[stpeteguy]

I took the family tubing a couple of weeks ago down the rainbow river. Had a great time.

I do believe that the water is too cold for gators. 72 degrees is pretty chilly when it's 90 everywhere else.

[jambo101]

Originally Posted by Mike1306

The Weeki Wachee has some gators, not many and no big ones but they are there. They steer clear though and I have never had an issue tubing there, which we have done many times since it is 2 minutes from my house.

I remember tubing down the WW unfortunately they decided to ban tubing because of the massive amounts of litter left behind by every weekends worth of party animals throwing all manner of garbage into the river.now you cant tube but you can rent canoes and kayaks to float down the river, for some reason the party animal crowd doesnt do Kayaks and canoes.
Never saw any gators,they preferred the lakes rather than the rivers.

[Mike1306]

Originally Posted by jambo101

I remember tubing down the WW unfortunately they decided to ban tubing because of the massive amounts of litter left behind by every weekends worth of party animals throwing all manner of garbage into the river.now you cant tube but you can rent canoes and kayaks to float down the river, for some reason the party animal crowd doesnt do Kayaks and canoes.
Never saw any gators,they preferred the lakes rather than the rivers.

Tubing is not banned, I can still tube any time I like. They closed the one entrance because of the reason you mention but if you own property in a few different subdivisons, I think 3-4, you will have access to the river and can tube if you like.
The subdivision I own a lot in has a 1 acre park on the river and if you pay your $30 a year association fee you have your access.

[Spring Hillian]

Here is the scoop on alligator vs. human incidents. Note that this is a U.S. list, not only FL.



List of fatal alligator attacks in the United States by decade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia