Praise for the Okeechobee Waterway
Here’s a recommendation for the Okeechobee Waterway as posted on the AGLCA website, www.greatloop.org. Port Mayaca Lock is at statute mile 39 and Port St. Lucie Lock is at mile 15. Okeechobee RV Resort and Marina, which is a property of ACOE, formerly just north of Moore Haven Lock, was closed to the public in October of 2012 and all docks have been removed.
Sunday morning, we left Okechobee Resort and cut the corner across the lake to Port Mayaca Lock. Locked thru and enjoyed a 1 1/2 to 2 kt current push all the way to Stuart. Beautiful trip, lots of Osprey, alligators and even locked thru Port St Lucy with a manatee!
Recommend this route to anyone who doesn’t want the open water exposure of going around the southern end of Florida.
Click Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To the Location of the Port Mayaca Lock
Click Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To the Location of the St. Lucie Lock
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