Best Time to Visit Florida Springs - floridaspringsfinder.com

The water is always 72°F, so the season decides what you can do. Here is the honest month-by-month.

Florida springs hold 72°F year-round, so the season changes what you can do rather than whether you can swim. Here is the honest month-by-month.

Peak manatee season. Cold air, warm water — the springs feel like a hot tub at 72°F when it is 45°F out.

Manatee numbers stay high through the month and crowds thin after the holidays. The best month for Crystal River tours.

Manatees begin dispersing; spring break brings the first real crowds. Clear water, comfortable air.

The sweet spot: warm enough to swim, before summer capacity closures begin. Best all-round month.

Tubing season opens at Ichetucknee. Water is clear, weekends are getting busy but weekdays are quiet.

Full summer. Every tube run is open, and the popular parks start hitting capacity before 10am on weekends.

Peak crowds statewide. Go at opening or go on a weekday — this is when people get turned away at the gate.

Same as July, plus afternoon thunderstorms. Morning visits only. Rain can turn river-fed springs tannic.

Crowds vanish after Labor Day but the water stays warm. One of the best months if you can travel midweek.

Excellent: clear water, no crowds, comfortable air. Some seasonal tube runs and shuttles stop operating.

Manatees start arriving mid-month at Blue Spring and Crystal River. Swimming still pleasant on warm days.

Manatee season underway. Cold snaps drive big gatherings — and swim-area closures at Blue Spring.