, that inlet is certainly not spewing clear, rocky mountain spring water!
pglein posted 08-28-2008 06:48 PM ET (US)
While I'm sure that there is a certain amount of pollution that makes its way into any waterway that passes through a heavily populated area, I can assure you the dark color of that water is not from man-made pollution. Florida is rich with shallow, freshwater habitats. In those habitats there is a large biomass of fish, bugs, animals, and bacteria, as well as a whole heck of a lot of mud. The dark color of that water is undoubtedly caused by the runoff of that mud and biomass. I suppose it's possible that the erosion of that habitat has been accellerated by development, but I certainly wouldn't assume that based solely on those pictures.
Consider yourselves lucky, up here in the PNW, ALL of our water looks like that. It's actually the rivers that dump the blue-green water into the bay (though it's actually filled with brown silt, for some reason it takes on a beautiful blue-green color from up close), causing a similar, though reversed, phenomenon.
tombro posted 08-28-2008 08:54 PM ET (US)
To me, that looks like tannin-stained water. Very common in southern New Jersey, as the water from our pine barrens flows through cedar swamps and is the color of tea. My marina is on Cedar Creek, which pumps nearly black water into Barnegat Bay.
zotcha posted 08-29-2008 08:07 AM ET (US)
Ah, Cedar Creek. At 11 and 13, my brother and I would take our 13 from Ocean Gate, up the creek to a sand bar just east of the Parkway and wax the entire hull. Man, those were the days. 1979, I think. Wow.
Tohsgib posted 08-29-2008 11:27 AM ET (US)
That happens by me every day when the Manatee river dumps into the Gulf. Pretty cool when you are on the boat. It is literally like 10 feet from murk to clear water the line is so tight(usually). Our rivers in FL are usually brackish just like in NJ so we have the same kind of rootbeer colored water dumping into the clear green gulf.
filthypit posted 08-29-2008 12:08 PM ET (US)
HOLY CRAP!
we've surfed sebastion & monster hole many, many times and have seen dirty tidal water before ~ but, i've never seen anything like this!
here in virginia, we're having a tough time w/ agae blooms (red tide). it's that time of year, for us. it almost looks like that's wht is going on @ sebastion inlet as well(?)
thanks for the great pics!
Brian7son posted 08-29-2008 01:05 PM ET (US)
This picture was taken shortly after T.S. Fay flooded Brevard and Indian River counties. So, it is possible there may be a litle more "mong" in the water than usual.
fno posted 08-29-2008 05:02 PM ET (US)
That is probably not extremely "dirty" water. Tombro is correct in that the water is tannin stained. This occurs when the droppings from the many oaks and cypress trees end up in the creeks, streams and rivers that eventually run to the sea. Given that a tremendous amount of rain has fallen recently, those creeks and rivers have been "flushed" so to speak. The pollution aspect of this is that nitrates are also leached into these same waterways by farmers, overzealous homeowners, and even municipal sprayfields that treat waste water. Red tides have become worse mainly on account of the increased levels of nitrates in our waters, not global warming.
Montauk77 posted 09-08-2008 02:39 PM ET (US)
We go out that inlet almost every time we're on the water. I have never seen it like that! But it doesn't surprise me thats what you'd see from the air. The water in the indian river is nasty.

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Author	Topic: Sebastion Inlet, ugly outgoing tide from the air
Brian7son	posted 08-28-2008 03:17 PM ET (US) A friend of mine flew over Sebastion Inlet in Florida this morning and he got a bird's eye view of the outgoing tide from 800 feet. The outgoing tide was so dirty that it looks like black ink spilled into the ocean. It's amazing how clear the line is. It really looks like an oil spill. http://s232.photobucket.com/albums/ee75/Brian7son/?action=view& current=outgoing2.jpg http://s232.photobucket.com/albums/ee75/Brian7son/?action=view& current=outgoing3.jpg http://s232.photobucket.com/albums/ee75/Brian7son/?action=view& current=outgoingtide.jpg
jmorgan40	posted 08-28-2008 04:18 PM ET (US) WOW is all I can say. That is really cool
Brian7son	posted 08-28-2008 04:40 PM ET (US) If you take a trip along the east coast of Florida in a boat, the water in the outgoing tide often has a stark color contrast to ocean water. You can clearly see it from a few hundred yards away as you approach the inlets on outgoing tides. However, when you see the overhead view, it really gives you a neat perspective. The bummer is, I think there is a lot of pollution in there.
