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

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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