Whale Key Lagoon

• Location: Longboat Key
• Lat / Lon: N 27° 23.397' / W 082° 37.508'
• Depth: 6 - 8 feet
• Tide: 2 feet
• Description:

  The shoals forming this lagoon offer 360° protection from waves and wakes. Access is via carefully skirting the west end of the charted sandbar. Although there is no windbreak, it offers a quiet, secluded spot to layover only 4 nm from Sarasota. Depth is 6-8'. There is only enough room for two or three boats.

  NOTE: Per Florida Statute 327.4109

  The owner or operator of a vessel or floating structure may not anchor or moor such that the nearest approach of the anchored or moored vessel or floating structure is:

  1. Within 150 feet of any marina, boat ramp, boatyard, or other vessel launching or loading facility;
  2. Within 300 feet of a superyacht repair facility. For purposes of this subparagraph, the term "superyacht repair facility" means a facility that services or repairs a yacht with a water line of 120 feet or more in length; or
  3. Within 100 feet outward from the marked boundary of a public mooring field or a lesser distance if approved by the commission upon request of a local government within which the mooring field is located. The commission may adopt rules to implement this subparagraph.