Reviews: Bakers Haulover Basin

Bakers Haulover Basin

• Location: Bakers Haulover Inlet
• Mile Marker: Mile 1080
• Lat / Lon: N 25° 54.678' / W 080° 08.046'
• Depth: 8-12 Feet
• Description:

  At high tide you should turn northwest off the ICW, approximately 75 feet north of red daybeacon "œ6A,"A and then slowly head directly toward the large, green, rounded roof of the Florida International University athletic building (approximately 305 degrees magnetic). To pass safely between the 3-foot-deep bar to port and the 4-foot-deep spoil area to the north, use the large-scale inset on side B of Chart 11467. If you encounter depths of less than 8 feet within the first couple of hundred feet, you are beginning to stray out of the channel. Once you pass over the bar (soft mud and sand), you will find good depths of 8 to 12 feet. Inside this virtually undeveloped deepwater basin are serene anchorages protected from all wind directions. The bottom is quite soft (there may be debris in some places); make sure that your anchor is set well. Visiting boaters are not permitted ashore on the University property.

  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.