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Anchorages Rated
Principal Uses of the Anchorages
 
Name Low Use or "Undiscovered" Small Craft Water Sports Anchoring
Big Pass/Otter Key no no yes
Bimini Basin yes no no
Boca Grande/Grande Bayou no no yes
Bradenton yes no no
Cape Haze yes no no
Captiva Pass no yes yes
Charlotte Harbor yes no no
Chino Island yes no no
DeSoto Point/Emerson Point no no yes
Ding Darling/Tarpon Bay yes no no
Doctor's Pass
Edgewater Lake yes no no
Englewood Beach no no yes
Factory Bay yes no no
Glover Bight no no yes
Gordon Pass/Green No. 13 no no yes
Hooker Point yes no no
Lemon Bay yes no no
Little Marco Island no yes no
Live Oak Point/Punta Gorda yes no no
Longbeach no no yes
Longboat Pass no yes no
Mantanzas Pass/Ft Myers no no yes
Matlacha yes no no
McKay Point yes no no
Naples City Harbor no no yes
New Pass/Sands Point no yes yes
Palmetto yes no no
Pelican Bay no no yes
Point Blanco No. 1 yes no no
Point Blanco No. 2 no no yes
Power Plant Slough yes no no
Punta Rassa yes no no
Roberts Bay no yes no
Roosevelt Channel/Tween Waters no no yes
Safety Harbor yes no no
Sanibel - West of Bridge yes no no
Sanibel/Point Ybel yes no no
Sarasota/Bayfront Park no no yes
Stump Pass/East yes no yes
Stump Pass/West yes yes no
Terra Ceia yes no no
Useppa Island/Cabbage Key no no yes
Venice/Higel Park no no yes
Yacht Club Colony yes no no
York Island/St James City yes no no

This website provides resident and transient boaters with an easy-to-use selection guide to anchorages in southwest Florida. The information is based on local knowledge provided by numerous boating organizations and on a Florida Sea Grant research project involving several hundred volunteer boaters.

All of these anchorages were selected to accommodate vessels with a draft of 5 feet or greater (many can accommodate a draft of 6 feet or more), except for three with an approach channel depth of 4 feet (Yacht Club Colony, Power Plant Slough, and Point Blanco #2). The average distance between anchorages on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway is 4.85 miles, but be forewarned: depending on the particular stretch of waterway, weather conditions, and crowding, it may be necessary to travel a much farther distance to reach appropriate and available shelter.

 
 
 
 
 
 
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