Best anchorages and harbours in Florida
130 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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61MouillageUnited 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
- 62MouillageUnited 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
- 63MouillageUnited 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
64MouillageUnited 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
- 65MouillageUnited 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
66MouillageUnited 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
- 67MouillageUnited 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
68MouillageUnited 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
- 69MouillageUnited 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
- 70MouillageUnited 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
- 71MouillageUnited 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
- 72MouillageUnited 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
- 73MouillageUnited 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
- 74MouillageUnited 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
- 75MouillageUnited 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
76MouillageUnited 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
- 77MouillageUnited 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
78MouillageUnited 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
79MouillageUnited 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
80MouillageUnited StatesFernandina
3.0Anchorage on the Amelia River off Fernandina Beach, Florida, on the Intracoastal Waterway near the Georgia border, sand bottom.
- Sheltered E, SE
81MouillageUnited 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
82MouillageUnited 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
83MouillageUnited 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
- 84MouillageUnited 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
- 85MouillageUnited 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
86MouillageUnited 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
- 87MouillageUnited States
Vilano Beach Anchorage
2.6Anchorage on the Tolomato River near St Augustine, Florida, just off the Intracoastal Waterway on a sand bottom.
- Sheltered E, SW, W
- 88MouillageUnited States
Sunken Island
2.5Anchorage off a spoil island in Hillsborough Bay, in the upper reaches of Tampa Bay, Florida.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
- 89MouillageUnited States
Oyster bay
2.5Inner bay on the Wilderness Waterway within Everglades National Park, Florida, about 18 miles north of Flamingo via Whitewater Bay.
- Sheltered SE
90MouillageUnited StatesClearwater Beach North
1.6Anchorage off Clearwater Beach on the Florida Gulf coast, on a mud bottom, between two marinas.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E