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Tidal Time and Height Reflect Tidal Differences
 
Name Reference Station Secondary Tidal Station Tidal Time High (h:m) Tidal Time Low (h:m) Tidal Height High (ft) Tidal Height Low (ft) Tidal Range Spring (ft)
Big Pass/Otter Key Sarasota Bay No conversions
Bimini Basin St. Petersburg Cape Coral bridge +1:15 +2:02 *0.43 *0.43 1
Boca Grande/Grande Bayou St. Petersburg Port Boca Grande -1:12 -1:56 *0.74 *0.74 1.7
Bradenton St. Petersburg Bradenton, Manatee River -1:24 -0:55 *0.97 *0.95 2.3
Cape Haze St. Petersburg Placida, Gasparilla Sound -1:27 -0:59 *0.70 *0.70 1.6
Captiva Pass St. Petersburg Pineland, Pine Island -0:19 +0:26 *0.83 *0.83 1.91
Charlotte Harbor St. Petersburg Punta Gorda +1:06 +1:27 *0.83 *0.83 1.9
Chino Island St. Petersburg St. James City, Pine Island Sound -0:30 -0:44 *1.04 *1.04 2.4
DeSoto Point/Emerson Point St. Petersburg Bradenton, Manatee River -1:24 -0:55 *0.97 *0.95 2.3
Ding Darling/Tarpon Bay St. Petersburg St. James City, Pine Island Sound -0:30 -0:44 *1.04 *1.04 2.4
Doctor's Pass St. Marks River Naples, outer coast -1:59 -2:04 *0.85 *0.85 2.8
Edgewater Lake St. Petersburg Punta Gorda +1:06 +1:27 *0.83 *0.83 1.9
Englewood Beach St. Petersburg Englewood, Lemon Bay -0:57 -0:40 *0.70 *0.70 1.6
Factory Bay St. Marks River Marco, Big Marco River -1:04 -1:08 *0.68 *0.68 2.6
Glover Bight St. Petersburg Punta Rassa, San Carlos Bay -1:01 -1:19 *1:04 *1.04 2.4
Gordon Pass/Green No. 13 St. Marks River Marco, Big Marco River -1:04 -1:08 *0.68 *0.68 2.6
Hooker Point St. Petersburg Bradenton, Manatee River -1:24 -0:55 *0.97 *0.95 2.3
Lemon Bay St. Petersburg Englewood, Lemon Bay -0:57 -0:40 *0.70 *0.70 1.6
Little Marco Island St. Marks River Marco, Big Marco River -1:04 -1:08 *0.68 *0.68 2.6
Live Oak Point/Punta Gorda St. Petersburg Punta Gorda +1:06 +1:27 *0.83 *0.83 1.9
Longbeach St. Petersburg Cortez, Sarasota Bay -2:00 -1:25 *0.96 *0.96 2.2
Longboat Pass St. Petersburg Cortez, Sarasota Bay -2:00 -1:25 *0.96 *0.96 2.2
Mantanzas Pass/Ft Myers St. Petersburg Matanzas Pass, fixed brdg -1:10 -1:34 *1.22 *1.22 2.8
Matlacha St. Petersburg Matlacha Pass, bascule bridge +0:43 +1:28 *0.83 *0.83 1.9
McKay Point St. Petersburg Bradenton, Manatee River -1:24 -0:55 *0.97 *0.95 2.3
Naples City Harbor St. Marks River Naples Bay, north end -1:17 -1:11 *0.80 *0.80 2.9
New Pass/Sands Point Sarasota Bay No conversions
Palmetto St. Petersburg Bradenton, Manatee River -1:24 -0:55 *0.97 *0.95 2.3
Pelican Bay St. Petersburg Port Boca Grande -1:12 -1:56 *0.74 *0.74 1.7
Point Blanco No. 1 St. Petersburg Pineland, Pine Island -0:19 +0:26 *0.83 *0.83 1.91
Point Blanco No. 2 St. Petersburg Pineland, Pine Island -0:19 +0:26 *0.83 *0.83 1.91
Power Plant Slough St. Petersburg Ft. Myers +2:08 +2:44 *0.52 *0.52 1.2
Punta Rassa St. Petersburg Punta Rassa, San Carlos Bay -1:01 -1:19 *1:04 *1.04 2.4
Roberts Bay St. Petersburg Little HicSarasota, Sarasota Bay -1:38 -0:58 *0.91 *0.91 2.1
Roosevelt Channel/Tween Waters St. Petersburg Captiva Island, Pine Island Sound -0:46 -0:20 *0.91 *0.91 2.1
Safety Harbor St. Petersburg Pineland, Pine Island -0:19 +0:26 *0.83 *0.83 1.91
Sanibel - West of Bridge St. Petersburg St. James City, Pine Island Sound -0:30 -0:44 *1.04 *1.04 2.4
Sanibel/Point Ybel St. Petersburg Pt. Ybel, San Carlos Bay entr -1:50 -1:12 *1.21 *1.21 2.6
Sarasota/Bayfront Park Sarasota Bay No conversions
Stump Pass/East St. Petersburg Englewood, Lemon Bay -0:57 -0:40 *0.70 *0.70 1.6
Stump Pass/West St. Petersburg Englewood, Lemon Bay -0:57 -0:40 *0.70 *0.70 1.6
Terra Ceia St. Petersburg Bradenton, Manatee River -1:24 -0:55 *0.97 *0.95 2.3
Useppa Island/Cabbage Key St. Petersburg Pineland, Pine Island -0:19 +0:26 *0.83 *0.83 1.91
Venice/Higel Park St. Petersburg Venice Inlet, inside -2:02 -1:38 *0.91 *0.91 2.1
Yacht Club Colony St. Petersburg Ft. Myers +2:08 +2:44 *0.52 *0.52 1.2
York Island/St James City St. Petersburg St. James City, Pine Island Sound -0:30 -0:44 *1.04 *1.04 2.4

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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