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By Mike Busch On the 8th anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, I checked out Old Inlet. Conditions were perfect with calm winds and excellent water clari…

By Mike Busch 10-1-2020 I checked out Old Inlet early on Thursday, September 23rd as the surf from Hurricane Teddy started to subside. While the t…

By Mike Busch 9-15-2020 I checked out Old Inlet on September 5th for the first time since July to see how it fared after Tropical Storm Iasias impac…

By Mike Busch I took a late afternoon flight over Old Inlet last week at high tide. The entire delta was underwater and water clarity was excellent…

By Mike Busch 7-2-2020 I checked out Old Inlet at low tide on Sunday. Water clarity was incredible and as the tide started running you could feel t…

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 5-21-2020 I checked out Old Inlet last Thursday during one of the lowest tides I can recall outside a storm produced blow-out tide. I…

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…

By Mike Busch 2-27-2020 Following up on Dr. Flagg's report on the status of Old Inlet, I took several drone flights over the area on February 17th w…

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…