Status of Sunset Lake Anchorage, Upper Biscayne Bay
In July of 2016, several popular Miami area anchorages, including Sunset Lake, were declared to be Banned Anchoring Areas by the FWC. See Bill Murdock’s article and chart on these banned zones: /163814
Cruisers’ Net would like to know if any of you south Florida cruisers have attempted to anchor in Sunset Lake and, if so, what were the results? Is the ban being enforced? Let us hear from you.
Click Here To View the Eastern Florida Cruisers’ Net Anchorage Directory Listing For Sunset Lake
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Comments from Cruisers (2)
We anchored north of Sunset Lake near Mount Sinai Hospital for three weeks last spring. The only boats we saw anchored in Sunset Lake were local motor boats stopping in the calm water for the afternoon to swim, sit in the sun, or frolic. We saw no cruising motor or sail anchored there and nothing anchored overnight.
I assume all anchoring spots not shaded on Waterway’s chart are still open to overnight anchoring.
Dinghy access is problem. The only two ‘legal’ spots are the dock at the police station with its 20 minute limit and the dock at the older Publics store on Collins Canal. We have been told that the Publics dock now has a time restriction.
Bill Murdoch
Are you seriously asking people to admit, on the Internet, that they broke the law?