Who is waiting for the day that Lewis steps down on American soil? 🙋🏻♀ Just curious because I personally cant wait. He is going to come here and be very "American" because of all the "research" He's been doing with these videos 😂 I love it ..one day we will get those reactions of him eating all the things he's been watching reactions on.
For real though, I wonder if we can get the guys from jolly to Bering him over cause I’m being real here I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone absorb so much America without experiencing it first hand
The white sand beaches in Florida are made from quartz. The sand can reflect a LOT of ultraviolet and burn you in places you never imagined. The sand is soft and often squeaks when you walk on it.
The really white sand is mostly on the west coasts. I live in fort walton beach florida and they call all this strip from Pensacola to the big bend the EMERALD COAST because the white sand makes the water turquoise. It's so beautiful. And soft. Like powder. In the winter the sand dunes look like ski dunes (looks like snow). I love it here... been here 10 years so far.
I am a born and raised Floridian. In answer to your question about the warm ocean, St Pete is on the gulf of Mexico side of Florida. Because of this it gets rather warm. On the other side where Daytona is, the ocean is the Atlantic and stays pretty chilly. You also cannot surf on the gulf coast side unless there is a hurricane. However you can surf on the Atlantic side.
1- Humidity hits like nothing you've ever experienced 2-It's absolutely massive. Little to no terrain. 3- Intercostal & beach wrap around the entire state. 4-East coast is very different from west coast. North Florida is very different from south Florida. Very diverse population. 5-South FL is summer all year long. Central & North Florida can experience 40 to 50 degrees a couple days a year. 6-Florida overtook NY as the 3rd most populous state in the USA just behind Texas & California. 7-The Everglades National Park. Over a million acres of subtropical wilderness. Only place on earth where crocodiles & alligators coexist. 8-The Florida Keys They are a chain of 125 miles of islands. Connected by bridges. One of them is 7 miles long. Blue water , white sands. The most southern spot in the USA. 90 miles from Cuba. 9- FLORIDA was once owned by SPAIN & was acquired by the United States 1819 from the Adams-Onis Treaty.
Sue I'll visit Florida one day but with desantis in power and maga attached to florida I wouldnt move there! Plus I dislike humid summers and we don't have hurricaines!
@AlucardDracula1000 didn't know of such parties but no thanx! I was in the freak ore hurricaine on Oct 12 1962! An event most didn't see coming we were totally unprepared! The storm reached 110-130 mph probably a baby storm to u?
When I lived in Florida, you could almost set your watch to the afternoon rainstorm. The rain would come down heavy and cold for about 5-10 minutes. Another 10 minutes later you could not tell it rained at all.
I've lived in Cocoa Beach for 52 years, and I'll never leave. One of the best things about Florida is it could be raining on one side of the street and sunny as heck on the other..🤙🌞
Can you tell my boyfriend that it’s not crazy here lol? he’s from Germany and he’s always concerned about so much stuff that he hears about on the news and on the Internet about the US 😀
@@demonikangel924 The news is very different in Germany. I have friends and family that rather believe the news than what I’ve experienced. It’s frustrating!!! So, I just agree to disagree. Germans are very stubborn and have a lot of reservations about everything. It took me a long time to embrace my new life in the US. Tell him to take a chance…or he will always wonder…
@@demonikangel924 I know they think it's like the wild wild west. When my brother came here he thought we could visit Niagra Falls. I guess they don't understand how big the us is.
@@orange222... to give him an idea of how big the United States is I sent him a picture of how big Germany was compared to the United States because it super imposed Germany onto the United States map. Lol it’s tiny compared to the United States.
Floridian here. I live in Tampa, grew up in St. Petersburg. Answering your questions 1. It's extremely flat. Comically flat. 2. Savanah GA to St. Pete FL, depending on traffic, is around 6hrs if you hit no traffic around Jacksonville or Tampa. 3. We do have tornados and waterspouts but not like other videos you've watched. The hurricanes are where you get the fun stuff in Florida. : ) 4. The Gulf of Mexico is a warm body of water. Most people describe it as 'bath water'. 5. There are sharks ALL OVER the gulf coast but specifically around the area that this video was taken. I've seen plenty of sharks but most of them are small and they aren't much interested in you. 6. There isn't much surfing around this area. In fact, all the surfers I grew up with would drive across the state to surf in the Atlantic ocean for the better waves. 7. Disney World, Universal, and Sea World are all in Orlando (middle of the state). ... and yes... you can come live here and we would accept you no problem : )
Floridian here since 1975, living in the Tampa Bay area. The beaches are amazing! You would love Clearwater Beach, Madeira Beach, Honeymoon Island, Fort Desoto... All great beaches. We Have Busch Gardens, Adventure Islands here in Tampa Bay for theme parks. Orlando has Disney, Sea World, Epcot, Universal Studios, and many more theme psrks. Florida is very flat but pretty hilly the further north you go. Don't worry about sting rays, they svatter. Just shuffle your feet in the water. The water is like bath water between May and November. Great sunsets, city life, rural areas. You can find almost anything in FL. Come visit us!! You'd love it here! It does get into the 90s in the summer and the heat is oppressive.
I've been a Floridian all of my 68 years. It's quite the paradise till the hurricanes come. But, we always rebuild & move along. The waves are better on the Atlantic side, but all the areas have their beauty....even the swamps, springs & lakes. I love Florida.
Yes. Florida is definitely a beautiful state. It has amazing nature like the swamp areas, nice forest and springs up in the northeast section, beautiful mangroves and beaches. Then it has cosmopolitan cities like Miami with stunning tropical art deco and amazing cuisine, Orlando's family attractions, the best cruise industry, Tampa, st Pete,Sarasota, Naples, the keys. Gosh so. Much too see and enjoy, I feel bad for not mentioning everything, but I would be typing for hours. Lol. And yeah, hurricanes are the price to live in such an amazing place. guess we can't have it all. 😕
I live in Florida. It's flat. We can get tornados, but we are more likely to get tropical type rain storms and hurricanes. The warm water helps breed tropical type storms. The Gulf of Mexico water is particularly warm, but all of Florida has warm water compared to the UK, the US West Coast and Northeast. I've been to Greece, and Florida's water is much much warmer as well. Ocean temps can be upper 20s to low 30s C and the air temps can be in the low 30s C for a good part of the year. In the winter, the air temps across much of Florida is in the 20s C, with South Florida being warmer than the north part of the state.
I live in Florida. The summers can be brutal and humid but we just had a perfect April. And generally the winters are amazing. You're good if you have A/C, and most of us do. I live on the east coast, the Atlantic Ocean side, and we generally get the cooling breezes off the ocean most of the year. The closer to the ocean and/or the intracoastal waterways, the better for keeping cool. It is very expensive to actually live on the water. I would rather live here than the middle of the state, such as Orlando (where Disney World and all the theme parks are) gets too hot to go in summer. We get wild thunderstorms and we've had many hurricane threats. We have accordion-type shutters on all the windows, as many people here do. At the threat of an impending hurricane, we just close and lock the shutters, buy enough food & supplies, and then hunker down until it's over. We also own a generator, in case we lose power. Just life in Florida. But it is beautiful here.
It's flat down here in the fort Myers area but if you go north or central Florida like Sebring Ocala or in the panhandle like Tallahassee Marina there are some hills
Florida is at sea level most areas of the state except where FLA borders Georgia so geographically it does not have mountains. Lots of beaches, the anthesis of mountains.
Not all of FL is flat. He probably saw a vid of someone traveling through the hills, to the west of Orlando. If you put a point where US19 meets the Turnpike, all the area in a 20mi radius [40mi diameter] is where you'll find rolling hills. Some places between Mt Dora and Clermont have massive elevation changes [for FL]. It's odd; I'm guessing that's from millions of yrs of sinkhole activity.
@SZfiftyfour I love the hills in that part of the state. I live in flat Broward County. I believe Florida is the state with the lowest highest point. Either Florida or Delaware - where I went to high school. I guess living in such flat states is why I prefer vacation in the mountains (have a house in the mountains of Haiti, but haven't been there since December 2020)
Disney World and Universal Studios are here! Sharks, dolphins, alligators, crocodiles, monkeys, bears, panthers...you name it, Florida's just about got it all.
@@dan-patrickobrien3580South Carolina has alligators, you can see them in the marshes scattered around Myrtle Beach. The Green Swamp is in both North and South Carolina, and there are definitely alligators in the Green Swamp. There are apartment complexes in Wilmington with have alligator warnings signs posted in any place that has more than an inch or two of standing water. The gators at Oak Island go swimming in the ocean to rid themselves of parasites. It freaks the daylights out of beach goers when one occasionally shows up. Florida has both alligators and crocodiles, but there’s more alligators than crocodiles.
3:33 😂🤣 We don't even leave the beach for a Cat. 1. We're not moving for a little rain. (Does not include thunderstorms. We don't mess with lightning.)
The east coast of Florida from Mayport NAS in Jacksonville down to Daytonya Beach is the shark bite capital of the world. Most bites, least number of fatalities.
Tampa resident here watching and answering as I go . Florida is incredibly flat, no mountains, highest elevation is about 40 meters above sea level, yes tornados happen near the beach sometimes. Yes that’s what the beach looks like very white sand Water in the Gulf of Mexico is very warm on the west coast of the state downside is there’s really no waves so you can’t surf Very uncommon to get stung by stingrays, they’re actually kind of friendly It’s called skimboarding where you catch smaller waves along the shore Yea storms will just go right by on the other side of the road leaving the other side dry Yes it’s a big fan on a go kart attached to a parachute that you can fly around on Yes we have dolphins in the area they’re very common and will swim and jump next to your boat Can confirm the sunsets really do look like that We have Disney world which is a city in its self as well as universal and a ton of others Feel free to ping me if you need to know anything Florida or genera American related
I live in Venice, about an hour south of Tampa, depending on the traffic. Not all beaches are that white. In fact Venice has a beach that is gray to black because of fossilized shark’s teeth. Florida beaches are some of the best in the world. Tampa is located on the Gulf of Mexico. The water is a lot warmer than the Atlantic on the east coast. That sunset is not that great. I have apologized to friends from up north for that kinda of sunset; then they told me to shut up. We can have perfect no cloud sunsets. I just found out that Florida does have mountains, real ones; not just Splash, Thunder, and Space. Down the spine of FL lies the lowest mountain range in the US. North FL is different from South FL.
@@donabaypro6782 I've lived Florida since I was 3 in the 1970's, whoever told you there was mountains in Florida is WRONG. The highest elevation in the entire state is Britton Hill at 345ft along the Alabama border in the pan handle. Florida is the flattest state in the US, and the 2nd lowest average elevation after Delaware.
@@mikeef747 lived here sense the 60’s. Look up Sugarloaf Mountain. It is actually lower than our highest point, however it technically is a mountain. I said we had the lowest mountain range. It’s basically a technically. However I just learned just learned this too. So I understand not knowing. I would love to say I have been on the highest and lowest mountain range.
