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Jupiter Drift Diving — Where the Gulf Stream Carries You Past Bull Sharks
Three miles off Jupiter the Gulf Stream pulls within reach of the continental shelf. You drop down, drift two knots over reef and wreck, and surface a mile from where you started. From January through March, bull sharks ride that same current.
Jupiter Goliath Grouper Spawn — Diving the August Aggregation off Florida's East Coast
Every August through October, hundreds of 400-pound goliath grouper stack the wrecks off Jupiter, Florida to spawn. The full moon densifies the gathering. The boom of their territorial call hits you in the chest at 90 feet. It is one of the great fish aggregations on Earth.
Loxahatchee River — Florida's Only Wild & Scenic Kayak River, Jupiter to Trapper Nelson
There are 209 federally-designated Wild & Scenic Rivers in the United States. Two are in Florida. The Loxahatchee — nine paddleable miles from Jupiter through cypress forest to the old Trapper Nelson homestead — is the one nobody outside South Florida talks about. Alligators on every bank. Manatees in winter.