TransAm	posted 08-28-2008 06:12 PM ET (US) Yeah, that inlet is certainly not spewing clear, rocky mountain spring water!
pglein	posted 08-28-2008 06:48 PM ET (US) While I'm sure that there is a certain amount of pollution that makes its way into any waterway that passes through a heavily populated area, I can assure you the dark color of that water is not from man-made pollution. Florida is rich with shallow, freshwater habitats. In those habitats there is a large biomass of fish, bugs, animals, and bacteria, as well as a whole heck of a lot of mud. The dark color of that water is undoubtedly caused by the runoff of that mud and biomass. I suppose it's possible that the erosion of that habitat has been accellerated by development, but I certainly wouldn't assume that based solely on those pictures. Consider yourselves lucky, up here in the PNW, ALL of our water looks like that. It's actually the rivers that dump the blue-green water into the bay (though it's actually filled with brown silt, for some reason it takes on a beautiful blue-green color from up close), causing a similar, though reversed, phenomenon.
tombro	posted 08-28-2008 08:54 PM ET (US) To me, that looks like tannin-stained water. Very common in southern New Jersey, as the water from our pine barrens flows through cedar swamps and is the color of tea. My marina is on Cedar Creek, which pumps nearly black water into Barnegat Bay.
zotcha	posted 08-29-2008 08:07 AM ET (US) Ah, Cedar Creek. At 11 and 13, my brother and I would take our 13 from Ocean Gate, up the creek to a sand bar just east of the Parkway and wax the entire hull. Man, those were the days. 1979, I think. Wow.
Tohsgib	posted 08-29-2008 11:27 AM ET (US) That happens by me every day when the Manatee river dumps into the Gulf. Pretty cool when you are on the boat. It is literally like 10 feet from murk to clear water the line is so tight(usually). Our rivers in FL are usually brackish just like in NJ so we have the same kind of rootbeer colored water dumping into the clear green gulf.
filthypit	posted 08-29-2008 12:08 PM ET (US) HOLY CRAP! we've surfed sebastion & monster hole many, many times and have seen dirty tidal water before ~ but, i've never seen anything like this! here in virginia, we're having a tough time w/ agae blooms (red tide). it's that time of year, for us. it almost looks like that's wht is going on @ sebastion inlet as well(?) thanks for the great pics!
Brian7son	posted 08-29-2008 01:05 PM ET (US) This picture was taken shortly after T.S. Fay flooded Brevard and Indian River counties. So, it is possible there may be a litle more "mong" in the water than usual.
fno	posted 08-29-2008 05:02 PM ET (US) That is probably not extremely "dirty" water. Tombro is correct in that the water is tannin stained. This occurs when the droppings from the many oaks and cypress trees end up in the creeks, streams and rivers that eventually run to the sea. Given that a tremendous amount of rain has fallen recently, those creeks and rivers have been "flushed" so to speak. The pollution aspect of this is that nitrates are also leached into these same waterways by farmers, overzealous homeowners, and even municipal sprayfields that treat waste water. Red tides have become worse mainly on account of the increased levels of nitrates in our waters, not global warming.
Montauk77	posted 09-08-2008 02:39 PM ET (US) We go out that inlet almost every time we're on the water. I have never seen it like that! But it doesn't surprise me thats what you'd see from the air. The water in the indian river is nasty.