@@donabaypro6782 It's about 755 feet under the standardized geological definition for a mountain of 300 meters or 1000 feet to the lowest surrounding prominence, but it fits the definition of a hill. Don't believe me, google "standardized geological definition for a mountain" If it fit the definition of a mountain, then you've eliminated the definition of a hill and we would not have any words to differentiate a mountain from a hill.
Yay! I'm a Floridian too! I'm surprised they didn't encounter more wildlife than they did. I'm in the Panhandle and I feel like wildlife is everywhere. It looks like they focused on a plover, egret, and a pelican. And a few clips of the dorsal of a dolphin. Sometimes you're not even looking for it and native wildlife just sorta pops out of nowhere when you're at the beach or near a natural park.
I live in Northwest Florida, which is also known as the Emerald Coast. The water is emerald green and the sand is snow white. Our sand actually comes from the Appalachian mountains on a full moon night when you’re on the beach the white sand shines like glitter.
Pro tip: the sand is so white and reflective, don't forget to put SPF cream on the back of your knees. They get so much direct and reflective sun. If you forget, they burn and that's no fun. Trust me.
I was born and raised in Tampa. You've probably heard of Tampa Bay because Tom Brady played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the last 3 years of his career and won his last Super Bowl there in 2020. In regards to sharks sightings and attacks, yes it's not like it's every time you go to the beach or anything that you'll have to evacuate the water due to a shark sighting, but it's not super uncommon either. I have seen it about maybe 3-5 times in my life (I'm 50), and I don't go to the beach that often despite being a Florida native. So take that for what it's worth. If I was beach junkie all my life I'd have probably seen it a lot more. A lot of those instances I'm sure happen during the annual Blacktip and Spinner shark migration that happens every year along the coast of Florida. It's the largest animal migration on the planet. Basically it's when hundreds of thousands of Blacktip and Spinner sharks migrate down from like the North Carolina area during the winter, and then back up during the summer months to their spawning grounds. (Pro tip, look for Blacktip filets at the local grocer during that time. Cook it low and slow to break down the sinew, but they're a good meaty fish, that make great tacos) Anyway, they follow a current that whips around the whole state known as the "Gulf Stream" which is a warm water current, and just north of Miami here in the Palm Beach/Treasure Coast area, where I'm at now, some land masses out in the Atlantic force the stream of sharks closer to shore, so you can look up video where there will be people in the water, unaware that within about 50 feet of them is a steady stream of hundreds of thousands of sharks. Some you'll see the sharks right up near the beach. So in regards to shark bites, yes Florida is the shark attack capital of the world, and it's really not by a small margin. There are hundreds more shark attacks every year in Florida compared to anywhere else in the world. The difference is that in Florida, most of the time they're not fatal, whereas in places like Australia (the #2 spot I believe) the much fewer attacks that they do have, are usually by Great White's so they are fatal. That being said, we're starting to see Great White's in Florida waters nowadays as well, which is kinda scary. Anyway, just type in "shark migration florida" here on YT and you'll see plenty of drone footage and the like, but I've worked in an ER for 20 years. We've had a small number of shark attacks throughout the years, only one that comes to mind that was fatal. Just a clarification on our theme parks. Disneyland is in California, and the original Universal Studios is in California as well, but both companies long ago committed to Central Florida for their much larger theme park operations, so here Disney has The Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdom and Disney's Hollywood Studios, and then we also have Universal Studios which is pretty much outdoing Disney at this point. I think they're getting ready to open a whole new theme park in Orlando. It started out as one park, then they opened "Islands of Adventure", then they had some huge expansion a few years back with a whole Harry Potter world, and now they're doing something called "Epic Universe". Also, if you like roller coasters, Busch Gardens in Tampa, which is more African themed and more animal centric in that it always centered around a sort of African Safari theme, is probably one of the more premier coaster centered parks in the US. So if you're a coaster enthusiast then you'll probably wanna check that out. Also, there's Sea World up in Orlando, and Legoland, so there's a ton of theme parks in the state. The other part of Florida, that I'd love to see this guy explore are all of our springs in the Central parts of the state. Check those out on YT as well. They're beautiful, and totally different side of Florida's nature to explore.
I spent my first 40 years of life in Florida living right off the beach and not once have I worried about a stingray. There is nowhere in the world with the sky as beautiful as Florida’s, Florida sunsets are spectacular!!!
Floridian here. At 345 feet above mean sea level, Britton Hill is Florida's highest natural point - and the lowest "high point" in the United States. The water in the gulf can get pretty warm depending on how hot and long the ambient temperature has been hot. It's been pretty hot for the past several weeks, so the gulf water is pretty warm at the moment. Disney WORLD is in Orlando (Technically Lake Buena Vista). Universal Studios also has a park in Orlando as well. It's nice to see foreign visitors being surprised just how different the states are, from what the media portrays.
I live in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida 🏖 We are known as the "Emerald Coast" with sugar white beaches. We are between Pensacola & Panama City 😎 If you visit we ask you leave nothing behind but your foot prints. 😇💙
@@vvi95ayou saw American Alligators, not Crocs. There’s a difference. Be thankful they aren’t crocs bc crocs are straight up DIKS. Alligators are much more chill if that tells you anything 😂
Lew, I'm with you on Twitch and as you know, many of us are waiting for the video when you say that you and Izzy are packing your bags and on your way to America. Every state has something to offer; from the culture, climate, food, and scenery, it's breathtaking and I can only imagine how it will seen through the eyes of someone who has never been in America. Can't wait to see you both here!
When my family moved to Florida, we moved to a small island outside of St Petersburg called Tierra Verde. The local paper in St Petersburg gives a free paper any day the sun DOESN’T shine. In the two years we lived there, we got a total of TWO free newspapers. Right after our arrival, the family went for a walk to explore. My step sister went barefoot and came back with blisters on her feet. We went half a block! We moved to Florida after Hurricane Camille came through and in the house we moved into, there were water marks about an inch from the ceiling! Bridge jumping and shark fishing were things we would do for entertainment. Living on a series of islands there were lots of canals and connecting bridges. Jumping off of them was great fun. One of the biggest hammerheads I’ve ever seen was caught by a local boy down the street. He released it. The fun is in the fight to catch it! If you don’t mind lizards, lots of lizards, Florida is great for teenagers.
Most Beautiful beaches are THE EMERALD COAST.....where I live. The sugar white sand, the clear, emerald colored waters, and all the good food! The Florida Panhandle and Coastal Alabama are just stunning. AND, dolphins everywhere! Lewis, you know you and Izzy are invited......anytime!
I once visited Pensacola Beach on an extremely misty/foggy night. With the white sand, it looked like I was in the middle of a blizzard but was in a comfortable 60 degree Fahrenheit. Yes, I’ve seen sharks and dolphins from the beach. I’ve never spotted an alligator on the beach myself but I have seen them in backwater swamps close to the beaches. I’ve also been at beaches that had shark attacks within 12-24 hours after my visit. One of the reasons the hurricanes that hit the Gulf of Mexico coast are so strong is because the water temperatures are so high. The higher the temperature, the stronger the storm typically.
North Florida is the best! Very hilly, beautiful Live Oak trees, streams etc. doesn’t look like most people think of as “Florida” . Florida is the one state that the farther North you go the more Southern it becomes😊
As a Floridian (someone from Florida) welcome, we’d love to have you! PS-Yes. It’s flat. We get hurricanes (some tornadoes). Avoid in the summer (visit in Winter), it gets friggin HOT! Never been stung by a stingray or attacked by shark though.
Travis. Born and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida, five minutes from this beach Saint Pete Beach! Both grandparents had houses directly on the beach! Spent my days playing in the sand, fishing, making sand, castles and hunting for shells! West Coast, so the golf is extremely warm compared to the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean. This is because of something called the Gulfstream running down the West Coast of Florida bringing warm waters. I actually worked at the bar that they stopped out for a beer! And sunsets are absolutely amazing, especially when there are clouds or storms in the sun peaks through creating a whole oranges and peaches and pink colors shooting across the sky. With my family, we had what’s called sunset services! One of the adults calls out that it’s time and we all grab a drink or a glass of wine and head out onto the balcony and watch the sun over the ocean. What a tradition. Nowadays with my kids, we drive about five minutes to the beach about a half hour before sunset with a beer or glasses of wine and some snacks, a blanket or some beach towels and set in for the next hour or so! Yes, my favorite here is going to the other side of Saint Pete(it’s a peninsula) To Tampabay to run along seawall with the dolphin, swimming in the water below you! By the way here you can watch the sunrise as well from across the bay in Tampa. Paradise you’re welcome here anytime❤❤❤
I'm a 7th generation Floridian. I grew up in northeast Florida. The beaches on the east Coast of Florida are very different than the beaches on the Gulf side. The water temperature varies throughout the year. In the summer the water is very warm but it does get cold (for us anyway) in the Winter. It gets cold enough for a wetsuit when surfing in the winter.
4:17 the difference is not in the air temp, but in the water current. On the west coast of the US (so say California), the water flows from the north down the coast. So the water is quite cold as it's coming from Canada. On the east coast, the water flows up the coast from the equator. So the water in the ocean in Florida is quite warm. Heck, it's really swimmable much further up north around New York and such. Edit: and I forgot he's on the gulf of Mexico side, so that water circulates around the Gulf more and is even warmer
I'm an OTR truck driver and find it amazing what you Brits find as a long drive. I typically drive 600 to 700 miles a day. So anything under 300 miles is just a trip up the driveway.
Yes, I live in St. Petersburg in Florida. The sand is definitely that white, the water on the Gulf side (west side of Florida) is that warm, like a bath for much of the year. In the summer we usually have a quick shower in the afternoon and then it clears. Yes, you can also do all kinds of water sports and gorgeous sunsets and dolphins. This is all real and typical. The bird is a pelican. It's terrific and beautiful!!
I live where he is -I grew up here. Florida is very flat - mostly at sea level. We have sunsets that will make you cry, sugar sand beaches and the best local food you can get. I love the back-woods parts the most (tourists avoid), there is camping, tubing down the springs, hiking trails, etc. The Gulf of Mexico gets very warm - it is like bath water. As a kid, I used to go out to the sand bars and get conch as big as your head. I just realized that I lived in paradise as a kid. There is a thing called the stingray shuffle and you will be fine.
I live in Florida. It's very flat. It can be really great. Summer here is hell because it's so freaking hot. Don't come here in August. We get hurricanes, tornados, water spouts (water tornado) and sink holes, look up sink holes! Sink holes are freaking terrifying 😱
Is the guy living in the US? I was thinking the Texas comment had to do with their fight against illegal immigrants, like "don't tell Texas I'm entering Florida."
@user-nm4zt8dm3h lol, no, he had already visited Texas where he became an "honorary " Texan. It was just a joke, because he said he wanted to move to Florida, but didn't want to piss off the Texans. He lives in Scotland, but traveling around the US.
