December is when Crystal River really starts to shift into winter mode. The first real cold fronts have rolled through, the water is clearing up,

Winter in Crystal River is when the Nature Coast really shows what it can do. Clear spring water, negative low tides, shallow grass flats and

Fall on Florida’s Nature Coast is a season of subtle transitions, where the Gulf’s summer warmth lingers and the first cool fronts begin to shape

Crystal River sits on Florida’s Gulf Coast where hard limestone bottom, scattered ledges, and shallow rock piles shape one of the state’s most distinctive grouper