Best anchorages and harbours in Florida
134 documented anchorages and harbours in Florida, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.
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61AnchorageUnited StatesRobertson Island
3.7Anchorage in Pensacola Bay, north-west Florida, on a weed bottom, lying 3.5 nautical miles south-west of the Bayou Grande Sailing Marina at NAS Pensacola.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW
62AnchorageUnited StatesWisteria Island
3.7Anchorage off the north side of Wisteria Island, an uninhabited spoil island about 600 yards from Key West, Florida. Locally known as Christmas Tree Island.
- Sheltered E, S, SE
63AnchorageUnited StatesSpoil Island
3.7Anchorage off a spoil island in the Indian River Lagoon near Fort Pierce, Florida, with a sand bottom and shelter from wind in every quarter.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 64AnchorageUnited States
Key Lois
3.7Anchorage off Key Lois, an uninhabited mangrove island in the Lower Florida Keys, south of Summerland Key. Algae and mud bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
65AnchorageUnited StatesSan Marco Island
3.6Mooring and anchoring area off Watson Island in Biscayne Bay, Miami, on the north side of the MacArthur Causeway, with sand holding and shelter from all directions.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 66AnchorageUnited States
Live Oak Point
3.6Anchorage off Live Oak Point on the Halifax River, the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, near Ponce Inlet, south of Daytona Beach, Florida.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, E, S
- 67AnchorageUnited States
Vero Beach anchorage
3.6Free anchorage in the Indian River Lagoon at Vero Beach, on Florida's east coast. Sand and mud bottom, sheltered from every direction, fresh water available ashore.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
68AnchorageUnited StatesMatanzas River
3.5Anchorage on the Matanzas River off downtown St Augustine, Florida, on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, mud bottom.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
- 69AnchorageUnited States
Tropic Isle Anchorage
3.5Anchorage on the Intracoastal Waterway at Delray Beach, Florida, with mud bottom and good all-round shelter.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, SW, W, NW
70AnchorageUnited StatesPeacock Park
3.5Members' yacht club marina at Brickyard Cove in Richmond, California, on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 71AnchorageUnited States
Caesar Creek
3.5Anchorage in the channel separating Elliott Key and Old Rhodes Key, within Biscayne National Park south of Miami, Florida.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
72AnchorageUnited StatesHalifax River
3.5Anchorage on the Halifax River off Daytona Beach, on the Intracoastal Waterway near ICW mile 830, in Florida.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
- 73AnchorageUnited States
Cape Florida Channel
3.4Channel anchorage along the south-west shore of Key Biscayne, Florida, inside Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 74AnchorageUnited States
Ponce de Leon Inlet
3.4Anchorage at Ponce de Leon Inlet, where the Halifax River and Intracoastal Waterway meet the Atlantic on Florida's east coast, on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 75AnchorageUnited States
Marina Jack Mooring Fields
3.4Mooring buoy field off downtown Sarasota on Florida's Gulf coast, with around 60 numbered moorings on a sand bottom.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 76AnchorageUnited States
Englewood
3.2Anchorage in Lemon Bay near Englewood, Florida, in the southern reach of the bay close to Stump Pass.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 77AnchorageUnited States
Hobe Sound R38
3.2Anchorage off red daymark 38 on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway at Hobe Sound, in Martin County on the Florida Treasure Coast.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 78AnchorageUnited States
West Tiger Point Anchorage
3.2Anchorage on the west side of the Intracoastal channel at the north end of Amelia Island, Fernandina Beach, Florida.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
- 79AnchorageUnited States
Vero Beach Anchorage
3.2Anchorage in the Indian River Lagoon at Vero Beach, Florida, behind Fritz Island just south of the city mooring field.
- Sheltered W
80AnchorageUnited StatesTolomato River anchorage
3.1Anchorage on the Tolomato River north of the St Augustine Inlet, Florida, near ICW Mile 776. Mud bottom, sheltered from N through E winds.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 81AnchorageUnited States
Bay Pines
3.1Anchorage on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway off Madeira Beach, on Florida's Pinellas County coast.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
82AnchorageUnited StatesLake Worth South
3.1Anchorage in the Lake Worth Lagoon off downtown West Palm Beach, Florida, between the Flagler Memorial and Royal Park bridges.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE
83AnchorageUnited StatesAndoni's island
3.1Anchorage in Biscayne Bay off Virginia Key, near the Rickenbacker Causeway in Miami, with a mud bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
84AnchorageUnited StatesFernandina
3.0Anchorage on the Amelia River off Fernandina Beach, Florida, on the Intracoastal Waterway near the Georgia border, sand bottom.
- Sheltered E, SE
85AnchorageUnited StatesHillsboro Inlet
2.8Tidal inlet linking the Intracoastal Waterway to the Atlantic between Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton, Florida, with a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
86AnchorageUnited StatesGreat Marsh Island
2.8Anchorage off Great Marsh Island, near the junction of Sisters Creek and the St Johns River, east of Jacksonville, Florida.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S, SE
87AnchorageUnited StatesSunset Cove
2.8Anchorage on the Florida Bay side of Key Largo, Florida, with a sand bottom. Sheltered from east through south.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
- 88AnchorageUnited States
South Lake
2.7Man-made lake south of Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, Florida, opening to the Intracoastal Waterway through a short inlet.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S, SE
- 89AnchorageUnited States
Phil Foster Park
2.7Anchorage off Phil Foster Park at Riviera Beach, Florida, near the foot of the Blue Heron Bridge.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S
90AnchorageUnited StatesMatanzas Pass
2.6Municipal mooring field in Matanzas Pass at Fort Myers Beach, Florida, run by the town on Estero Island.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S, SE