[DBStoots]

Stay on the right side of the channel. Look for birds flying up out of the mangroves--often that will signal a boat ahead of you, either going in the same direction or coming at you!

 

[DBStoots]

Navigating in the Hells Bay area can be very confusing. If you have a GPS, track your route going in so you can find your way back out. It all looks the same back there. I have gotten so lost in Hells Bay that I thought I would never get out. Fortunately, my son had a much better sense of direction than I did.

Hell's Bay reportedly got the name because the old-timers who fished there before GPS units said it is "hell to get into, and hell to get out of"!