Headed In: Florida

Live, public Florida trip info from Headed In, made on Tampa Bay. Ask where to put the boat in, what NOAA says about the water, whether an inlet is stacking up, or what to do near a cruise port, and ChatGPT answers from the same data the Headed In apps use.

What it covers:

• Boat ramps statewide (FWC's inventory, about 1,600), with live waits around Tampa Bay
• NOAA marine forecasts and tides anywhere in Florida waters, plus the Bite Score fishing forecast
• Red tide (FWC samples), beach warning flags (Mote Marine Laboratory), beach water health advisories, lightning nearby (NOAA GOES-East) and active storms (National Hurricane Center)
• Drawbridge openings, inlet conditions, sandbars and raft-ups, marina fuel docks and FWC's artificial reefs
• Rocket launches from the Cape, cruise sail-aways, shore days and debark days, airport-to-beach drive times and window-seat sights
• Local picks, events from about 30 city and county calendars, golden hour, true Florida town stories and story trails
• A rental's guest guidebook from its headedin.com/stay link, for any U.S. house: the host's notes, house rules and picks, plus beach and event info near Florida houses (only the page whose link you give; it can't search rentals)
• A link that pre-fills a float plan in the Headed In app (the boater checks it and starts it themselves)

Every tool is read-only and needs no account. Safety info is passed along in the agency's own words, and the connector never tells anyone the water is safe.