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Best anchorages and harbours in South-west Florida

26 documented anchorages and harbours in South-west Florida, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.

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    big marco

    4.9

    Anchorage on the Big Marco River off Marco Island, southwest Florida, on the west bank close to the Gulf of Mexico.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
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    Ruskin Commongood Park

    4.9

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

    • Sheltered W
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    Pelican Bay

    4.8

    Anchorage on the east side of Cayo Costa, between Cayo Costa and Punta Blanca islands in Pine Island Sound, south-west Florida, on a sand bottom.

    • Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
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    Belleair North

    4.7

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

    • Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
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    Sanibel

    4.6

    Anchorage off the east end of Sanibel Island in San Carlos Bay, south-west Florida, on a weed bottom, protected from N through W winds.

    • Sheltered N, S, SW, W, NW
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    Venice

    4.6

    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.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
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    Emerson Point Preserve

    3.9

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

    • Sheltered N, NE, E
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    Longboat Key

    3.9

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

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S, SE
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    Marina Jack Mooring Fields

    3.4

    Mooring 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
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    Englewood

    3.2

    Anchorage 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
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    Bay Pines

    3.1

    Anchorage on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway off Madeira Beach, on Florida's Pinellas County coast.

    • Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
  12. Matanzas Pass12
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    Matanzas Pass

    2.6

    Municipal 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
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    Sunken Island

    2.5

    Anchorage off a spoil island in Hillsborough Bay, in the upper reaches of Tampa Bay, Florida.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
  14. Clearwater Beach North14
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    Clearwater Beach North

    1.6

    Anchorage off Clearwater Beach on the Florida Gulf coast, on a mud bottom, between two marinas.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
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    Seaplane Basin

    1.3

    Anchorage in the Seaplane Basin at the south end of Davis Islands, Tampa, Florida, with a mud bottom.

    • Sheltered NE
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    Clearwater Beach South

    1.3

    Anchorage off Clearwater Beach on the Florida Gulf coast, on a mixed mud and weed bottom.

    • Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE
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    Bird Key (E)

    Anchorage in the Manatee River off Snead Island, near the entrance to Tampa Bay in Florida. Sand and mud bottom, shelter from all directions.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
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    Bokeelia

    Anchorage off Bokeelia, the village at the northern tip of Pine Island, looking onto Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island Sound on the Florida Gulf coast.

    • Sheltered NE, E, SE
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    Cabbage Creek

    Mangrove creek anchorage off Little Harbor near Ruskin, on the east shore of Tampa Bay, Florida, on a mud bottom with all-round protection.

    • Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
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    Cat Island

    Anchorage in the Tongass Narrows near Ketchikan, southeast Alaska, on a rocky bottom and sheltered from W, SW and S winds.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
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    Tierra Verde anchorage

    Anchorage near Tierra Verde and Fort De Soto Park, at the mouth of Tampa Bay on Florida's Gulf coast.

    • Sheltered N, NE, W, NW
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    Golden Gate

    Anchorage off Golden Gate Point, a peninsula on Sarasota Bay one block from downtown Sarasota, on the Florida Gulf coast.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
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    Gulfport

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

    • Sheltered N, NE
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    Point Ogden

    Anchorage off Point Ogden on the Manatee River near Palmetto, Florida, close to the Bradenton-Palmetto waterfront on the route to Tampa Bay.

    • Sheltered N, NE, E
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    Tierra Verde

    Anchorage off Tierra Verde in Florida, in a sheltered basin opening onto Boca Ciega Bay near St. Petersburg, mud bottom.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
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    White Horse Key

    Anchorage off White Horse Key, a mangrove and sand island in the Ten Thousand Islands of south-west Florida.

    • Sheltered NW, W, SW