For boaters enjoying a day on the water between Jupiter and Stuart, a number of options are available—whether it’s along the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW), in the Gulf Stream waters offshore, or somewhere in between. But the perils boaters often endure passing through ocean inlets to reach the space between the calmer ICW and the safety of deeper waters can place a crew in some dicey predicaments. Two of the biggest threats we face along the way are shallow water grounding and the dangerous breaking waves that go hand in hand with the power of ocean swells…..