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FL Inlet Caution: Jupiter Inlet
- Date Reported: Nov 29, 2018
- Reporter: Jani Parker
- Source: Waterway Guide Staff
- Description:
Overview: Fair weather inlet only. With any swell, mariners should divert to another inlet. The inlet is considered impassable in a northeast swell of any size and is cited by the USCG as "not navigable without local knowledge."
Approach: Jupiter Inlet Jetty Light "1" is at N 26° 56.612'/W 080° 04.240'.
Navigation: If you must enter, proceed in a westerly direction from the waypoint to the markers on the jetties. A short jetty protects the inlet entrance to the north and a steel barricade extends halfway into the inlet from the south bank.
Webcam: For a live view of the inlet visit Jupiter Inlet Webcam.
Cautions & Hazards: This inlet channel is unsafe for all but small boats with local knowledge and very shallow draft. The mouth of the inlet has strong currents, eddies, turbulence and breaking seas over sandbars that extend from the south side of the inlet offshore towards the northeast. The average tidal range is 2.5 feet.
Shoals also flank the east edge of the channel south from green daybeacon "57" to the Jupiter Island (CR 707) Bridge (hail as the "707 Bridge") at Mile 1004.1. The bridge has a 25-foot closed vertical clearance and opens on signal. If your vessel is lightly powered, mind the swift current here while waiting for the bridge. Contact the bridgetender prior to your arrival and allow for the set of the current passing through.
ICW Connection: Connects directly to the ICW at Mile 1005.
- Lat / Lon: N 26° 56.649' / W 080° 04.261'
