Friday November 21, Port Walton to Panama City Marina

Depart dock at 0721.  Was 50 degrees and clear skies and the water around the dock was clear also.  At 0743 we entered Choctawhatchee Bay. It is a large bay and during some points is very shallow so it is important to follow the markers.  Water was a light chop, winds out of the northeast and 30 miles to cross the bay.  Entered the area called the Canyon, another canyon, at 1117.  It extends from mm 253 to mm275.  It is a very narrow channel but deep.   Past 2 tows in the canyon.  One of them was eastbound like us.  It was a difficult passing situation because of the narrowness of the channel.  We entered the West bay, mm273, which opens into a much wider body of water.  Traveled thru West bay and St. Andrews bay to reach Panama City Municipal marina at 1550.