19. Manatee Bay Anchorage
19. Manatee Bay Anchorage
Statute Mile:1131
Lat/Lon: near 25 15.412 North/080 24.567 West
Location: on the waters of Manatee Bay, just east of the Glades Canal approach channel
Minimum depth: 4-feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 38 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: good, but a bit open to southern and southwesterly winds
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Comments from Cruisers (1)
This is a great bay with lots of room to shelter from any wind direction. The bay has a good controlling depth of 4 tp 5 ft. You can take the Glades canal all the way in to South Dade Marina, which caters to sailboats. Not much there but great shelter. Good Trout fishing also.