1. Virginia Key Anchorage
Statute Mile:1092.5
Lat/Lon: near 25 44.245 North/080 10.337 West
Location: off the southwesterly shores of Virginia Key, southeast of flashing daybeacon #69, -
Minimum depth: 7-feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 55 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: fair to poor; wide open to southwestern, western winds
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4A. Coconut Grove Sailing Club
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(305) 444-4571
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Statute Mile: 1094.5
Lat/Lon: near 25 43.512 North/080 14.235 West
Location: mooring field overlooks the Dinner Key – Coconut Grove waterfront south of Dinner Key Marina
Visitor dockage: mooring balls available for visitors
Transient dockage rate: $20.00 per day (monthly rates also available)
Showers: Available in clubhouse
Restaurant: many nearby
Free Wi-Fi internet access: available in and near the clubhouse
Waste pump-out: available
Depths: 6 foot maximum draft
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 41 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: very good
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2. Key Biscayne Anchorage
Statute Mile:1095
Lat/Lon: near 25 41.736 North/080 10.515 West
Location: off the western shores of Key Biscayne, on the large patch of deep water south of West Point
Minimum depth: 10 feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 48 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Fair, open to western, southwestern and northwestern winds
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3. No Name Harbor Anchorage
Statute Mile:1096
Lat/Lon: near 25 40.611 North/080 09.769 West
Location: on the waters of the tadpole-shaped harbor, which indents the westerly banks of south Key Biscayne, near Cape Florida
Minimum depth: 10 feet Swing Room – sufficient room for vessels as large as 50 feet Foul Weather Shelter – superb
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Special Comment: overnight anchorage fee of $15.00 charged

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4. Soldier Key Anchorage
Statute Mile:1102
Lat/Lon: near 25 35.529 North/080 09.864 West
Location: off the western shores of Soldier Key
Minimum depth: 3 ½ foot depths if and only if you are successful in keeping to the very difficult and unmarked entrance channel
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 36 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Poor
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5. Ragged Keys Anchorage
Statute Mile:1106
Lat/Lon: near 25 31.966 North/080 10.538 West
Location: on the waters behind the second (moving south to north) Ragged Keys, north of Boca Chita Key
Minimum depth: 5-foot depths
Swing Room: virtually unlimited
Foul Weather Shelter: Fair, wide open to northwester, western and southwestern winds
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6. Sands Key-Elliott Key Anchorages
Statute Mile:1109.5
Lat/Lon:
25 30.414 North/08011.215 West (north of Sands Key)
25 30.136 North/080 11.625 West (west of Sands Key)
25 29.971 North/080 11.555 West (west of shallow Sands Cut)
25 28.847 North/080 11.720 West (northwest of Coon Point)
25 28.937 North/080 11.509 West (north of Coon Point)
Location: multiple anchorage possibilities west of both Sands Key and northern Elliott Key Minimum depth – ranges from 4 ½ to 6 feet depending on particular anchorage chosen
Swing Room: unlimited
Foul Weather Shelter: fair, all anchorages open to western, southwestern and northwestern winds
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7. Caesar Creek – Adams Key Anchorage
Statute Mile:1115.5
Lat/Lon: 25 24.358 North/080 13.724 West
Minimum depth: 4 feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 42 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: fair – wide open to northern, western and northwestern winds
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8. Caesar Creek – Rubicon Key – Reid Key Anchorage
Statute Mile:1115.5
Lat/Lon: near 25 23.701 North/080 14.441 West
Location: on the narrow stream lying off the southwesterly banks of Caesar Creek between Reid and Rubicon Keys
Minimum Depth: 4 feet MLW in entrance channel, must navigate an unmarked channel from Caesar Creek to reach anchorage, but 8 foot depths in the anchorage itself
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 36 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: excellent
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9. Angelfish Creek – Little Pumpkin Creek Anchorage
Statute Mile:1121.5
Lat/Lon: near 25 20.018 North/080 16.493 West
Location: near the northern mouth of Little Pumpkin Creek, not far from this stream’s intersection with Angelfish Creek – Angelfish Creek lies east of the ICW/inside route’s passage through Card Sound
Minimum depth: 5 feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 32 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: excellent
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10. Angelfish Creek – Middle Creek Anchorage
Statute Mile:1121.5
Lat/Lon: 25 20.253 North/080 16.422 West
Location: on the waters of Middle Creek, immediately north of Angelfish Creek, west of unlighted daybeacon #10 Minimum depth – 5 ½ feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 34 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: excellent
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11. Lower Linderman Creek – Angelfish Creek Anchorage
Statute Mile:1121.5
Lat/Lon: 25 20.385 North/080 16.085 West
Location: on the mid-line of Linderman Creek, northwest of this stream’s intersection with both Angelfish Creek and Middle Creek – Angelfish Creek lies east of the ICW/inside route’s passage through Card Sound Minimum Depth – 4 ½ feet Swing Room – sufficient room for vessels as large as 34 feet Foul Weather Shelter – excellent
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12. Upper Linderman Creek – Angelfish Creek Anchorage
Statute Mile:1121.5
Lat/Lon: 25 20.556 North/080 16.266 West
Location: on the waters of Lingerman Creek, west of its shallow entry into Card Sound
Minimum depth: 4 ½ feet Swing Room – sufficient room for vessels as large as 34 feet Foul Weather Shelter – very good
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13. Northeastern Pumpkin Key Anchorage
Statute Mile:1122.5
Lat/Lon: 25 19.665 North/080 17.557 West
Location: off the northeastern shores of Pumpkin Key, which is itself located on the eastern shores of Card Sound, west of Snapper Point and south of Angelfish Creek Minimum depth – 7 feet, BUT you must successfully bypass a charted but unmarked underwater rock to maintain these soundings
Swing Room: unlimited Foul Weather Shelter – good, but open to northern and northwestern winds
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14. Western Pumpkin Key Anchorage
Statute Mile:1122.5
Lat/Lon: 25 19.620 North/080 17.916 West
Location: off the western shores of Pumpkin Key, which is itself located on the eastern shores of Card Sound, west of Snapper Point and south of Angelfish Creek Minimum depth – 7 feet
Swing Room: unlimited Foul Weather Shelter – fair, open to southern, western, northern, northwestern and southwestern winds
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15. Southern Pumpkin Key Anchorage
Statute Mile:1122.5
Lat/Lon: 25 19.396 North/080 17.759 West
Location: off the southern shores of Pumpkin Key, which is itself located on the eastern shores of Card Sound, west of Snapper Point and south of Angelfish Creek Minimum depth – 7 feet
Swing Room: unlimited Foul Weather Shelter – good, but open to southern and southwestern winds
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16. Eastern Card Sound Anchorage
Statute Mile:1124
Lat/Lon: 25 18.142 North/080 18.561 West
Location: off the eastern banks of Card Sound, southwest of Wednesday Point Mimimum Depth: 6 to 9 feet
Swing Room: unlimited
Foul Weather Shelter: fair, open to northern, western, northwestern and southwestern winds
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17. Southern Card Sound Anchorage
Statute Mile:1124
Lat/Lon: 25 17.674 North/080 19.655 West
Location: off the southeastern banks of Card Sound, north of Jew Point Mimimum Depth: 6 to 9 feet
Swing Room: unlimited
Foul Weather Shelter: fair, open to northern, western, northwestern and northeastern winds
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