Best anchorages and harbours in Florida Keys

Faro Blanco Marina

Full-service marina on the gulf side of Marathon in the Florida Keys, with 74 berths taking vessels from 18 to 185 feet.

Key West Bight

City-run marina in the Historic Seaport at the heart of Key West, Florida, on a twenty-acre waterfront.

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

Marathon City Marina

Municipal mooring field of 226 engineered moorings on Boot Key Harbor at Marathon, run by the City of Marathon from 800 35th Street.

Oceanside Marina

Marina on the Atlantic side of Stock Island near Key West, reopened after a full refit in 2017, part of the Ocean's Edge resort.

Stock Island Marina

Deep-water marina on Stock Island, just east of Key West in the Florida Keys, with 288 floating berths.

The Perry Marina

Deep-water marina on Stock Island near Key West, Florida, set within the Perry Hotel resort about 5 miles from Old Town.

Pumpkin Key

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

• Sheltered E

Robbie's of Key West Marina

Full-service marina on Shrimp Road, Stock Island, near Key West, Florida, with deep-water access on the Atlantic side.

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

Cayo Hueso

Cruising anchorage off the north-west side of Key West, in the lee of Fleming Key and the Naval Air Station shoreline, Florida.

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

Conch Harbor Marina

Marina in the Key West Bight at the Historic Seaport, a short walk from Duval Street in Old Town Key West.

Flamingo

Everglades National Park's only marina, at the southern tip of mainland Florida where Florida Bay meets the freshwater backcountry, administratively in Homestead.

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

Buddy's Boatyard and Marina

Working boatyard on Stock Island, just east of Key West, on the south side of Safe Harbor channel.

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

Garrison Bight/ City Moorings

Municipal marina and mooring field in Garrison Bight, on the north side of Key West between Fleming Key and Sigsbee Park, in the Lower Florida Keys.