Captiva, FL after Hurricane Ian Drone 4K

Thank you for sharing video of Captiva…South Seas is our place every year for our Anniversary…relieved to see it is still standing…praying for everyone on the West coast🙏🏻

On a positive note engineers can clearly see what works and what doesn't.

Was anxiously waiting to see the damage to South Seas. Looks like some buildings sustained damage, but the resort appears to be mostly intact, I hope. Fond memories of our vacations there. Captiva is one of the best places to visit in Fl.

the overwhelming majority of the structures in this video survived very well. the rebuild after Charley helped tremendously. Life will return to normal with time.

This video starts at North Captiva and quickly shows Red Fish Pass. The drone flies over South Seas Plantation/Island Resort, until 04:33. At 04:33 you see a red semi trailer near the public parking lot (Gulf Side), a large blank area and two of the original SSP employee housing buildings, with one roof completely peeled off. If you freeze the video at 04:33 you can see, in the upper left corner, the sand over the tennis courts of the Tennis Villas, the small guard entry shack and to the right the parking lot for the General Store and Chadwicks. The video continues over the local houses and towards the Mucky Duck. I arrived in 1980, from Las Vegas, pitched for the Beach Bums (We Care Era), and I haven't been back since '81. I had the El Camino. It was twenty years before the internet and have lost contact with everyone.

@wxchasing I only came across your page today. I’m watching some of your current videos and sub’d after watching 2 videos. I’m purposely NOT watching so many videos on the destruction of hurricane Ian in Fl but your videos are the best “coverage” I have seen.

Thank you for posting this. We were staying at South Seas , and had to evacuate. Good to see that our building fared pretty good from what I can see. On a side note, we are still waiting for South Seas to call us to tell us to evacuate like they said they would... Fortunately, we didn't wait for the call.

Have you been able to shoot any of North Cap? Specifically Captiva Pass between Cayo Costa and North Cap? Interested to see how the houses fared on the pass?

Thank you for this video. I was able to verify that our mom's timeshare is actually in good condition. Amazing! 👍👍👍👍

We first came to Captiva in 2004 right after Charley. The damage from that storm looked far worse. New codes and regulations really helped with the buildings since then. The greenery will come back. It will take a good 5 years or so but most of the buildings at SSIR look to be in pretty good shape.

Thank you So Much for this video of South Seas!

Thanks for the coverage, it'll take years to recover. Any footage of Sundial beach resort?

Thx for the images of Captiva and the resort In general it looks pretty good, most houses still standing, some roof damage but a lot better than after Charlie - it looks like Florida man learned something last time If the fixed the bridge or have an intermittent ferry the most important part of the cleanup can start

I moved a retired commercial airline pilot to North Captiva just last year. He lived on the north side of the airstrip at the house with a copper colored roof I think, right on the beach with two boat docks. All homes beside the airstrip have hangers, so I hope he was also able to get his plane out of area. Great guy, who picked up our crew from a marina in Pine Island. The truck was barged over the day prior. Hope he got out.

We love Captiva and have been going there for over 30 years. Hope the wildlife is surviving and also wishing all those who own on the island a fast recovery. What a beautiful place to live. It happens to be my favorite place in the US! It's magical. Hoping to come back in November of 2023. What do you think the chances are? We stay on Laika Lane on Captiva.

Thanks....Do you have any footage going the other way on Upper Captiva?

Didn't read through all the coments but was surprised at not seeing any on the wellbeing of our beautiful manatees, loggerheads and birds. I cant imagine what they endured and is anyone feeding them since the island was stripped of their food?

my thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families

I'm not seeing the General store, Captiva Island Inn, Mucky Duck, Bubble Room. Did you fly over that area?

Can you take a video of North Captiva Island, airport area and around there