68. Fat Deer Key Anchorage
68. Fat Deer Key Anchorage
Statute Mile:1187.5
Lat/Lon: near 24 44.547 North/081 00.657 West
Location: lies east-northeast of Vaca Cut’s unlighted daybeacon #1
Minimum depth: 5-feet, but soundings drop off much sooner, moving east, than chart 11451 would lead you to believe
Swing Room: unlimited
Foul Weather Protection: fair, wide open to northern, northeastern and northwestern winds
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Comments from Cruisers (1)
The “desired” anchorage according to the guides is Jewfish Hole. Heavy grass/weed bottom. Only a heavy plow has a chance to dig in. Danforth type anchors just skid along the bottom for a good chunk of “salad fixins.” I would not anchor here in any sort of blow as your holding will always be tentative. The only positive is that there is a campground there with ice, fuel and a quik mart.