I live in Tampa and an hour from our beautiful beaches!! Clearwater and St Peter...and further South are the best...but our east coast is beautiful as well ..the sand is different because it's ocean front and not Bay front. Pur sand bay side is "sugar sand" And yes during our summer the water gets so So warm. It's like you're in your own bathtub... Sometimes it's not refreshing when it gets that hot.
as a native born and raised floridian for 24 years, yes those signs are absolutely needed.. A 12 pack of beer and a nearby swamp has rednecks going "nah wait lemmie see if i can put my sunglasses on it it'll be funny watch."
I live in Florida. My wife is from around Manchester. She came here on vacation in early 2020. We meet two days after she got here and she never left. As a Brit she absolutely loves living in America and especially Florida. There are a lot of animals here. We see sharks, alligators, snakes etc all the time but they are never something to worry about. It’s just cool to have them around. If you ever come to Florida and would like the coolest people to guide you around Florida get in touch with us. We’ll take you all over Florida. 😊
Once, when I was on Sanibel on the Gulf in Florida, my son was a toddler and we were walking in the water when a giant fin came rushing up to us fast. I snatched him up so fast and started running, but it wasn't a shark, like I thought, it was a dolphin!! 🐬❤️😆
Tampa Bay Florida here. yes its mostly flat. lots of beaches. summer storms happen and hurricanes. they end by November. been here for 30 years. white sand beaches for miles. the water is warmer in the shallow areas. the deeper the water is the colder it is. the temperature here fluctuates. currently it is 94. there are places that have freshwater springs. like crystal springs. the water there is freezing cold on a hot day. after you get in it is ok. it does get hotter after each summer rain. you can see steam rise off the road after the rain.
The low clouds have a lot to do with the climate, sub tropical climate gives it that hue, all the moisture in the air, plus less pollution in this area, the sky is the same way here in Mississippi on our coast which isn’t too far at all from Florida.
Southwest Florida resident here (Cape Coral). We have beautiful barrier islands with awesome beaches. The sunsets over the Gulf are amazing. Dolphins and manatee are abundant. It really is paradise! Nothing like taking the boat out and having dolphins follow beside you 🐬
Florida is awesome! White sand, blue skies (when there are no storms) and laid back vibes. The sting rays don’t bother you. They are small. Sharks and porpoises can be seen feeding off of the beach, usually at sunrise and sunset. The Gulf waters are warm because it’s much more shallow than the ocean and close to the equator
I moved to the panhandle of Florida a few years ago and can confirm that the sky here even looks different than the west coast of America. The huge low animated clouds makes the sunsets extra spectacular
Central Florida here!!! We're mostly flat below sea level, I'm on the space coast 30 minutes south of Canaveral National Seashore. The national seashore has some of the best surf fishing and our sand has a lot more shells unlike the west coast. Its gorgeous, you'd love it!!!
I live in Florida. SW FL. We got destroyed by Hurricane Ian 2 years ago. We're still rebuilding but we are coming back. Yes. The water is VERY warm in the summer. 90 degrees F - well over 30 degrees C, Our beaches are full of amazing sand. We've got amazing food and drinks. Our sunsets are epic. I love living on a permanent vacation.
I'm a Florida NATIVE, I wouldn't live anywhere else where 60 miles from any Beach west or east, we have swamps and hills and pine trees and palm-trees🌴 and beautiful old oak trees with Spanish moss. One of my favorites places to visit is Destin Beach FL,we are home to the awesome lynyrd skynyrd, shinedown and Tim Mcgraw and Tim Tebow any many other famous ppl.. but we can't forget THE FLORIDA MAN😂😂😂 seriously both my parents are over 100 years FLORIDA natives. You gotta come visit us ❤❤
User ive never been to florida! My neighbor who lived there awhile says it's best weather wise to visit in Feb avoid humid summers! I will get there one day!
Fort Lauderdale here, just N of Miami. Here we have manatees, dolphins and we eat alligators. LOL. Lots of ship tanker traffic mixed with a ton of yachts. Fantastic sunrises. Water cool, not as warm as the Gulf but a heck of a lot warmer than California waters.
@@futuregenerationz My daughter and I used to love going there, and when my lady group from work would make a "field trip" down to Old Time Pottery in FM, we would sometimes stop there. I still have some of the jewelry that I made using shells from there - or rather my daughter does.
I was raised in Melbourne Florida and live in Tallahassee Florida today. Yes its a flat sponge, with beaches, swamps, fresh water springs, and lakes. All of which have Gators, crocks, and more snakes than you can believe. Lol, and I love it!
I went to Florida years ago. I've been living there in my head ever since.. My favorite part was going down to the pier just before sunset and watching the dolphins ( yes, we have dolphins 😂 )
I live along the gulf coast of Florida right up the road from Clearwater beach in the greater Tampa Bay area. The water he is in is the gulf of Mexico ... very warm water almost too warm. The sand is called Sugar Sand and we have a festival every year on Clearwater Beach with massive sand castles and sand art.
I grew up in New York City and lived there for 40 years. I moved to Florida in 1988 and haven’t regretted it for a minute. I love saying that I haven’t seen snow since 1988.
I was born and raised in Florida, and while I never saw a tornado on the beach, I saw water spouts out in the gulf. Those are a type of tornado that forms over water.
Had a client that said she was diving out of the keys and when she surfaced there was a water spout uncomfortably close, I would've aged 10 years in that moment.
I’m a native Texan but have lived in South Florida for years. Atlantic side (Ft. Lauderdale). Florida is a beautiful state and every region has it’s beauty and unique qualities. Ps…I love England too. My Mum was born and raised in Cambridge. I still visit family there. Love your videos!
From Ocala, Florida . Lots of natural springs in my area. Yes our sand is white. Hurricane season is June thru November. In summer ocean is very warm and sand is hot..wear water shoes to protect your feet from burns.
Florida here, Northeast. If you LOVE sunshine and water,this is the state. Between beautiful beaches and natural springs its amazing. It gets very hot, its not even June and it was 95 degrees today,so yes the water gets warm too, I think its mid 70s now. Bring your SPF,flip flops and sunglasses, We'd love to have ya!
This guy is on the gulf side (west side) of Florida in the Gulf of Mexico, not the Atlantic Ocean. Sand is whiter, water is calmer, warmer and waves are smaller. It gets over 100 degrees n FL.
I think the farther south you go on the east coast the whiter the beaches become. I lived in north Florida for about 7 years and the beaches in the northern counties aren’t as white as in the southern or western counties.
Hi to you! I’m American from Florida. Born in Miami Beach, live in the Tampa Bay Area. Florida is flat as a pancake. A few areas a bit hilly. This week, we are getting out butt hit with rain storms. My Niece is in Fort Lauderdale and there is lots of rain and flooding. Who knows if we get a hurricane this year but such as life. I’m a retired ICU nurse. I have traveled all over the US. Worked all over. Ask me anything, I probably know. Just want to say that I am on your British diet, Slimming World. I’m down 36 lbs. I can’t thank GB enough for their help. I’m doing this all online . Can’t wait for you to visit. If you have questions, I can help. I have worked all over but Florida is still my favorite State.❤
4:06 The gulf is warm. I remember when we first took a friend from Texas to the coast in Oregon. His boyfriend and I (born here) walked right into the water, he followed and shrieked, he didn't expect cold water.
Lived in Florida, moved to Alabama, Idaho, and came right back to Florida. This state has my heart. I live near Tampa and the sand is even whiter in Pensacola than in Tampa. Florida is very underrated. Out of all the "visit the U.S." videos I watch, very few have Florida as a place to visit and I don't know why.
I love Florida. I’ve only been once to the Fort Lauderdale area. I went in February. Left an ice storm approaching in my home state, and arrived to mid-70 temperatures. I traveled sea from cities into the rural areas. I’m not a fan of cities, but I loved everything about Florida that I saw. I especially loved visiting a swamp. I stayed near a beach as well, but I preferred the swamp. I guess I’m odd.
Where i live, Sarasota, Siesta Key Beach is voted #1 Beach in the US 😊 Florida has gorgeous sunsets, very relaxing to go grill, lounge on towel, read a book, nap, sunbathe, enjoy the sound of waves and birds, watch pelicans diving for food. Dig in sand to find cocquinas of many colors and small white sand crabs. Fishing. Restaurants by the water, while watching sunset and having a daiquiri. May see some dolphins or manatees, raccoons at dusk coming out for food. Tall birds in many places. All depending where you go in Sarasota. If you want primitive Florida, visit Myakka State Park ❤
I live in the Tampa area. Used to live on St Pete Beach and got flooded out by Hurricane Idalia. I now live in South Pasadena. Love it. Moved here 17 yrs ago from Chicago. The sand is beautiful and the Gulf of Mexico is awesome. I watch the sunset every night from my window. And yes you can see sharks and dolphins.
I live near Tampa/St.Pete and Florida has some of the prettiest skies. The sand really is that white & I can’t tell you how many dolphins I’ve seen. We also have beautiful birds of all kinds everywhere, as well as reptiles & amphibians. Many of my friends also paramotor every chance they get as a hobby. Florida is definitely a unique State with a very different culture compared to most of the other States. The residents are mainly happy and relaxed. I’m originally from NY and they seem like different worlds!
The highest point in Florida is Britton Hill around 345 feet above sea level. The sand in the Florida panhandle is even more white. The water on the Gulf side is kinda like a giant pool, there's not much current in the Gulf like there is in the Atlantic. You can come swim with the sharks Lewis.
We used to have our family reunions near Britton Hill at this time of year. Now, sadly, we're all too old to make the trips from all of our scattered locations.
They are on the Gulf of Mexico side of Florida, the water in the gulf is always warmer. There are dolphins all up and down the coastline and there are dolphin cruises where you can see the dolphins up close! I love Florida!
Florida native here!! Hi!👋 We are the Australia of America. Form Central Florida down we are pretty much in the Caribbean. The further south you go, the more you you get that ‘island’ feel. Palm trees, stunning beaches and amazing wildlife. You should react to someone exploring the Everglades! You will be amazed ❤
Yes, Florida gets tornadoes, but one of the most dangerous and frequent weather events is lightening. I’m a native Floridian….born and raised. Yes, Florida is basically flat, I south and central Florida. The further north you go, it gets a little hilly and tons of trees, deer, etc. Gorgeous!
"The Ocean's Hot? What? Huh?" - They're not on the ocean. They're on the Gulf of Mexico. Which is shallow and incredibly warm. All that heated water is what kicks up the hurricanes a notch when they make it into the Gulf. All energy, all the time, feeding those storms just off shore.
I live in northwest Florida in a town called Panama City Beach. Yes, the sand is white and very soft! The water is warm and a clear emerald green in color. Yes, we have dolphins, sharks, and alligators. I've never been stung by a stingray, but they are out there as well.We have a beautiful state park called St. Andrews. The rocks that you saw are man made called jettis. Orlando has Disney World and Islands of Adventure. We have tornadoes, Waterspouts, and Hurricanes. You should really come to Florida and visit 😊
I used to go to Shell Island every summer as a child. My step father would take us out on his boat and we would stay out there most of the day. Sometimes there would be a ton of jelly fish around the boat, but most times I had fun there. I don’t know if Tyndall allows visitors there now, but I went there in the 80s.
