JUPITER, Fla. — A fishing captain’s video highlighting a dangerous sandbar in Jupiter Inlet has gone viral.

Captain Tyler Baruch is saying the sandbar is shifting and a hazard to boaters.

Baruch said he has been a boat captain for 15 years and that one particular sandbar in the Jupiter Inlet could cause serious damage to boats and potentially even cost someone their life.

Baruch’s video has racked up more than 400,000 views, calling on elected officials to act.

He says that dredging currently happening in the inlet is actually making the problem worse, explaining that when they take the sand and put it on the beach, the second a decent swell comes, that sand is swept out and clogging up the inlet.

Baruch said he’s experienced some pretty scary situations himself while on the water.

“Don’t hit the cut perfectly and you hit the sandbar and there’s a wave, the wave can flip your boat and you can either get crushed by the boat or potentially get knocked out and drowned,” he said. “We almost flipped. We were pretty much vertical. The boat was almost, almost about to flip and I was so scared. All I think they need to do is keep a consistent dredge pumping just like we have in West Palm and other inlets, and then the inlet will stay deep and everything will be fine.”

In Baruch’s video he also called on elected officials to help.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers say they’re working to get permits to help the situation, but since the inlet is not federally mandated, they have to wait for approval, adding turtle nesting season also brings complications.

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