Best anchorages and harbours in Florida Keys

Tarpon Basin

Anchorage in Florida Bay on the bayside of Key Largo, Florida, west of John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park. Sand bottom.

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

Truman Beach

Anchorage off Key West, Florida, near Wisteria Island, with a sand bottom and shelter from N through NE winds.

• Sheltered N, NE

Upper Matecumbe Key

Anchorage off Little Basin on the bayside of Islamorada, Upper Matecumbe Key, in the Florida Keys.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Vaca Key Bight

Anchorage in Vaca Key Bight on the bayside of Marathon in the Florida Keys, just north of Boot Key Harbor.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Windley Key

Anchorage off Snake Creek on the bayside of Islamorada, Upper Matecumbe Key, in the Florida Keys.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Pumpkin Key

Anchorage off a 26-acre private island in Card Sound, north of Key Largo, Florida, with a sand bottom.

• Sheltered E

Long Key Bight

Anchorage off Long Key in the Florida Keys, on a bottom of sand and weed. Sheltered from the south-east only.

• Sheltered SE

Rodriguez Key

Reef anchorage off Key Largo in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, marked by a 45-foot lighted steel tower. Sand bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S

Boot Key

Harbour on the south side of Marathon in the Florida Keys, the most protected anchorage in the city, set between Sister Creek and the Boot Key Bridge.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, NW

Boot Key Harbor

Anchorage and mooring harbour at Boot Key, Marathon, in the Florida Keys, sheltered from all directions on a sand bottom.

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

Caesar Creek

Anchorage 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

Indian Key Anchorage

Anchorage off Indian Key, an 11-acre historic island in the Florida Keys near Islamorada, lying just inside the Hawk Channel passage south-east of U.S. 1.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Key Lois

Anchorage off Key Lois, an uninhabited mangrove island in the Lower Florida Keys, south of Summerland Key. Algae and mud bottom.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

MOONEY HARBOR

Central lagoon of the Marquesas Keys, a ring of mangrove islands about 25 miles west of Key West, Florida.

• Sheltered N, NE

Wisteria Island

Anchorage in Key West Bight, the historic harbour on the north side of Key West, with a mud bottom.

• Sheltered N, NW

Wisteria Island

Anchorage 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

Oyster bay

Inner bay on the Wilderness Waterway within Everglades National Park, Florida, about 18 miles north of Flamingo via Whitewater Bay.

• Sheltered SE

Sunset Cove

Anchorage on the Florida Bay side of Key Largo, Florida, with a sand bottom. Sheltered from east through south.

• Sheltered E, SW, S, SE

Newfound Harbor anchorage

Anchorage in the lower Florida Keys off Big Pine Key, near the Newfound Harbor Keys and Coupon Bight.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Key West Bight

Anchorage off the entrance to Key West Bight, Florida, on a sand bottom in the Old Town harbour.

• Sheltered W

Little Shark

Mangrove anchorage at the mouth of the Little Shark River, near Cape Sable within Everglades National Park, Florida.

• Sheltered SE

Mandan

Anchorage off Key Largo in the upper Florida Keys, with a sand bottom in shallow water on the Florida Bay side.

• Sheltered NE, E, S, SE

Nord Fleming Key

Anchorage off the north end of Fleming Key, just outside Key West harbour in the lower Florida Keys.

• Sheltered NE, E, S, SE

Bonefish Bay Anchorage

Anchorage in Bonefish Bay off Coco Plum at Marathon, in the middle Florida Keys, on a sand bottom, protected from SE, S and SW winds.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW

Key West Harbour Anchorage

Open anchorage in Key West harbour, southernmost Florida, on a sand bottom about 1.3 miles south-west of the Historic Seaport.

Snipe Key

Anchorage off Snipe Key in the Lower Florida Keys, about 16 nm north-east of Key West, on a sand and weed bottom.

• Sheltered E, SW, S, SE

Tavernier Key

Anchorage on the Atlantic side of Tavernier Key, an uninhabited mangrove island in the Upper Florida Keys.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W