I live in Florida. We have fine white sand on the gulf coast and rough brown sand on the Atlantic side; some places are rocky-we have more than one beach and they are all a little different. This guy isn’t in “the ocean” but the Gulf Of Mexico and it is often 26 to 35°C near the shore in the summer. The Atlantic side isn’t like that; it is 24°C maximum during the heat of summer. The Gulf of Mexico side is shallow and some places you can stand up out of the water 10+ meters from shore. There is all kind of life close to shore-I have seen crabs, fish, sting rays, dolphins within touching distance (but don’t mess with the wildlife).
You must not live or been to South Fla. Ft Lauderdale or Miami. The water temp was 75f degrees on Christmas day last year. And it gets just as warm as PCB/GULF. As a matter of fact the ocean water was 84f today in Miami
Floridian by birth, raised there until college. Yes, it's very flat, which is why there are few/no basements - very high water table. And lots of lakes when you get into central Florida (going north to south). It's fun to take a boat tour of some of the lakes, as they're connected with channels so you get "chains" of lakes - lots of wildlife, flora, and impressive homes.
I'm in Florida. About 4 hours to drive from Savannah to St Pete. Yes, the Gulf Coast is warmer and has sugar sand on the beach. The Atlantic coast is more mixed with broken shells, so more colors of sand and grainier. Gulf Stream carries warm water past the coast. It's in the 90s now that it's summer. Also, yes, Florida is pretty flat, lol. It's a peninsula and mostly swamp inland.
So, to put the thing about warm waters in perspective: The southern-most point in Europe is over 100 miles north of Florida; it might be more than 300, I'm not completely sure. All of Spain is north of North Carolina.
I grew up in Tallahassee, which was recently hit with a suspected three tornados in one storm. There are hilly areas all over, but basically it's pretty flat. I miss warm rain! I moved north a number of years ago and am still waiting for a proper summer. Tampa Bay is a hot spot for sharks, yes. Anywhere rivers empty into the ocean are gathering places, especially after upstream flooding because the rivers dump dead animals into the ocean. It's a buffet. Yes I have seen sharks at the beach, including a bull shark feeding near shore (most won't bother you but bull sharks are high testosterone, more aggressive than other species, and territorial). Atmospheric differences, including pollution and latitude, affect the sunsets. North Florida is quite a bit different from Tampa btw. Wait until he meets the giant flying roaches, that'll be fun.
We love the Tampa/ St Petersburg area. We go to Madeira Beach almost every year. You should come back and visit John’s Pass. A long boardwalk with shops, restaurants and Hubbards marina. We love watching their charter fishing boat come in and watching them clean everyone’s fish. The pelicans are all there waiting for the scraps. The west coast of Florida is awesome! White sand and great seafood. Gorgeous sunsets.
Florida is amazing. Nowhere else we would rather raise our kids Florida has some of the best beaches in the country and probably the world. I live between Tampa and Bradenton on the beach. We Floridians accept everyone as long as you work hard and are a nice person
Sarasota is about 30 mins south of St Pete. Siesta key in Sarasota has been voted the #1 beach in America so many times. The sand is white and soft. The Golf of Mexico is warm water. The temp ranges in Florida. The south can get up into the hight 90s F. Last week we hit a record of 105f or 40.5555556c.
L3WG what’s good bruv!! I live in Florida. Florida is very flat. The highest point in Florida is only 345ft above sea level. We don’t really get tornados . We get hurricanes. Not all the sand is white, but we do have very beautiful white sand beaches. Siesta Key is voted nicest beach all the time.
I'm not sure where you're located, but in our area of the Florida Panhandle (21 miles from the Alabama line), yes, we do get tornadoes. They aren't the huge ones like Tornado Alley gets, but about 2 weeks ago, we had a couple come through our little town and also over in Crestview, destroying many trees and taking down the covering over one gas station. That same storm system formed a tornado that blew/sucked a couple out of their house over in Jay, Fl. In January, we had a pretty mild one (only about an EF1, I think) come through about a mile from our house and damaged construction at the airport and a metal shed company. Thankfully, they aren't like the ones in Oklahoma, though.
@@ladybee883 yea I know we get tornados but I wouldn’t say FL is known for its tornados is all I really meant. I’ve seen spouts and maybe some funnel clouds in my life but never an actual tornado. I’ve never been to the panhandle tho, I imagine it’s quite different.
@bndzmrno Yes, the Florida Panhandle is entirely different from South Florida (we actually have seasons up here 😀). I lived in Southwest Florida for over 20 years, but was glad to come back home to the Florida Panhandle. We have the changing of seasons up here (and occasionally snow and ice) but unfortunately, we still get the hurricanes also. The last major hurricane up here was Hurricane Michael (Category 5) in 2028, which made landfall around Mexico Beach. It was brutal. My husband was still working at the time (since retired) and one of their trains was blown off the tracks in Panama City. We are so close to both Alabama and Georgia, that we share a lot of their weather - and get the smoke from their wildfires sometimes. It's true what is said about Florida. The further north you go, the more southern you get. That includes our weather that's share with the rest of the typically known southern states.
Shark attacks in America happen but not a lot. It used to be a big deal on the East Coast in the 80s and 90s. The movie, Jaws, is based off of the shark attacks that happened off the Jersey Shore. The movie was made about a great white shark but actually most attacks came from bull sharks.
He is on the Gulf Coast where the water is warm, blue and the sand is white and cool. On the Atlantic Coast side the water is cold the sand is brown and hot
Native Floridian from Tampa, here. Most of our gulf beaches have sugar sand, though some of the beaches in Tampa have this brown, mucky sand. Sugar sand will burn your feet, so wear flip flops in the sand. A lot of our beach parks just have public access beach parking. For picnics, bbq, and swimming. A lot don’t have playgrounds, though some do. As to stingrays, we are taught the shuffle in elementary school, and during summer, PSA commercials air with the stingray shuffle jingle. Also, the water is cold to me. Lol. It is only usually hot during July/August. Right now it is a kinda chilly 30°C. That feels chilly when you factor in the heat of the air temperature, which is about 31°c, along with the wind/breezes. It gets very cold.
TAMPA IS NOT ON THE OCEAN. ITS IS THE GULF OF MEXICO/CARIBBEAN SEA. IT IS MORE SHALLOW THAN THE OCEAN AND IT'S USUALLY 70 DEGREES OR HIGHER IN MOST MONTHS SO THE WATER STAYS WARM. YOU CAN SWIM IN IT IN DECEMBER AND FEBRUARY (I HAVE). Spain and Greece are on Atlanta and Mediterranean sea. They're at a higher longitude than Florida if I'm not mistaken, I think they're more in line with Maine in the USA which is a cold state. But spain and Greece in a gulf stream air flow so warmer air flows up ya'll's way. Like all along west Europe and UK
Who is waiting for the day that Lewis steps down on American soil? 🙋🏻♀
Just curious because I personally cant wait. He is going to come here and be very "American" because of all the "research" He's been doing with these videos 😂 I love it ..one day we will get those reactions of him eating all the things he's been watching reactions on.
Yep he can have in and out and chick fil an and all the other fast food he has been craving. He can eat cheeseburger in paradise and everything else.
He may need to travel with a nutritionist and a personal trainer coming from English food 😬
I live in Jacksonville Florida Duval County yes very flat
For real though, I wonder if we can get the guys from jolly to Bering him over cause I’m being real here I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone absorb so much America without experiencing it first hand
I'm willing to adopt him for a few weeks and show him around.....he can even stay with us at the beach!
The white sand beaches in Florida are made from quartz. The sand can reflect a LOT of ultraviolet and burn you in places you never imagined. The sand is soft and often squeaks when you walk on it.
Omg I didn't know that?! That's really interesting 🤔 that actually explains a lot about my last sunburn in Jax!
The really white sand is mostly on the west coasts. I live in fort walton beach florida and they call all this strip from Pensacola to the big bend the EMERALD COAST because the white sand makes the water turquoise. It's so beautiful. And soft. Like powder. In the winter the sand dunes look like ski dunes (looks like snow).
I love it here... been here 10 years so far.
@@jackiesaylor2487yep, mostly on the west coast
The sand in Palm Coast (north of Daytona) is pink, as it's made up of crushed seashells.
@@jackiesaylor2487 I'm right next to you in Navarre. Hello Neighbor.
I am a born and raised Floridian. In answer to your question about the warm ocean, St Pete is on the gulf of Mexico side of Florida. Because of this it gets rather warm. On the other side where Daytona is, the ocean is the Atlantic and stays pretty chilly. You also cannot surf on the gulf coast side unless there is a hurricane. However you can surf on the Atlantic side.
1- Humidity hits like nothing you've ever experienced
2-It's absolutely massive. Little to no terrain.
3- Intercostal & beach wrap around the entire state.
4-East coast is very different from west coast. North Florida is very different from south Florida. Very diverse population.
5-South FL is summer all year long. Central & North Florida can experience 40 to 50 degrees a couple days a year.
6-Florida overtook NY as the 3rd most populous state in the USA just behind Texas & California.
7-The Everglades National Park. Over a million acres of subtropical wilderness.
Only place on earth where crocodiles & alligators coexist.
8-The Florida Keys
They are a chain of 125 miles of islands. Connected by bridges. One of them is 7 miles long. Blue water , white sands. The most southern spot in the USA. 90 miles from Cuba.
9- FLORIDA was once owned by SPAIN & was acquired by the United States 1819 from the Adams-Onis Treaty.
Sue I'll visit Florida one day but with desantis in power and maga attached to florida I wouldnt move there! Plus I dislike humid summers and we don't have hurricaines!
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@@oldfogey4679as a Floridian, Thanks for staying away 😂
@@oldfogey4679 you missing out on the hurricane parties. Ain't no party like a hurricane party and a hurricane party don't stop
@AlucardDracula1000 didn't know of such parties but no thanx! I was in the freak ore hurricaine on Oct 12 1962! An event most didn't see coming we were totally unprepared! The storm reached 110-130 mph probably a baby storm to u?
When I lived in Florida, you could almost set your watch to the afternoon rainstorm. The rain would come down heavy and cold for about 5-10 minutes. Another 10 minutes later you could not tell it rained at all.
3 - 3:30 every day😊
well, you couldn't tell except the huge spike in humidity and the air feeling like you are breathing soup.
Except for the added humidity! Ugh ug
I remember the clockwork storms. Hasn't been like that in a long time
Agreed. It was the same when I used to live there. I lived a bit north of Clearwater.
I've lived in Cocoa Beach for 52 years, and I'll never leave. One of the best things about Florida is it could be raining on one side of the street and sunny as heck on the other..🤙🌞
I was out on the deck today. It was raining on the east side of the yard and bone dry on the Westside of the yard. Lol
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Nooo mountains in Florida
I’m originally from Germany 🇩🇪 and lived all over the USA, and finally moved to Florida and I’m staying! Love Florida ❤🐬🌴🌞☀️❤️
Can you tell my boyfriend that it’s not crazy here lol? he’s from Germany and he’s always concerned about so much stuff that he hears about on the news and on the Internet about the US 😀
@@demonikangel924 The news is very different in Germany. I have friends and family that rather believe the news than what I’ve experienced. It’s frustrating!!! So, I just agree to disagree. Germans are very stubborn and have a lot of reservations about everything. It took me a long time to embrace my new life in the US. Tell him to take a chance…or he will always wonder…
me too. Clearwater
@@demonikangel924 I know they think it's like the wild wild west. When my brother came here he thought we could visit Niagra Falls. I guess they don't understand how big the us is.
