Why Is Haulover Inlet So Dangerous?

From this Sport Fishing Mag article: “A powerful outgoing tide streaming through a narrow channel and a strong onshore wind tend to pile up steep seas,” Cordes explains. “Combine these two factors with shoaling, and you have big, breaking waves at the inlet, resulting in very dangerous conditions.”

What is the most dangerous inlet in the USA?

Oregon Inlet, North Carolina

That's one reason Dan Willard, an avid angler and retired Coast Guardsman from the Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet, calls it one of the most dangerous places on the East Coast.

Has anyone ever died at Haulover inlet?

The former boat captain accused of a reckless crash at Haulover Sandbar and leaving without searching for a passenger hurled overboard has been sitting in a Broward jail for a week — accused of drunken violence at a Fort Lauderdale-area hotel. ...

Alexander Ross

Alexander Ross

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