Dockside Trucker

Washed seafoam is the closest thing to the color of Gulf water over white sand at two in the afternoon. It is the coastal hat in the lineup — the one that looks best with bare feet, a cooler lid propped open, and a boat anchored in three feet of water.

The distressed brim keeps the whole thing relaxed. Nothing about this hat looks new and precious, which is exactly why it works on a boat.

Sandbar season in Florida is its own calendar. Boats rafted up, music low, somebody's dog swimming laps, tide slowly stealing your chairs. This is the hat for those days: light in color, mesh in back, and honest about getting wet.

It also earns its name at the dock. Dockside means cleaning up after the run in, walking the fish over, grabbing a basket and a cold one at the marina bar while everyone argues about where the bite was. This Florida boating hat is comfortable in both halves of that day.

Light colors are a practical choice in Florida heat, and the mesh back keeps air moving when the breeze quits. Between the color and the airflow, this is the one people reach for most from May through September.

If you want the seafoam and the sunset in the same rotation, pair it with the Gulf Coast Trucker in sunset coral — two ends of the same afternoon.