@@orange222... to give him an idea of how big the United States is I sent him a picture of how big Germany was compared to the United States because it super imposed Germany onto the United States map. Lol it’s tiny compared to the United States.
Floridian here. I live in Tampa, grew up in St. Petersburg. Answering your questions 1. It's extremely flat. Comically flat. 2. Savanah GA to St. Pete FL, depending on traffic, is around 6hrs if you hit no traffic around Jacksonville or Tampa. 3. We do have tornados and waterspouts but not like other videos you've watched. The hurricanes are where you get the fun stuff in Florida. : ) 4. The Gulf of Mexico is a warm body of water. Most people describe it as 'bath water'. 5. There are sharks ALL OVER the gulf coast but specifically around the area that this video was taken. I've seen plenty of sharks but most of them are small and they aren't much interested in you. 6. There isn't much surfing around this area. In fact, all the surfers I grew up with would drive across the state to surf in the Atlantic ocean for the better waves. 7. Disney World, Universal, and Sea World are all in Orlando (middle of the state).
... and yes... you can come live here and we would accept you no problem : )
New Smyrna is the shark attack capital of the world
Floridian here since 1975, living in the Tampa Bay area. The beaches are amazing! You would love Clearwater Beach, Madeira Beach, Honeymoon Island, Fort Desoto... All great beaches. We Have Busch Gardens, Adventure Islands here in Tampa Bay for theme parks. Orlando has Disney, Sea World, Epcot, Universal Studios, and many more theme psrks. Florida is very flat but pretty hilly the further north you go. Don't worry about sting rays, they svatter. Just shuffle your feet in the water. The water is like bath water between May and November. Great sunsets, city life, rural areas. You can find almost anything in FL. Come visit us!! You'd love it here! It does get into the 90s in the summer and the heat is oppressive.
I've been a Floridian all of my 68 years. It's quite the paradise till the hurricanes come. But, we always rebuild & move along. The waves are better on the Atlantic side, but all the areas have their beauty....even the swamps, springs & lakes. I love Florida.
damn straight! ❤the birds here... my Lord
I’m also a Florida boy, for 64 years.
Yes. Florida is definitely a beautiful state. It has amazing nature like the swamp areas, nice forest and springs up in the northeast section, beautiful mangroves and beaches. Then it has cosmopolitan cities like Miami with stunning tropical art deco and amazing cuisine, Orlando's family attractions, the best cruise industry, Tampa, st Pete,Sarasota, Naples, the keys. Gosh so. Much too see and enjoy, I feel bad for not mentioning everything, but I would be typing for hours. Lol. And yeah, hurricanes are the price to live in such an amazing place. guess we can't have it all. 😕
Just moved here two years ago after visiting annually. Love it more every day.
@@kirbygulbrandsen4507Second generation native here, 65 last winter. My granddad was sheriff in Alachua Co. during WW2.
I live in Florida.
It's flat. We can get tornados, but we are more likely to get tropical type rain storms and hurricanes. The warm water helps breed tropical type storms. The Gulf of Mexico water is particularly warm, but all of Florida has warm water compared to the UK, the US West Coast and Northeast. I've been to Greece, and Florida's water is much much warmer as well. Ocean temps can be upper 20s to low 30s C and the air temps can be in the low 30s C for a good part of the year. In the winter, the air temps across much of Florida is in the 20s C, with South Florida being warmer than the north part of the state.
727 in the house
@darrylcross9719 Lol. I'm on the opposite coast. 772 represents.
I live in Florida. The summers can be brutal and humid but we just had a perfect April. And generally the winters are amazing. You're good if you have A/C, and most of us do. I live on the east coast, the Atlantic Ocean side, and we generally get the cooling breezes off the ocean most of the year. The closer to the ocean and/or the intracoastal waterways, the better for keeping cool. It is very expensive to actually live on the water. I would rather live here than the middle of the state, such as Orlando (where Disney World and all the theme parks are) gets too hot to go in summer. We get wild thunderstorms and we've had many hurricane threats. We have accordion-type shutters on all the windows, as many people here do. At the threat of an impending hurricane, we just close and lock the shutters, buy enough food & supplies, and then hunker down until it's over. We also own a generator, in case we lose power.
Just life in Florida. But it is beautiful here.
It’s not flat everywhere. There are hills in North/central Florida off 75
It's flat down here in the fort Myers area but if you go north or central Florida like Sebring Ocala or in the panhandle like Tallahassee Marina there are some hills
My favorite thing about Tampa summers - afternoon thunderstorms. So beautiful!
I live in Tampa Bay and Florida is as flat as a pancake. The tornados on the water are called water spouts
Florida is at sea level most areas of the state except where FLA borders Georgia so geographically it does not have mountains. Lots of beaches, the anthesis of mountains.
Me too
813 here. Westchase!!
Not all of FL is flat. He probably saw a vid of someone traveling through the hills, to the west of Orlando. If you put a point where US19 meets the Turnpike, all the area in a 20mi radius [40mi diameter] is where you'll find rolling hills. Some places between Mt Dora and Clermont have massive elevation changes [for FL]. It's odd; I'm guessing that's from millions of yrs of sinkhole activity.
@SZfiftyfour I love the hills in that part of the state. I live in flat Broward County. I believe Florida is the state with the lowest highest point. Either Florida or Delaware - where I went to high school. I guess living in such flat states is why I prefer vacation in the mountains (have a house in the mountains of Haiti, but haven't been there since December 2020)
Disney World and Universal Studios are here! Sharks, dolphins, alligators, crocodiles, monkeys, bears, panthers...you name it, Florida's just about got it all.
And giant, invasive snakes.
Basically everything south carolina has except for the crocodiles. We have a monkey island just like Florida.
Hurricanes …
@@dan-patrickobrien3580 WHOA WHOA WHOA!! I'm SC born & raised. WE HAVE MONKEYS HERE?!?! Why didn't anyone tell me ??
@@dan-patrickobrien3580South Carolina has alligators, you can see them in the marshes scattered around Myrtle Beach. The Green Swamp is in both North and South Carolina, and there are definitely alligators in the Green Swamp. There are apartment complexes in Wilmington with have alligator warnings signs posted in any place that has more than an inch or two of standing water. The gators at Oak Island go swimming in the ocean to rid themselves of parasites. It freaks the daylights out of beach goers when one occasionally shows up.
Florida has both alligators and crocodiles, but there’s more alligators than crocodiles.
3:33 😂🤣 We don't even leave the beach for a Cat. 1. We're not moving for a little rain. (Does not include thunderstorms. We don't mess with lightning.)
The east coast of Florida from Mayport NAS in Jacksonville down to Daytonya Beach is the shark bite capital of the world. Most bites, least number of fatalities.
Tampa resident here watching and answering as I go .
Florida is incredibly flat, no mountains, highest elevation is about 40 meters above sea level, yes tornados happen near the beach sometimes.
Yes that’s what the beach looks like very white sand
Water in the Gulf of Mexico is very warm on the west coast of the state downside is there’s really no waves so you can’t surf
Very uncommon to get stung by stingrays, they’re actually kind of friendly
It’s called skimboarding where you catch smaller waves along the shore
Yea storms will just go right by on the other side of the road leaving the other side dry
Yes it’s a big fan on a go kart attached to a parachute that you can fly around on
Yes we have dolphins in the area they’re very common and will swim and jump next to your boat
Can confirm the sunsets really do look like that
We have Disney world which is a city in its self as well as universal and a ton of others
Feel free to ping me if you need to know anything Florida or genera American related
I live in Venice, about an hour south of Tampa, depending on the traffic. Not all beaches are that white. In fact Venice has a beach that is gray to black because of fossilized shark’s teeth. Florida beaches are some of the best in the world. Tampa is located on the Gulf of Mexico. The water is a lot warmer than the Atlantic on the east coast. That sunset is not that great. I have apologized to friends from up north for that kinda of sunset; then they told me to shut up. We can have perfect no cloud sunsets. I just found out that Florida does have mountains, real ones; not just Splash, Thunder, and Space. Down the spine of FL lies the lowest mountain range in the US. North FL is different from South FL.
@@donabaypro6782 I've lived Florida since I was 3 in the 1970's, whoever told you there was mountains in Florida is WRONG. The highest elevation in the entire state is Britton Hill at 345ft along the Alabama border in the pan handle. Florida is the flattest state in the US, and the 2nd lowest average elevation after Delaware.
@@mikeef747 lived here sense the 60’s. Look up Sugarloaf Mountain. It is actually lower than our highest point, however it technically is a mountain. I said we had the lowest mountain range. It’s basically a technically. However I just learned just learned this too. So I understand not knowing. I would love to say I have been on the highest and lowest mountain range.
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It's about 755 feet under the standardized geological definition for a mountain of 300 meters or 1000 feet to the lowest surrounding prominence, but it fits the definition of a hill.
Don't believe me, google "standardized geological definition for a mountain"
If it fit the definition of a mountain, then you've eliminated the definition of a hill and we would not have any words to differentiate a mountain from a hill.
Yay! I'm a Floridian too! I'm surprised they didn't encounter more wildlife than they did. I'm in the Panhandle and I feel like wildlife is everywhere. It looks like they focused on a plover, egret, and a pelican. And a few clips of the dorsal of a dolphin. Sometimes you're not even looking for it and native wildlife just sorta pops out of nowhere when you're at the beach or near a natural park.
I live in Northwest Florida, which is also known as the Emerald Coast. The water is emerald green and the sand is snow white. Our sand actually comes from the Appalachian mountains on a full moon night when you’re on the beach the white sand shines like glitter.
Pro tip: the sand is so white and reflective, don't forget to put SPF cream on the back of your knees. They get so much direct and reflective sun. If you forget, they burn and that's no fun. Trust me.
Don't scare him rev, dude's afraid of EVERYTHING!
Your ears burn and the parts in your hair too. You can actually get sunburned through your clothes if you have a thin material.
Don’t forget the inner thighs! Upper, inner thighs! Lol
This guy already knows the Stingray Shuffle 😂
Right?! 😆
I was born and raised in Tampa. You've probably heard of Tampa Bay because Tom Brady played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the last 3 years of his career and won his last Super Bowl there in 2020.
