Gordon Pass Inlet (Near Naples)
On 11/6/08, as part of a "Western Florida Wish List," I posed the following question:
12. Gordon Pass Inlet lies just south of Naples. This important seaward cut has been shoaling. PLEASE someone give us up-to-the-minute info on this channel.
Responses Follow:
Gordon Pass is scheduled for dredgiing this year. The city is now dealing with a place to put the dredged spoil. The markers have been realigned at the entrance and now shift to the south as you go out the pass. There is plenty of water in the marked channel.
Terry Forshier
SV BAKALUKA
Naples
Depth is not a problem for 5' draft. What is a problem is the sharp change in wave height right at the bar. There was a 2-3' sea running from the NW at an angle to the cut. At the bar it was difficult to
keep control because of the steep waves. Going out the next morning we hit the same sea and had a few sharp nose down pitches at the bar. It is not impossible but bad enough that I would plan to avoid it if the seas are running.
Gregory Han
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