Best anchorages and harbours in Florida Keys

15th Street Marina Marathon (at Boot Key Harbor)

Marina on the ocean side of Marathon at Boot Key Harbor, with 28 wet berths for yachts and sailing boats up to 45 feet.

3D Boat Yard

Working boatyard on Shrimp Road, Stock Island, near Key West, Florida, set on a former commercial fishing landing.

A & B Marina

Floating-dock marina at Key West Bight, on the north side of Key West, Florida, two blocks from Duval Street.

Best Key West Charters

Sport-fishing charter base on Stock Island, just east of Key West, among the island's working fishing and shrimping docks.

Big Pine Key

Anchorage off Big Pine Key in the Lower Florida Keys, between Big Pine, the Torch Keys and Ramrod Key, around Newfound Harbor.

Blue Waters Marina Of Tavernier

Liveaboard and transient marina at Tavernier in the upper Florida Keys, minutes off the Atlantic.

Boca Chica Marina

Military marina on the west side of Boca Chica Key, part of Naval Air Station Key West, about four miles east of Key West.

Bonefish Marina

Private 48-berth marina on Fat Deer Key at Coco Plum, Marathon, in the Florida Keys.

Caloosa Cove Marina

Protected marina at mile marker 73.5 in Islamorada, on the ocean side of the Florida Keys.

Chief Marine Group

Marina and boat sales operation at Mile Marker 85 in Islamorada, beside the Snake Creek drawbridge.

City Marina At Garrison Bight

Municipal marina in Garrison Bight, on the north side of Key West, with berths straddling the Palm Avenue causeway and a managed mooring field offshore.

Coral Bay Marina

Full-service boatyard and marina on the Florida Bay side of Islamorada, at 601 Mastic Street, in operation since 1983.

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

Cudjoe Gardens Marina

Family-run full-service marina on Cudjoe Key at mile marker 21, on the bay side of the lower Florida Keys.

Futura Yacht Club

Marina of a gated residential community on the bay side of Plantation Key, near Mile Marker 88.5 in the Florida Keys.

Galleon Marina

Resort marina with 91 berths at Key West Bight, on the north side of Key West, Florida.

Garden Cove Marina

Small family-run marina of about 20 berths on a saltwater canal at the oceanside of Key Largo, near mile marker 106.5 in the Florida Keys.

Garrison Bight Marina

City-run marina and mooring field at Garrison Bight, on the north side of Key West between Fleming Key and Sigsbee Park.

IslaMarina

Fuel and tackle marina on Snake Creek at Islamorada, near Mile Marker 85 in the Florida Keys.

Key Largo Harbor Marina

Full-service marina on the Port Largo canal at Key Largo, Florida, near mile marker 100 on the Atlantic side of the upper Florida Keys.

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

Manatee Bay Club

Private gated marina at 999 Morris Avenue in North Key Largo, about 20 minutes from the mainland.

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

Mangrove Marina

Bayside marina on a mangrove-ringed basin at Tavernier, Florida Keys, near Mile Marker 91.7 on the upper Keys.

Marina Club at Blackwater Snd

Marina on Blackwater Sound at Key Largo, in the upper Florida Keys.

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

Ocean Reef Club

Private members marina at the northern tip of Key Largo in the Florida Keys, around an hour south of Miami.

Plantation Yacht Harbor Marina

Village-owned marina inside Founders Park on Plantation Key, Islamorada, on the bay side of the Florida Keys.

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