In regards to sharks sightings and attacks, yes it's not like it's every time you go to the beach or anything that you'll have to evacuate the water due to a shark sighting, but it's not super uncommon either. I have seen it about maybe 3-5 times in my life (I'm 50), and I don't go to the beach that often despite being a Florida native. So take that for what it's worth. If I was beach junkie all my life I'd have probably seen it a lot more. A lot of those instances I'm sure happen during the annual Blacktip and Spinner shark migration that happens every year along the coast of Florida. It's the largest animal migration on the planet. Basically it's when hundreds of thousands of Blacktip and Spinner sharks migrate down from like the North Carolina area during the winter, and then back up during the summer months to their spawning grounds. (Pro tip, look for Blacktip filets at the local grocer during that time. Cook it low and slow to break down the sinew, but they're a good meaty fish, that make great tacos) Anyway, they follow a current that whips around the whole state known as the "Gulf Stream" which is a warm water current, and just north of Miami here in the Palm Beach/Treasure Coast area, where I'm at now, some land masses out in the Atlantic force the stream of sharks closer to shore, so you can look up video where there will be people in the water, unaware that within about 50 feet of them is a steady stream of hundreds of thousands of sharks. Some you'll see the sharks right up near the beach. So in regards to shark bites, yes Florida is the shark attack capital of the world, and it's really not by a small margin. There are hundreds more shark attacks every year in Florida compared to anywhere else in the world. The difference is that in Florida, most of the time they're not fatal, whereas in places like Australia (the #2 spot I believe) the much fewer attacks that they do have, are usually by Great White's so they are fatal. That being said, we're starting to see Great White's in Florida waters nowadays as well, which is kinda scary. Anyway, just type in "shark migration florida" here on YT and you'll see plenty of drone footage and the like, but I've worked in an ER for 20 years. We've had a small number of shark attacks throughout the years, only one that comes to mind that was fatal.
Just a clarification on our theme parks. Disneyland is in California, and the original Universal Studios is in California as well, but both companies long ago committed to Central Florida for their much larger theme park operations, so here Disney has The Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdom and Disney's Hollywood Studios, and then we also have Universal Studios which is pretty much outdoing Disney at this point. I think they're getting ready to open a whole new theme park in Orlando. It started out as one park, then they opened "Islands of Adventure", then they had some huge expansion a few years back with a whole Harry Potter world, and now they're doing something called "Epic Universe". Also, if you like roller coasters, Busch Gardens in Tampa, which is more African themed and more animal centric in that it always centered around a sort of African Safari theme, is probably one of the more premier coaster centered parks in the US. So if you're a coaster enthusiast then you'll probably wanna check that out. Also, there's Sea World up in Orlando, and Legoland, so there's a ton of theme parks in the state.
The other part of Florida, that I'd love to see this guy explore are all of our springs in the Central parts of the state. Check those out on YT as well. They're beautiful, and totally different side of Florida's nature to explore.
Could also be the pirates he’s heard of.
I spent my first 40 years of life in Florida living right off the beach and not once have I worried about a stingray. There is nowhere in the world with the sky as beautiful as Florida’s, Florida sunsets are spectacular!!!
I've grown up on florida beaches, and stingrays have never crossed my mind in the water. The only thing i'm shuffling my feet for are sand dollars.
Floridian here.
At 345 feet above mean sea level, Britton Hill is Florida's highest natural point - and the lowest "high point" in the United States.
The water in the gulf can get pretty warm depending on how hot and long the ambient temperature has been hot.
It's been pretty hot for the past several weeks, so the gulf water is pretty warm at the moment.
Disney WORLD is in Orlando (Technically Lake Buena Vista).
Universal Studios also has a park in Orlando as well.
It's nice to see foreign visitors being surprised just how different the states are, from what the media portrays.
I live in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida 🏖 We are known as the "Emerald Coast" with sugar white beaches. We are between Pensacola & Panama City 😎 If you visit we ask you leave nothing behind but your foot prints. 😇💙
As an American it's always weird to me how scared British people are of animals.
i mean, to be fair we do have a lot in the south 😭 i don’t live in the south but i’ve seen hella crocodiles and snakes when i’ve gone
@@vvi95a where have you seen a croc?
@@elizabethc9559 south carolina? i saw a whole ass family
and not in the zoo lol im not that stupid
@@vvi95a I've seen plenty of alligators but never a crocodile in SC.
@@vvi95ayou saw American Alligators, not Crocs. There’s a difference. Be thankful they aren’t crocs bc crocs are straight up DIKS. Alligators are much more chill if that tells you anything 😂
Lew, I'm with you on Twitch and as you know, many of us are waiting for the video when you say that you and Izzy are packing your bags and on your way to America. Every state has something to offer; from the culture, climate, food, and scenery, it's breathtaking and I can only imagine how it will seen through the eyes of someone who has never been in America. Can't wait to see you both here!
Is Lew the name of this guy that has this channel?? Thanks so much, if u choose to answer!!
@@foofookachoo1136 His name is Lewis but many people call him Lew on Twitch, he doesn't mind either way, lol.
When my family moved to Florida, we moved to a small island outside of St Petersburg called Tierra Verde. The local paper in St Petersburg gives a free paper any day the sun DOESN’T shine. In the two years we lived there, we got a total of TWO free newspapers. Right after our arrival, the family went for a walk to explore. My step sister went barefoot and came back with blisters on her feet. We went half a block! We moved to Florida after Hurricane Camille came through and in the house we moved into, there were water marks about an inch from the ceiling! Bridge jumping and shark fishing were things we would do for entertainment. Living on a series of islands there were lots of canals and connecting bridges. Jumping off of them was great fun. One of the biggest hammerheads I’ve ever seen was caught by a local boy down the street. He released it. The fun is in the fight to catch it! If you don’t mind lizards, lots of lizards, Florida is great for teenagers.
Most Beautiful beaches are THE EMERALD COAST.....where I live. The sugar white sand, the clear, emerald colored waters, and all the good food! The Florida Panhandle and Coastal Alabama are just stunning. AND, dolphins everywhere! Lewis, you know you and Izzy are invited......anytime!
Wooop woop! You might also get a glimpse of the elusive pod of orca that swim near the Emerald Coast! They're so neat!
My in-laws used to go there every year and it’s breathtaking
Hey!👋🏻 I live in the panhandle too!
@@shannonmclendon9810 where are you?
Panama City
I once visited Pensacola Beach on an extremely misty/foggy night. With the white sand, it looked like I was in the middle of a blizzard but was in a comfortable 60 degree Fahrenheit.
Yes, I’ve seen sharks and dolphins from the beach. I’ve never spotted an alligator on the beach myself but I have seen them in backwater swamps close to the beaches. I’ve also been at beaches that had shark attacks within 12-24 hours after my visit.
One of the reasons the hurricanes that hit the Gulf of Mexico coast are so strong is because the water temperatures are so high. The higher the temperature, the stronger the storm typically.
North Florida is the best! Very hilly, beautiful Live Oak trees, streams etc. doesn’t look like most people think of as “Florida” . Florida is the one state that the farther North you go the more Southern it becomes😊
Very true
As a Floridian (someone from Florida) welcome, we’d love to have you!
PS-Yes. It’s flat. We get hurricanes (some tornadoes). Avoid in the summer (visit in Winter), it gets friggin HOT! Never been stung by a stingray or attacked by shark though.
The Gulf side of Florida is beautiful! The sand is extremely white and the water is emerald green. It's beautiful!
Travis.
Born and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida, five minutes from this beach Saint Pete Beach! Both grandparents had houses directly on the beach! Spent my days playing in the sand, fishing, making sand, castles and hunting for shells! West Coast, so the golf is extremely warm compared to the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean. This is because of something called the Gulfstream running down the West Coast of Florida bringing warm waters. I actually worked at the bar that they stopped out for a beer! And sunsets are absolutely amazing, especially when there are clouds or storms in the sun peaks through creating a whole oranges and peaches and pink colors shooting across the sky. With my family, we had what’s called sunset services! One of the adults calls out that it’s time and we all grab a drink or a glass of wine and head out onto the balcony and watch the sun over the ocean. What a tradition. Nowadays with my kids, we drive about five minutes to the beach about a half hour before sunset with a beer or glasses of wine and some snacks, a blanket or some beach towels and set in for the next hour or so! Yes, my favorite here is going to the other side of Saint Pete(it’s a peninsula) To Tampabay to run along seawall with the dolphin, swimming in the water below you! By the way here you can watch the sunrise as well from across the bay in Tampa. Paradise you’re welcome here anytime❤❤❤
100%!
I'm a 7th generation Floridian. I grew up in northeast Florida. The beaches on the east Coast of Florida are very different than the beaches on the Gulf side. The water temperature varies throughout the year. In the summer the water is very warm but it does get cold (for us anyway) in the Winter. It gets cold enough for a wetsuit when surfing in the winter.
4:17 the difference is not in the air temp, but in the water current. On the west coast of the US (so say California), the water flows from the north down the coast. So the water is quite cold as it's coming from Canada. On the east coast, the water flows up the coast from the equator. So the water in the ocean in Florida is quite warm. Heck, it's really swimmable much further up north around New York and such.
Edit: and I forgot he's on the gulf of Mexico side, so that water circulates around the Gulf more and is even warmer
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I'm an OTR truck driver and find it amazing what you Brits find as a long drive. I typically drive 600 to 700 miles a day. So anything under 300 miles is just a trip up the driveway.
Yes, I live in St. Petersburg in Florida. The sand is definitely that white, the water on the Gulf side (west side of Florida) is that warm, like a bath for much of the year. In the summer we usually have a quick shower in the afternoon and then it clears. Yes, you can also do all kinds of water sports and gorgeous sunsets and dolphins. This is all real and typical. The bird is a pelican. It's terrific and beautiful!!
I live where he is -I grew up here. Florida is very flat - mostly at sea level. We have sunsets that will make you cry, sugar sand beaches and the best local food you can get. I love the back-woods parts the most (tourists avoid), there is camping, tubing down the springs, hiking trails, etc. The Gulf of Mexico gets very warm - it is like bath water. As a kid, I used to go out to the sand bars and get conch as big as your head. I just realized that I lived in paradise as a kid. There is a thing called the stingray shuffle and you will be fine.
I dream of going to wild Florida for fossil hunting. You guys can pull shark teeth out of creeks!!
I live in Florida. It's very flat. It can be really great. Summer here is hell because it's so freaking hot. Don't come here in August. We get hurricanes, tornados, water spouts (water tornado) and sink holes, look up sink holes! Sink holes are freaking terrifying 😱
@@lb8141 my husband worked for geo-tech here, yes sink holes are horrible here
@@jwoginrichAnd off the beach...
Yeah and between greater Kissimmee and Ft. Lauderdale/Miami areas Florida is also the lightning capital of the USA.
Texan here. Florida is one my favorite states to visit. I've been there on vacation more than any other state. I especially love the Keys!
Don’t tell him about the keys lol we want to keep that secret 🤫 Floridan here (from Hollywood)
@@sarahbockstege8452 🤣🤣🤣
F-both those racist states.
Is the guy living in the US? I was thinking the Texas comment had to do with their fight against illegal immigrants, like "don't tell Texas I'm entering Florida."
@user-nm4zt8dm3h lol, no, he had already visited Texas where he became an "honorary " Texan. It was just a joke, because he said he wanted to move to Florida, but didn't want to piss off the Texans. He lives in Scotland, but traveling around the US.
