boarding in the South vs North

I’m sort of curious about boarding in the south. My mother lives in Venice, FL and keeps trying to get me to move down there. One thing is I own a construction Co and don’t know If I could take that summer heat and the other is I love wakeboarding, it would be nice to be down there with the warmer weather I could board all year long. However up hear in Michigan, the worst thing we have to worry about biting us is a leach. Down there I think I would be a worse (lol) every thing in the water down there has sharp teeth and I like my rear the way it is I don’t want a reduction. Has anyone ever been bite by anything down there?