Swimming with manatees – as manatees can't survive in water below 60ºF,

Swimming with manatees – as manatees can't survive in water below 60ºF,

Swimming with manatees – as manatees can’t survive in water below 60Ð’Ñ”F, they migrate to Kings Bay and the adjacent rivers every winter, which are an average 72Ð’Ñ”F all year round. So from November through March, you can head to Crystal River, 70 miles north of Tampa, where the epicenter of manatee-watching is, and go frolicking with these giant but affectionate creatures!