Eastern FL Anchorages – AICW, Lantana to Las Olas Boulevard Bridge (Statute Mile 1030 to 1064)
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Please Note That Anchorages Are Listed Below In A Rough Geographic Format, Moving North to South
Lantana Anchorage
Statute Mile: 1031
Lat/Lon: near 26 34.988 North/080 02.781 West
Location:lies just west of the ICW channel, south of the Lantana bascule bridge
Minimum Depth: 6-feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 40 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Fair, open to southern and southeastern winds
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Bel Marra Anchorage
Statute Mile: 1042
Lat/Lon: near 26 25.429 North/080 04.036 West
Location: on the charted, lake-like body of water abutting the AICW’s westerly flank, north of the charted position of Bel Marra
Minimum Depth: 6-feet
Special Comment: Length of anchorage stay may be restricted by local regulations on these waters
Swing Room: sufficient room for most any size cruising craft
Foul Weather Shelter: Excellent
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Used this anchorage for the first time and found it to be a great place. Had heard of low water at entrance but found no problem on less than 1/2 tide. Even though it was Easter weekend the wakes never bothered us in here.
This is one or our favorite anchorages along this stretch. We are usually the only boat anchored here. Once there was another boat which turned out to be people we knew! At close to high tide the center of the basin is over 13 feet. The only drawback is that boats passing on the ICW send in wakes. This isn’t a problem at night and not much on a weekday. A weekend might be another story. While the shore of the lake is all privately owned, there should be places out on the waterway to land a dinghy and dog.
Lake Boca Raton Anchorage
Statute Mile: 1048
Lat/Lon: near 26 20.776 North/080 04.352 West
Location: found on the northeastern section of Lake Boca Raton, enter this anchorage just NORTH of marker #65
Minimum Depth: 6-feet, but entrance channel can be tricky
Special Comment: Length of anchorage may be restricted by local regulations on these waters
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 45 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Good
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hi, i saw your reply about a thread on anchroing in lake boca, is there any limit in time or can i anchor there indefinitely? thanks in advance for any info you can provide, best, john
Be careful entering this anchorage! We anchored here last night (2/28/12) and it is tricky to get into the anchorage. We entered just south of Marker 65 and almost went aground. The anchorage was crowded but everyone entered North of marker 65. We left the anchorage this morning North of the marker and had plenty of water. Nice anchorage It was crowded until dark with locals but we had a nice, quiet night.
That Law was challenged a couple of years ago and Boca Raton was advised that their local city ordinance didn’t apply to the intracoastal waterway.
Lettuce Lake Anchorage
Statute Mile: 1057
Lat/Lon: 26 13.292 North/080 05.705 West
Location: found on the cove-like body of water along the Waterway’s eastern banks between unlighted daybeacon #74 and flashing daybeacon #76
Minimum Depth: 7-feet
Special Comment: Length of anchorage may be restricted by local regulations on these waters
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 45 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Excellent
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Lake Santa Barbara Anchorage
Statute Mile: 1057
Lat/Lon: near 26 13.374 North/080 05.827 West
Location: flanking the ICW’s western shores, south of unlighted daybeacoon #74
Minimum Depth: 6 feet
Special Comment: Length of anchorage may be restricted by local regulations on these waters
Swing Room: sufficient room for most any size cruising craft
Foul Weather Shelter: Good
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Anchored here after a long day of bridges with 20 kts on the nose in the ICW. It was actually quite a pleasant anchorage. We anchored closer to the mouth of the “lake” with plenty of water for our 5 ft. draft. Would stop here again.
s/v MicMac
Comments from Cruisers (4)
After our adventure we headed North via the ICW and many bridges in Ft. Lauderdale that we cleared at 22 ft. A few we had to wait on opening. At MM 1031 we anchored near the Lantana bridge on the South side in 7-8 ft near a restaurant , The Old Key Lime house http://oldkeylimehouse.com/
A normal June afternoon rain shower came and went while we were there. A quiet anchorage.
Easy in and out. A walk around to the other side of the bridge is a city park with boat ramp. Don’t go too far West after entering anchorage. We stayed opposite double boat ramps on shore near restaurant.
Sonny Reeves
Anchored there on way south and again on our trip back north last year. One of our enjoyable stops. We draw 5ft and had no problem but there are some high spots to avoid so I would advice circle around before dropping anchor and be mindful of tides. Enjoyed Old Key Lime restaurant and meet up with an old friend there I had not seen in more years then I want to say…LOL…a great stop if weather is right.
Susan Dawson aboard S/V Colleen Mae
ANCHORED HERE 2 NIGHTS, I DRAW 7 FEET, NO PROBLEM. JUST KNOW THE DEPTH AND TIDES U REQUIRE.
DINGHY TO OLD KEY LIME RESTAURANT OR BOAT RAMP.
BILL
Good holding, but you may get some wakes. However, the tiki bar on shore is worthwhile, with wifi, and good happy hours. Walk to town (one block) for library, drug store, restaurants.
Captain Sterling