Sarasota and Tampa Bay harbours and anchorages

Venice

Anchorage in Roberts Bay at Venice, Florida, just inside the Venice Inlet on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, with a sand bottom and shelter on all sides.

• Water

Sarasota Yacht Club

Private yacht club with a deep-water marina inside Big Pass, on Sarasota Bay, at 1100 John Ringling Boulevard.

Longboat Key

Anchorage on the Sarasota Bay side of Longboat Key, a barrier island on Florida's Gulf coast.

Anna Maria Pier

Open anchorage off the north end of Anna Maria Island, in the calmer waters of Anna Maria Sound, Florida.

Emerson Point Preserve

Anchorage off Snead Island at the mouth of the Manatee River, opposite the DeSoto Point anchorage in Florida.

St. Petersburg

Anchorage in the Vinoy Basin on the Tampa Bay waterfront of St. Petersburg, Florida. Sand bottom.

Gulfport

Anchorage off the town of Gulfport in Boca Ciega Bay, on the inland side of St Petersburg, Florida.

• Water
• Buoys

Clearwater Beach Municipal Marina

Municipal marina of more than 200 berths at the foot of the Clearwater Memorial Causeway, on the barrier island of Clearwater Beach in Florida.

• Up to 38 m

Belleair North

Anchorage on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway near the Belleair Causeway, off Belleair Beach in Pinellas County, Florida.

• Water

Ruskin Commongood Park

Anchorage off Ruskin Commongood Park on the Little Manatee River, Hillsborough County, Florida, on a bottom of mud and weed.

Bradenton Yacht Club

Members' yacht club on the Manatee River on Snead Island in Palmetto, near where the river meets Tampa Bay.