I live in Tampa and an hour from our beautiful beaches!! Clearwater and St Peter...and further South are the best...but our east coast is beautiful as well ..the sand is different because it's ocean front and not Bay front.
Pur sand bay side is "sugar sand"
And yes during our summer the water gets so So warm. It's like you're in your own bathtub... Sometimes it's not refreshing when it gets that hot.
One of my favorite florida memories is a sign I saw on a hike…”don’t annoy the alligators”! Can you believe they have to put a sign up for that?!
I saw one that said "dont molest the alligators"
Like who are these people that are going around harrassing gators?? Haha
In lake county FL on the chain of lakes there's signs not to moleste the gators😂.. it means touch.. don't touch them
as a native born and raised floridian for 24 years, yes those signs are absolutely needed.. A 12 pack of beer and a nearby swamp has rednecks going "nah wait lemmie see if i can put my sunglasses on it it'll be funny watch."
I live in Tampa Bay. Yes. Sand is really that light and water is really that warm. Of course you are welcome to Florida anytime.
I live in Florida. My wife is from around Manchester. She came here on vacation in early 2020. We meet two days after she got here and she never left. As a Brit she absolutely loves living in America and especially Florida. There are a lot of animals here. We see sharks, alligators, snakes etc all the time but they are never something to worry about. It’s just cool to have them around. If you ever come to Florida and would like the coolest people to guide you around Florida get in touch with us. We’ll take you all over Florida. 😊
Once, when I was on Sanibel on the Gulf in Florida, my son was a toddler and we were walking in the water when a giant fin came rushing up to us fast. I snatched him up so fast and started running, but it wasn't a shark, like I thought, it was a dolphin!! 🐬❤️😆
Tampa Bay Florida here. yes its mostly flat. lots of beaches. summer storms happen and hurricanes. they end by November. been here for 30 years. white sand beaches for miles. the water is warmer in the shallow areas. the deeper the water is the colder it is. the temperature here fluctuates. currently it is 94. there are places that have freshwater springs. like crystal springs. the water there is freezing cold on a hot day. after you get in it is ok. it does get hotter after each summer rain. you can see steam rise off the road after the rain.
The low clouds have a lot to do with the climate, sub tropical climate gives it that hue, all the moisture in the air, plus less pollution in this area, the sky is the same way here in Mississippi on our coast which isn’t too far at all from Florida.
Southwest Florida resident here (Cape Coral). We have beautiful barrier islands with awesome beaches. The sunsets over the Gulf are amazing. Dolphins and manatee are abundant. It really is paradise! Nothing like taking the boat out and having dolphins follow beside you 🐬
Hi! I’m a fellow SWFL resident! I do hair on Pine Island.
Florida is awesome! White sand, blue skies (when there are no storms) and laid back vibes. The sting rays don’t bother you. They are small. Sharks and porpoises can be seen feeding off of the beach, usually at sunrise and sunset. The Gulf waters are warm because it’s much more shallow than the ocean and close to the equator
Until you get red tide.
I moved to the panhandle of Florida a few years ago and can confirm that the sky here even looks different than the west coast of America. The huge low animated clouds makes the sunsets extra spectacular
Central Florida here!!! We're mostly flat below sea level, I'm on the space coast 30 minutes south of Canaveral National Seashore. The national seashore has some of the best surf fishing and our sand has a lot more shells unlike the west coast. Its gorgeous, you'd love it!!!
The waters of Florida are tropical so, of course, they're always warm! They're absolutely amazing!
I live in Florida. SW FL. We got destroyed by Hurricane Ian 2 years ago. We're still rebuilding but we are coming back. Yes. The water is VERY warm in the summer. 90 degrees F - well over 30 degrees C, Our beaches are full of amazing sand. We've got amazing food and drinks. Our sunsets are epic. I love living on a permanent vacation.
I'm a Florida NATIVE, I wouldn't live anywhere else where 60 miles from any Beach west or east, we have swamps and hills and pine trees and palm-trees🌴 and beautiful old oak trees with Spanish moss. One of my favorites places to visit is Destin Beach FL,we are home to the awesome lynyrd skynyrd, shinedown and Tim Mcgraw and Tim Tebow any many other famous ppl.. but we can't forget THE FLORIDA MAN😂😂😂 seriously both my parents are over 100 years FLORIDA natives. You gotta come visit us ❤❤
User ive never been to florida! My neighbor who lived there awhile says it's best weather wise to visit in Feb avoid humid summers! I will get there one day!
@@oldfogey4679 February is when we still have "winter" but the bugs aren't out yet.
Lynyrd Skynyrd is from Jacksonville
@@pamelacrompton130 yes ma'am I used to live by Johnny over in Orange park. My daughter went to school with his daughter harmony
Fort Lauderdale here, just N of Miami. Here we have manatees, dolphins and we eat alligators. LOL. Lots of ship tanker traffic mixed with a ton of yachts. Fantastic sunrises. Water cool, not as warm as the Gulf but a heck of a lot warmer than California waters.
He filmed this at sunset. That is quite a sky. I'm in Fort Myers, also on the west coast. I love it.
Hey there Ft. Myers! Is the Shell Factory still there? We used to go shopping there before we moved back home to the Florida Panhandle in 2007.
@@ladybee883 It's been a couple years since I was up there, but I think it's still there as something for sure.
Omg! I’m in Ft. Myers, too!!! Actually I’m in Lehigh, but it’s so much easier to explain being from Fort Myers, lol
@@futuregenerationz My daughter and I used to love going there, and when my lady group from work would make a "field trip" down to Old Time Pottery in FM, we would sometimes stop there. I still have some of the jewelry that I made using shells from there - or rather my daughter does.
I was raised in Melbourne Florida and live in Tallahassee Florida today. Yes its a flat sponge, with beaches, swamps, fresh water springs, and lakes. All of which have Gators, crocks, and more snakes than you can believe. Lol, and I love it!
I went to Florida years ago. I've been living there in my head ever since..
My favorite part was going down to the pier just before sunset and watching the dolphins ( yes, we have dolphins 😂 )
I live along the gulf coast of Florida right up the road from Clearwater beach in the greater Tampa Bay area. The water he is in is the gulf of Mexico ... very warm water almost too warm.
The sand is called Sugar Sand and we have a festival every year on Clearwater Beach with massive sand castles and sand art.
Low flying clouds always remind me of Florida 😊. Looks like cotton candy you could pick from the sky.
I have lived all over America, and even in Europe. I thank God every day that I live in Florida now. You couldn't get me to leave.
I grew up in New York City and lived there for 40 years. I moved to Florida in 1988 and haven’t regretted it for a minute. I love saying that I haven’t seen snow since 1988.
I'm from Brooklyn, family came down in '84 ❤ been here ever since
Bet you still call family and friends up north to let them know what the temp is in winter. Came down here from Bean Town.
Your all Floridains now and we all like not freezing together.
Absolutely!!! We took the boat out in the Banana River this last weekend. Dolphins everywhere!!!
Hello Lewis and friends from FL. Heat index today and this weekend, creeping into 110-112 degrees
😁 There's nothing so amazing as the majestic mountains of Florida!
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The huge clouds lol ☁️
Lots of lives lost getting to those cold summits.
They are straight up mythical! 😂
So many have perished trying to summit Mt. Dora.
37.7 Celsius today in the Florida panhandle. We have sharks, stingrays, and jellyfish all over.
I was born and raised in Florida, and while I never saw a tornado on the beach, I saw water spouts out in the gulf. Those are a type of tornado that forms over water.
Had a client that said she was diving out of the keys and when she surfaced there was a water spout uncomfortably close, I would've aged 10 years in that moment.
I’m a native Texan but have lived in South Florida for years. Atlantic side (Ft. Lauderdale). Florida is a beautiful state and every region has it’s beauty and unique qualities. Ps…I love England too. My Mum was born and raised in Cambridge. I still visit family there. Love your videos!
From Ocala, Florida . Lots of natural springs in my area. Yes our sand is white. Hurricane season is June thru November. In summer ocean is very warm and sand is hot..wear water shoes to protect your feet from burns.
Florida here, Northeast. If you LOVE sunshine and water,this is the state. Between beautiful beaches and natural springs its amazing. It gets very hot, its not even June and it was 95 degrees today,so yes the water gets warm too, I think its mid 70s now. Bring your SPF,flip flops and sunglasses, We'd love to have ya!
This guy is on the gulf side (west side) of Florida in the Gulf of Mexico, not the Atlantic Ocean. Sand is whiter, water is calmer, warmer and waves are smaller. It gets over 100 degrees n FL.
I'm on the East coast. Been to the West Coast many times. The sand on the east coast is just as white as on the west.
I think the farther south you go on the east coast the whiter the beaches become. I lived in north Florida for about 7 years and the beaches in the northern counties aren’t as white as in the southern or western counties.
Hi to you!
I’m American from Florida. Born in Miami Beach, live in the Tampa Bay Area. Florida is flat as a pancake. A few areas a bit hilly. This week, we are getting out butt hit with rain storms. My Niece is in Fort Lauderdale and there is lots of rain and flooding. Who knows if we get a hurricane this year but such as life. I’m a retired ICU nurse. I have traveled all over the US. Worked all over. Ask me anything, I probably know.
Just want to say that I am on your British diet, Slimming World. I’m down 36 lbs. I can’t thank GB enough for their help. I’m doing this all online . Can’t wait for you to visit. If you have questions, I can help. I have worked all over but Florida is still my favorite State.❤
4:06 The gulf is warm. I remember when we first took a friend from Texas to the coast in Oregon. His boyfriend and I (born here) walked right into the water, he followed and shrieked, he didn't expect cold water.
Where I live, I have the choice of the Atlantic or the Gulf. I usually go to the beaches at the Gulf because of the warmer water.
@@laurie7689 and i go to the Atlantic because its closer and i like to surf.
Lived in Florida, moved to Alabama, Idaho, and came right back to Florida. This state has my heart. I live near Tampa and the sand is even whiter in Pensacola than in Tampa. Florida is very underrated. Out of all the "visit the U.S." videos I watch, very few have Florida as a place to visit and I don't know why.
Europeans think the US is made up of 3 States: New York, California and Texas.
I love Florida. I’ve only been once to the Fort Lauderdale area. I went in February. Left an ice storm approaching in my home state, and arrived to mid-70 temperatures. I traveled sea from cities into the rural areas. I’m not a fan of cities, but I loved everything about Florida that I saw. I especially loved visiting a swamp. I stayed near a beach as well, but I preferred the swamp. I guess I’m odd.
Yep, my husband & I moved here in 2010 from Pennsylvania. Absolutely love it! We live in Tampa/Wesley Chapel, which is on the Gulf coast.
Where i live, Sarasota, Siesta Key Beach is voted #1 Beach in the US 😊 Florida has gorgeous sunsets, very relaxing to go grill, lounge on towel, read a book, nap, sunbathe, enjoy the sound of waves and birds, watch pelicans diving for food. Dig in sand to find cocquinas of many colors and small white sand crabs. Fishing. Restaurants by the water, while watching sunset and having a daiquiri. May see some dolphins or manatees, raccoons at dusk coming out for food. Tall birds in many places. All depending where you go in Sarasota. If you want primitive Florida, visit Myakka State Park ❤
Born and raised in SARASOTA!!! Used to be the best !!!
