104. Smacks Bayou Outer Anchorage
Lat/Lon: near 27 47.954 North/082 36.445 West
Location: found at the intersection of the northern and southern branches of Smacks Bayou
Minimum Depth: 10-feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 40 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: fair, open to eastern and southeastern winds
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105. Smacks Bayou Mid Anchorage
Lat/Lon: near 27 48.030 North/082 36.509 West
Location: lies abeam of the small, correctly charted, 6-foot offshoot that cuts to the southwest
Minimum Depth: 8-feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 30 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: good, except in strong southeasterly winds
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106. Smack Bayou Inner Anchorage
Lat/Lon: near 27 48.109 North/082 36.529 West
Location: found on the waters just south of the 11-foot fixed bridge
Minimum Depth: 6-feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 32 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: excellent
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107. Smacks Bayou South Side Anchorage
Lat/Lon: near 27 47.692 North/082 36.558 West
Location: will be discovered on the southernmost tier of Smacks Bayou, charted as Snell Island Harbor
Minimum Depth: 6-11 feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 45 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: excellent
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108. Terra Ceia Bay Outer Anchorage
Lat/Lon: near 27 32.644 North/082 36.975 West
Location: lies south of unlighted daybeacon #9, on the channel leading from Tampa Bay to Terra Ceia Bay
Minimum Depth: 5 ½ feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 34 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: poor, fair weather anchorage only
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109. Terra Ceia Bay – Bird Key Anchorage
Lat/Lon: near 27 33.403 North/082 35.766 West
Location: found on the tongue of deep water north-northeast of Bird Key and north of unlighted daybeacon #13
Minimum Depth: 5 ½ feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 45 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: fair, but open to southern and southeastern winds
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This is a great anchorage – Terra Ceia Bay is quite deep behind this island and it’s very quiet and peaceful without a lot of boat traffic. Nothing nearby to dinghy for supplies, but if you want a quiet anchorage, probably by yourself, this place is great! Follow the zig-zag channel closely as it gets shallow in some spots.
We sail a Catalina 36 and have stayed at bird key and in the North end many times. Great anchorages.
110. Terra Ceia Bay Northern Anchorage
Lat/Lon: near 27 34.004 North/082 34.442 Wes
Location: found on the extreme northwesterly corner of Terra Ceia Bay, short of the charted sunken wreck
Minimum Depth: 6-feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 50 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: fair, but very open to southern and southwestern winds
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111. Apollo Beach Anchorage
Lat/Lon: near 27 46.703 North/082 25.506 West
Location: lies northeast of unlighted daybeacon #12
Minimum Depth: 7-15 feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 50 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: good
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112. Alafia River – Spoil Island Anchorage
Lat/Lon: near 27 51.818 North/082 25.689 West
Location: found off the southeastern tip of the large spoil island north of (the Alafia channel’s) flashing daybeacon #7
Minimum Depth: 7-feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 45 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: poor, sheltered ONLY from northwestern winds
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113. Alafia River – Bird Island Anchorage
Lat/Lon: near 27 50.756 North/082 24.688 West
Location: lies south of the charted, narrow neck on Bird Island
Minimum Depth: 5-foot depths, but you must successfully find an unmarked channel to keep to these depths
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 45 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: fair, open to southern and southwestern winds
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114. Alafia River Interior Anchorage
Lat/Lon: near 27 51.547 North/082 23.123 West
Location: will be discovered on the interior reaches of the Alafia River, just west of the charted bridge
Minimum Depth: 5-8 feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 45 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: very good
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115. Masters Bayou Anchorage
Lat/Lon: near 27 51.718 North/082 37.101 West
Location: found on the charted bubble of 12-foot water (on 11413) just west of Viking Boatworks
Minimum Depth: 6-foot approach depths – 8 feet in anchorage
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 36 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: excellent
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116. Safety Harbor Anchorage
Lat/Lon: near 28 00.309 North/082 40.303 West
Location: off Phillippe Point
Minimum Depth: 7-feet, but navigation into Safety Harbor is very challenging
Swing Room: unlimited
Foul Weather Shelter: poor
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