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By Mike Busch 6-17-2020 I checked out Old Inlet at mid-tide Monday June 8th. Water clarity was incredible. Shoaling inside the bay has continued …

By Mike Busch 6-11-2020 I heard about some big bunker schools and a few whales around on Monday so I snuck out of work early and headed over to Bell…

By Mike Busch 5-5-2020 I checked out Old Inlet late afternoon on May 1st. The tides and surf were both running high due to an offshore storm and a …

By Mike Busch 4-6-2020 Tides were running much higher than normal this weekend with many low lying areas on the south shore dealing with some coasta…

Dr. Charles Flagg of SoMAS was kind enough to share his report and observations of recent changes at Old Inlet taken on February 15th. His ongoing r…

By Mike Busch 2-4-2020 A friend asked me to check out an issue at their Davis Park beach house so I went over late last Thursday afternoon. It also…

By Mike Busch 1-8-2020 I checked out Old Inlet for the first time since late November on Thursday, January 2nd at dead low tide. Water clarity was…

By Mike Busch 12-27-19 I picked up my first drone exactly 3 years ago and am still blown away by the opportunities the freedom of flight and altitud…

By Mike Busch September is known for some of the biggest surf of the year, generated by tropical storms or hurricanes passing by hundreds or even th…

By Mike Busch If you missed our original story this morning, click here. I spoke with eyewitness Jen Terry Podlaski this afternoon who was one of…