“Coast Guard Florida” premieres tonight OCT 10 at 9pm! October 10, 2012

For the past 6 months I’ve been filming for the new and upcoming docu-series “Coast Guard Florida” for the Weather Channel.

Here’s the official show description:

“Coast Guard Florida will follow the men and women of the 7th Coast Guard District who are charged with keeping America’s ports secure and waterways safe, stemming the flow of illegal narcotics, securing the southeast border, protecting the environment, enforcing maritime laws and treaties and saving those in peril on the sea. The danger, drama and excitement will grow out of the assignments coming from three bustling Coast Guard Bases located in Clearwater, the Keys and Miami/Everglades. The 7th Coast Guard District area of responsibility (AOR) spans 1.8 million square miles with more than 9,500 miles of shoreline, and borders 34 nations or independent territories. There is a fleet of approximately 2,000 commercial vessels that are inspected by the U.S. Coast Guard within the 7th District AOR, and there are about two million recreational boats within the AOR. The 7th District Commander has 39 cutters, 190 boats and 36 aircraft at his disposal to accomplish the U.S. Coast Guard missions in this dynamic AOR.”

Produced by Al Roker Entertainment (who previously did “Coast Guard Alaska”), our film crew has been given incredible access to tag along and document the large variety of cases that the “Coasties” handle on a daily basis. As a camera operator for the show, I’ve had the opportunity to jump back and forth between the air and boat stations in Miami. It has been an exciting, challenging and intense experience riding along in the Coast Guard helicopters, boats & fixed wing aircraft to tell the stories of what these brave men and women do. The situations that we’ve had to cover don’t exactly happen in the most ‘camera-friendly’ circumstances and it’s been an inspiring task to figure out the best way to share these stories with the world.

The first episode airs tonight Wednesday October 10th at 9pm on The Weather Channel so please check it out and let us know what you think!

I hope you enjoy it!

-Daniel V.

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