Dylan Coffman lives in western Flagler County, but he makes the drive to the Matanzas Inlet in neighboring St. Johns County a couple of times a week.
Sometimes he comes by boat, but today, he's trying a little shark fishing from the A1A bridge.
And whether you're on the water or above it, one thing sticks out: the sand.
Coffman's kept an eye on it.
“Over the years it's just been coming closer and closer. The channel's been shrinking,” he said.
The Matanzas Inlet is the closest ocean access for Flagler County recreational boaters.
Palm Coast's Larry Staples said getting in and out of the inlet is not for the faint of heart.
“The water can be 10 feet deep one moment and it's a foot-and-a-half deep the next and you're dragging bottom. So you have to be ever vigilant there,” he said.
Technically, this is classified as an unnavigable waterway and as such, no local or state efforts to dredge it are in the works.
But if you want to see a bigger sand problem, just go a few hundred yards south.
That's where you'll find the Summer Haven River or it used to be a river.
The Atlantic breached the area as Tropical Storm Fay passed by in 2008.
Now, docks lead to white sand.
For years, a group of homeowners has tried to get the sand removed from the Summer Haven River believing that if there was a free-flowing river into the inlet that would help flush out the sand there.
Coffman wouldn't mind seeing that happen telling us he thinks “it would help with the boats coming in, not having so much trouble going out and help with fishing too.”
Still, Flagler County boaters say it's a worthwhile trip. Just be sure you know the lay of the land or sand before you go. Said Larry Staples, “it's so beautiful there and you can pull up and dock, get out and do whatever you want to do in the water and play. It's fantastic. It's beautiful.”