{"id":136950,"date":"2026-01-29T23:59:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T23:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/136950\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T23:59:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T23:59:32","slug":"weather-concerns-lead-to-gasparilla-invasion-boat-route-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/136950\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather concerns lead to Gasparilla Invasion boat route change"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gasparilla Invasion will proceed Saturday under a contingency plan, with the Jose Gasparilla II sailing to the Tampa Convention Center instead of its usual route.<\/p>\n

TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 Due to the\u00a0current weather conditions expected<\/a> on Saturday, the Jose Gasparilla II is changing its route for the Gasparilla Invasion.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Gasparilla Flotilla, led by Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla, will now sail from Port Tampa Bay directly to the Tampa Convention Center.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Typically, it emerges at the south end of Hillsborough Bay and into Seddon Channel (between Davis Islands & Harbour Island).<\/p>\n

\u00a0Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla, in coordination with the U.S. Coast Guard. announced the change on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The krewe also encourages boaters planning to join the invasion to keep an eye on the weather and use sound judgment when deciding whether to participate.<\/p>\n

Despite these adjustments, the krewe confirms that the invasion will proceed as tradition dictates, with Mayor Jane Castor advised to be ready to relinquish the key to the city at 1 p.m.<\/p>\n

The forecast for Saturday calls for wind gusts of nearly 40 mph with temperatures in the mid to upper 50s at 11:30 a.m. Temperatures will drop and wind will pick up as the day continues. See our full 2026 Gasparilla forecast<\/a>, complete with specific forecasts for the invasion and the parade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gasparilla Invasion will proceed Saturday under a contingency plan, with the Jose Gasparilla II sailing to the Tampa…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-136950","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa","8":"tag-tampa","9":"tag-tampa-headlines","10":"tag-tampa-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}