Reynaldo Torres, front, an employee of Seminole Equipment in Miami, prepares a section of the Haven Ashe Bridge for painting. The bridge runs over the Boca Raton Inlet and was closed to traffic for seven weeks. The bridge reopened to vehicles and ped
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Materials and tarps cover both of the unmoveable portions of the bridge over the Boca Raton Inlet in late August. The bridge is getting a cleaning and new paint. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Steve Plunkett
The bridge over the Boca Raton Inlet, w
Materials and tarps cover both of the unmoveable portions of the bridge over the Boca Raton Inlet in late August. The bridge is getting a cleaning and new paint. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Tall ships, beware!
The bridge over the Boca Raton Inlet,
Materials and tarps cover both of the unmoveable portions of the bridge over the Boca Raton Inlet in late August. The bridge is getting a cleaning and new paint. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Steve Plunkett
The bridge over the Boca Raton Inlet, wh
The bridge and bridge tender's house on A1A over the inlet will change from light blue to a darker blue. Photo provided
By Steve Plunkett
The bridge over the Boca Raton Inlet, which connects the south barrier island to all points north, will close
Capt. Bruce Cyr of the Lantana-based Lady K drift fishing boat shows the 60-pound kingfish he caught off Boynton Inlet in early May 2019. Cyr’s kingfish hit a dead sardine on double 5/0 hooks in 180 feet of water. Photo provided by Bar Jack Fishing
ABOVE: Police hope a new marine patrol will control rowdy behavior and trespassing onto residents’ docks. BELOW: Summer weekends often see dozens of boats moored in the shallow waters to the north of Bird Island at the Boynton Inlet. Jerry Lower/The
A boater makes a hard turn after leaving Boca Raton Inlet to avoid the sand shoal on Aug. 22. Willie Howard/The Coastal Star
By Willie Howard
A recurring sand shoal off Boca Raton Inlet has gotten shallower and more dangerous over the past six
A mate throws a pair of small kingfish into the fish-sorting bin from the Lady K drift boat
at Lantana’s Sportsman’s Park. The 65-foot boat is one of three walk-on fishing boats
that reaches the ocean through Boynton Inlet.
Lady K:
Located at Sports
A recently installed buoy sits offshore of Spanish River Park and the
Sea Ranch Club Condominiums at Spanish River Boulevard and A1A. Photo provided
By Cheryl Blackerby
Twenty-eight new mooring buoys, including 10 just north of the Boca Rat
Wonder what the weather is like at the Boca Raton Inlet?
Wonder no more. You can find out by visiting www.pbcgov.org/erm/beachcams.htm. You’ll find up-to-date photos of the area, a service that will be especially useful for boaters, surfers and beach
