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Saint Joseph Bay

United StatesFlorida Panhandle and Big Bend

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Shelter: NW, W, SW
Seabed: sand
Anchoring: Allowed

Large Gulf coast bay in Florida near Port St. Joe, with a sand bottom, sheltered from the western quadrants.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

The bay is open to the north-west, west and south-west. The bottom is sand and holding is good once the anchor is set. Captain's Cove Marina and Point South Port St. Joe lie about 5 miles to the east for berths and provisions.

Ashore

St. Joseph Bay holds protected status as a Florida aquatic reserve. Roughly one sixth of the bay is seagrass meadow that supports a bay scallop population, with the harvest season usually running July to late September. The state buffer land, about 5 miles south-east of Port St. Joe, has walking trails through pine flatwoods and marsh.