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Review for Rodriguez Key
Reviewed by: Teresa Scott on Mar 21, 2024
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 40'
Draft: 5.5'Overall Rating:4Holding:5Wind Protection:4Cell Service:4Anchored for one night. Good holding and pretty quiet. Only a handful of boats most of which didn't appear occupied. Did not try to go ashore but understand that is very difficult here.
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Review for Rodriguez Key
Reviewed by: Jeffrey Womack, SV Mischievous Mermaid, on Jun 29, 2023
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 44'
Draft: 5.0'Overall Rating:3Holding:2Wind Protection:2Current Flow:2Wake Protection:1Scenic Beauty:2Ease of Shopping:1Shore Access:1Pet Friendly:1Cell Service:4WiFi:1Not bad for a stopover. Held okay; grassy sand. Boat traffic wasn't too bad. Mosquitoes were.
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Review for Rodriguez Key
Reviewed by: Scott Sidoti on Jan 10, 2023
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 44'
Draft: 5.0'Overall Rating:3Holding:3Wind Protection:4Current Flow:2Wake Protection:1Scenic Beauty:2Ease of Shopping:1Shore Access:1Pet Friendly:1Cell Service:5WiFi:1Just anchored for the night as a stopover to cross to Bimini. Winds were north in January so anchored on south side. Watch depth as you approach. Mostly 8 to 12 ft. Anchor dragged a little. Look for sand if possible. Doesn't look like Island is very accessible.
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Review for Rodriguez Key
Reviewed by: Edward Knebel on Apr 4, 2022
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 35'
Draft: 4.7'Overall Rating:4Holding:4Wind Protection:3Current Flow:5Wake Protection:2Scenic Beauty:4Ease of Shopping:3Shore Access:2Cell Service:3Good spot with multiple options depending on the wind direction. Tucked up behind protection requires moving from the sides of the anchorage-by Rodriguez for Easterly's. By Rock Harbor formal for Norther's. heavy wake traffic from powerboats, especially on weekends. back down anchor hard if in grass.
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Review for Rodriguez Key
Reviewed by: rene walsh on Mar 18, 2022
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 40'
Draft: 4.5'Overall Rating:3Holding:4Wind Protection:2Current Flow:3Wake Protection:1Scenic Beauty:2Ease of Shopping:1Shore Access:1Pet Friendly:1Cell Service:3WiFi:1Choppy here and I think all the time. No wind protection except due east and you can tuck up behind the island. Good place to overnight. Long dingy ride to get into town. Key Largo is not so accommodating for dingy access. "hint you can use the courtesy dock at Marina Del Mar (between, 12pm-10pm) 2 hour limit or dingy dock at Pilot House.
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Review for Rodriguez Key
Reviewed by: Richard on Feb 21, 2022
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 45'
Draft: 5.0'Overall Rating:4Holding:4Wind Protection:4Current Flow:5Wake Protection:5Scenic Beauty:4Ease of Shopping:3Shore Access:3Cell Service:5WiFi:1Good spot with multiple options depending on the wind direction. Tucked up behind Rodriguez is good for Easterly's. In closer towards Rock Harbor formal is better for northers. Good holding but not the easiest shore access. Overall a good safe Anchorage.
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Review for Rodriguez Key
Reviewed by: Robert Sherer on Apr 1, 2018
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 42'
Draft: 5.0'Overall Rating:3Holding:4Wind Protection:1Current Flow:3Wake Protection:1Scenic Beauty:3Ease of Shopping:1Shore Access:4Pet Friendly:4Cell Service:4WiFi:1I've anchored here a half dozen times over the last eight years. I drop the hook on the 6 ft line heading into Mariner's Club Marina which is away from Rodriguez Key and any protection it might offer so I only use this anchorage in winds less than 10 kts. Any higher winds and the night can be bouncy.
I have a dog aboard and I use the public ramp next to Mandalay Marina to land my dinghy. From where I anchor, it's about a 1/2 mile ride to the boat ramp. I have a 66 lbs Spade anchor, never a problem being secure at night.View location on the Waterway Guide Explorer
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Review for Rodriguez Key
Reviewed by: Lyle, Bacchus, on Feb 20, 2018
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 42'
Draft: 4.5'Overall Rating:3Holding:4Wind Protection:3Current Flow:3Wake Protection:2Scenic Beauty:4Ease of Shopping:1Shore Access:1Pet Friendly:1Cell Service:5WiFi:1We stayed three times, twice on our way south from Miami to Marathon and once on our way north back to the Miami area. The wifey has said never again!
We've had winds N, NE, E, SE and S and it was not real pleasant. We tried to get close to the mainland when a north wind but anchor was dragging on rock. We gave up after an hour of trying and anchored further out. The holding there all 3 times was very good but the ride was rough.
Early in the morning on two of the occasions several fishing boats left their harbors and created substantial wakes when running close to us. Not sure why they did when it would have been easy to give way a little but they did.View location on the Waterway Guide Explorer
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Review for Rodriguez Key
Reviewed by: PHIL on Feb 9, 2018
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 28'
Draft: 4.0'Overall Rating:5Holding:5Wind Protection:2Current Flow:3Wake Protection:3Scenic Beauty:4Ease of Shopping:1Shore Access:2Pet Friendly:2Cell Service:5WiFi:1Good place to get together with others, just watch for tidal shift .. have seen some boats soft grounded after arriving earlier at high tide
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Review for Rodriguez Key
Reviewed by: Nate Atwater, Moonshine, on Dec 18, 2017
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 40'
Draft: 4.5'Overall Rating:4Holding:5Wind Protection:3Current Flow:5Wake Protection:4Scenic Beauty:4Ease of Shopping:2Shore Access:3Pet Friendly:2Cell Service:5WiFi:1Nice anchorage except for east or se wind...little access to land but good stop over.
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