Navigating New Pass by boat is no simple task.
“You literally have to follow a zig zag following where it’s deep,” said Jane Early, marina manager of MarineMax, which stores hundreds of boats at its New Pass-bordering marina and dealership. “You have to hug the left side, then go to the right side, and then there’s a new sandbar and you have to go around that one. It’s not an easy way.”
According to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration charts and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredging plans, the depth of New Pass varies from 6 inches to 16 feet. And with the sea floor shifting from storm to storm, weaving through the pass is done so at boaters’ risk…