I live in the Tampa area. Used to live on St Pete Beach and got flooded out by Hurricane Idalia. I now live in South Pasadena. Love it. Moved here 17 yrs ago from Chicago.
The sand is beautiful and the Gulf of Mexico is awesome. I watch the sunset every night from my window.
And yes you can see sharks and dolphins.
I live near Tampa/St.Pete and Florida has some of the prettiest skies. The sand really is that white & I can’t tell you how many dolphins I’ve seen. We also have beautiful birds of all kinds everywhere, as well as reptiles & amphibians. Many of my friends also paramotor every chance they get as a hobby. Florida is definitely a unique State with a very different culture compared to most of the other States. The residents are mainly happy and relaxed. I’m originally from NY and they seem like different worlds!
The highest point in Florida is Britton Hill around 345 feet above sea level. The sand in the Florida panhandle is even more white. The water on the Gulf side is kinda like a giant pool, there's not much current in the Gulf like there is in the Atlantic. You can come swim with the sharks Lewis.
Destin is generally the postcard "White sandy beach" location
We used to have our family reunions near Britton Hill at this time of year. Now, sadly, we're all too old to make the trips from all of our scattered locations.
They are on the Gulf of Mexico side of Florida, the water in the gulf is always warmer. There are dolphins all up and down the coastline and there are dolphin cruises where you can see the dolphins up close! I love Florida!
Florida native here!! Hi!👋 We are the Australia of America. Form Central Florida down we are pretty much in the Caribbean. The further south you go, the more you you get that ‘island’ feel. Palm trees, stunning beaches and amazing wildlife. You should react to someone exploring the Everglades! You will be amazed ❤
Yes, Florida gets tornadoes, but one of the most dangerous and frequent weather events is lightening. I’m a native Floridian….born and raised. Yes, Florida is basically flat, I south and central Florida. The further north you go, it gets a little hilly and tons of trees, deer, etc. Gorgeous!
"The Ocean's Hot? What? Huh?" - They're not on the ocean. They're on the Gulf of Mexico. Which is shallow and incredibly warm. All that heated water is what kicks up the hurricanes a notch when they make it into the Gulf. All energy, all the time, feeding those storms just off shore.
The Atlantic Ocean is warm in Florida too. I'm a native Floridian living on the East Coast.
I live in northwest Florida in a town called Panama City Beach. Yes, the sand is white and very soft! The water is warm and a clear emerald green in color.
Yes, we have dolphins, sharks, and alligators. I've never been stung by a stingray, but they are out there as well.We have a beautiful state park called St. Andrews. The rocks that you saw are man made called jettis.
Orlando has Disney World and Islands of Adventure. We have tornadoes, Waterspouts, and Hurricanes.
You should really come to Florida and visit 😊
I used to go to Shell Island every summer as a child. My step father would take us out on his boat and we would stay out there most of the day. Sometimes there would be a ton of jelly fish around the boat, but most times I had fun there. I don’t know if Tyndall allows visitors there now, but I went there in the 80s.
I live in Florida. We have fine white sand on the gulf coast and rough brown sand on the Atlantic side; some places are rocky-we have more than one beach and they are all a little different. This guy isn’t in “the ocean” but the Gulf Of Mexico and it is often 26 to 35°C near the shore in the summer. The Atlantic side isn’t like that; it is 24°C maximum during the heat of summer. The Gulf of Mexico side is shallow and some places you can stand up out of the water 10+ meters from shore. There is all kind of life close to shore-I have seen crabs, fish, sting rays, dolphins within touching distance (but don’t mess with the wildlife).
You must not live or been to South Fla. Ft Lauderdale or Miami. The water temp was 75f degrees on Christmas day last year. And it gets just as warm as PCB/GULF. As a matter of fact the ocean water was 84f today in Miami
Floridian by birth, raised there until college. Yes, it's very flat, which is why there are few/no basements - very high water table. And lots of lakes when you get into central Florida (going north to south). It's fun to take a boat tour of some of the lakes, as they're connected with channels so you get "chains" of lakes - lots of wildlife, flora, and impressive homes.
I'm in Florida. About 4 hours to drive from Savannah to St Pete. Yes, the Gulf Coast is warmer and has sugar sand on the beach. The Atlantic coast is more mixed with broken shells, so more colors of sand and grainier.
Gulf Stream carries warm water past the coast. It's in the 90s now that it's summer.
Also, yes, Florida is pretty flat, lol. It's a peninsula and mostly swamp inland.
So, to put the thing about warm waters in perspective: The southern-most point in Europe is over 100 miles north of Florida; it might be more than 300, I'm not completely sure. All of Spain is north of North Carolina.
I grew up in Tallahassee, which was recently hit with a suspected three tornados in one storm.
There are hilly areas all over, but basically it's pretty flat.
I miss warm rain! I moved north a number of years ago and am still waiting for a proper summer. Tampa Bay is a hot spot for sharks, yes. Anywhere rivers empty into the ocean are gathering places, especially after upstream flooding because the rivers dump dead animals into the ocean. It's a buffet.
Yes I have seen sharks at the beach, including a bull shark feeding near shore (most won't bother you but bull sharks are high testosterone, more aggressive than other species, and territorial).
Atmospheric differences, including pollution and latitude, affect the sunsets.
North Florida is quite a bit different from Tampa btw.
Wait until he meets the giant flying roaches, that'll be fun.
Yeah, Palmetto Bugs are scary! I hate those things, and when we lived in Southwest Florida, actually went after one with a hammer. I won!
Clermont, Florida here. Clermont is one of the few areas in Florida that has hills.
We love the Tampa/ St Petersburg area. We go to Madeira Beach almost every year. You should come back and visit John’s Pass. A long boardwalk with shops, restaurants and Hubbards marina. We love watching their charter fishing boat come in and watching them clean everyone’s fish. The pelicans are all there waiting for the scraps.
The west coast of Florida is awesome! White sand and great seafood. Gorgeous sunsets.
I agree, prettier than our west coast of FL.
Treasure Island is our favorite place to visit
Florida is amazing. Nowhere else we would rather raise our kids Florida has some of the best beaches in the country and probably the world. I live between Tampa and Bradenton on the beach. We Floridians accept everyone as long as you work hard and are a nice person
Sarasota is about 30 mins south of St Pete. Siesta key in Sarasota has been voted the #1 beach in America so many times. The sand is white and soft. The Golf of Mexico is warm water. The temp ranges in Florida. The south can get up into the hight 90s F. Last week we hit a record of 105f or 40.5555556c.
Florida has both Disney World and Universal studios in Orlando but Tampa has a theme park as well called Bush Gardens.
L3WG what’s good bruv!! I live in Florida. Florida is very flat. The highest point in Florida is only 345ft above sea level. We don’t really get tornados . We get hurricanes. Not all the sand is white, but we do have very beautiful white sand beaches. Siesta Key is voted nicest beach all the time.
I'm not sure where you're located, but in our area of the Florida Panhandle (21 miles from the Alabama line), yes, we do get tornadoes. They aren't the huge ones like Tornado Alley gets, but about 2 weeks ago, we had a couple come through our little town and also over in Crestview, destroying many trees and taking down the covering over one gas station. That same storm system formed a tornado that blew/sucked a couple out of their house over in Jay, Fl. In January, we had a pretty mild one (only about an EF1, I think) come through about a mile from our house and damaged construction at the airport and a metal shed company. Thankfully, they aren't like the ones in Oklahoma, though.
@@ladybee883 yea I know we get tornados but I wouldn’t say FL is known for its tornados is all I really meant. I’ve seen spouts and maybe some funnel clouds in my life but never an actual tornado. I’ve never been to the panhandle tho, I imagine it’s quite different.
@bndzmrno Yes, the Florida Panhandle is entirely different from South Florida (we actually have seasons up here 😀). I lived in Southwest Florida for over 20 years, but was glad to come back home to the Florida Panhandle. We have the changing of seasons up here (and occasionally snow and ice) but unfortunately, we still get the hurricanes also. The last major hurricane up here was Hurricane Michael (Category 5) in 2028, which made landfall around Mexico Beach. It was brutal. My husband was still working at the time (since retired) and one of their trains was blown off the tracks in Panama City. We are so close to both Alabama and Georgia, that we share a lot of their weather - and get the smoke from their wildfires sometimes. It's true what is said about Florida. The further north you go, the more southern you get. That includes our weather that's share with the rest of the typically known southern states.
We live in Florida you are welcome any time. We are on the west coast where all Hurricanes and tornadoes come across
It gets about 88° at the peak of the summer. It’s like bathwater.
We get to 100 in Orlando. July and August
Shark attacks in America happen but not a lot. It used to be a big deal on the East Coast in the 80s and 90s. The movie, Jaws, is based off of the shark attacks that happened off the Jersey Shore. The movie was made about a great white shark but actually most attacks came from bull sharks.
We've had five so far this year. We are currently the shark bite capital of the world.
Native Floridian. Born in Miami, live outside Tallahassee now. I will never leave the state line...only to visit, but Florida is my home.
He is on the Gulf Coast where the water is warm, blue and the sand is white and cool. On the Atlantic Coast side the water is cold the sand is brown and hot
The water is not cold on the East side wtf you talking about? Lmao Daytona waters are very warm…
Also the sand is more sandstone than brown.
The Atlantic side is not as warm as the gulf. The shallow Atlantic water can be warm at times but definitely gets cooler as you go out.
The water gets to about 82 degrees here in Daytona beach in August
Native Floridian from Tampa, here. Most of our gulf beaches have sugar sand, though some of the beaches in Tampa have this brown, mucky sand. Sugar sand will burn your feet, so wear flip flops in the sand.
A lot of our beach parks just have public access beach parking. For picnics, bbq, and swimming. A lot don’t have playgrounds, though some do.
As to stingrays, we are taught the shuffle in elementary school, and during summer, PSA commercials air with the stingray shuffle jingle.
Also, the water is cold to me. Lol. It is only usually hot during July/August. Right now it is a kinda chilly 30°C. That feels chilly when you factor in the heat of the air temperature, which is about 31°c, along with the wind/breezes. It gets very cold.
TAMPA IS NOT ON THE OCEAN. ITS IS THE GULF OF MEXICO/CARIBBEAN SEA. IT IS MORE SHALLOW THAN THE OCEAN AND IT'S USUALLY 70 DEGREES OR HIGHER IN MOST MONTHS SO THE WATER STAYS WARM. YOU CAN SWIM IN IT IN DECEMBER AND FEBRUARY (I HAVE).
Spain and Greece are on Atlanta and Mediterranean sea. They're at a higher longitude than Florida if I'm not mistaken, I think they're more in line with Maine in the USA which is a cold state. But spain and Greece in a gulf stream air flow so warmer air flows up ya'll's way. Like all along west Europe and UK