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Name Natural Public Access Commercial Access 100% Private
Big Pass/Otter Key no no no yes
Bimini Basin no yes no no
Boca Grande/Grande Bayou no no yes no
Bradenton no yes no no
Cape Haze no no no yes
Captiva Pass yes no no no
Charlotte Harbor no yes yes no
Chino Island yes no no no
DeSoto Point/Emerson Point yes yes no no
Ding Darling/Tarpon Bay yes no no no
Doctor's Pass
Edgewater Lake no yes yes no
Englewood Beach no no yes no
Factory Bay no no yes no
Glover Bight yes no yes no
Gordon Pass/Green No. 13 no no no yes
Hooker Point no no yes no
Lemon Bay no yes no no
Little Marco Island yes no no no
Live Oak Point/Punta Gorda no yes yes no
Longbeach no no yes no
Longboat Pass no no yes no
Mantanzas Pass/Ft Myers no yes yes no
Matlacha no no yes no
McKay Point no no yes no
Naples City Harbor no no yes no
New Pass/Sands Point no yes no no
Palmetto no yes no no
Pelican Bay yes yes no no
Point Blanco No. 1 yes no no no
Point Blanco No. 2 yes no no no
Power Plant Slough yes no no no
Punta Rassa yes no no no
Roberts Bay no no no yes
Roosevelt Channel/Tween Waters no no yes no
Safety Harbor no no yes no
Sanibel - West of Bridge no no no yes
Sanibel/Point Ybel yes no no no
Sarasota/Bayfront Park no yes yes no
Stump Pass/East yes no no no
Stump Pass/West yes no no no
Terra Ceia yes no no no
Useppa Island/Cabbage Key no no yes no
Venice/Higel Park no yes no no
Yacht Club Colony no no no yes
York Island/St James City yes no 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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