St. Augustine Creek Anchorage
Statute Mile: 578
Lat/Lon: near 32 03.699 North/080 59.113 West
Location: on the waters of St. Augusine Creek, southeast of this stream’s first crook-like turn to the east, – St. Augustine Creek departs the ICW south of unlighted daybeacon #8
Minimum Depth: 18-feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 36 feet, assuming the gambling ship can clear your position (see below)
Foul Weather Shelter: Good except in particularly strong southeast winds
Special Note: a large gambling ship pays regular visits to St. Augustine Creek. The passage of this ship seriously limits swing room, and has caused us to downgrade this creek as a possible anchorage

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Herb River Anchorage
Statute Mile: 584.5
Lat/Lon: near 32 00.776 North/081 02.174 West
Location: lies south-southwest of the Waterway’s flashing daybeacon #37
Minimum Depth: 7-feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 40 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Excellent, except in unusually strong westerly wind

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Waterway Anchorage
Statute Mile: 586
Lat/Lon: near 32 00.482 North/081 01.116 West
Location: found in the correctly charted deep water abutting the western banks of the Skidaway River portion of the ICW south of flashing daybeacon #40
Minimum Depth: 10-feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 50 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Fair to poor; wide open to southern winds

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Isle of Hope Anchorage
Statute Mile: 590
Lat/Lon: near 31 58.731 North/081 03.316 West
Location: just northwest of the ICW’s unlighted daybeacon #46A
Minimum Depth: 8 feet
Swing Room: anchorage is often crowded, and boats larger than 40 feet my have trouble finding sufficient elbow room
Foul Weather Shelter: Fair, wide open to southwestern winds

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Vernon River Anchorages
Statute Mile: 597
Lat/Lon:
31 55.995 North/081 06.949 West (anchorage west of Beaulieu)
31 56.285 North/081 07.430 West (anchorage south of Montgomery)
Location: on the waters of the section of Vernon River abandoned by the ICW, northwest of flashing daybeacon #70; downstream anchorage on the waters west of the charted position of Beaulieu; upstream anchorage south of the charted position of Montgomery
Minimum Depth: 8 feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 50 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Fair to Good; Beaulieu anchorage wide open to southern and southeastern winds; Montgomery Anchorage is better sheltered, particularly to the north, northeast and northwest

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Delegal Creek Anchorages
Statute Mile: 601
Lat/Lon: 31 53.650 North/081 03.730 West
Location: on the waters of Delegal Creek, northeast of the ICW’s flashing daybeacon #86 and north of Delegal Creek Marina
Minimum Depth: 4 to 4 ½ foot dead low tide entrance depths
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 38 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Excellent except in particularly strong northern winds

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