Manasota Key - Englewood Beach

• Location: Lemon Bay
• Mile Marker: Mile 43.3 - GIWW
• Lat / Lon: N 26° 55.410' / W 082° 21.310'
• Depth: 5.5-8 Feet
• Description:

  The anchorage is reached by heading southwest between lighted red daybeacon 22 and the Tom Adams Bascule Bridge. Buildings around the anchorage help to protect visiting yachts from buffeting winds. If you continue south, hugging the mangroves, you will be sheltered from all directions. Watch depths closely. A convenience store and souvenir shop, dive shops, restaurants and the beach are across the street.

  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.