Kayak camping, tides & launches: Florida Gulf Coast: Big Bend to Fort Myers
Florida Gulf Coast: Big Bend to Fort Myers: Coastal paddling with 253 campsites, 585 boat launches and 161 tide stations, plus slack-water times for 60 tidal current stations. See them on the map, check today's tides and wind, or, with a Coast Map Pass, download the whole region (150 MB) to your phone for trips without signal.
253campsites
585boat launches
161tide stations
60current stations
150 MBoffline download
Campsites
From OpenStreetMap, coloured on the map by what you need before staying. 3 mention boat, canoe or kayak access (馃浂). Always confirm fees, permits and closures with the operator.
Fee or reservation (20)
- Bobcat
- Bootleggers Campground
- Campsite 1
- Campsite 2
- Campsite 3
- Campsite 4
- Hawk
- Hickory Camping Area
- High Springs Campgrounc
- Hog Pen Landing
- Holder Mine Hunt Camps
- Hopkins Prairie Campground
- Magnolia 1 Camping Area
- Magnolia 2 Camping Area
- Newport Campground
- Ocean Pond Campground
- Otter
- Rocky鈥檚 Campground
- Sportsman's Cove Campground
- Tillis Hill Equestrian Campground
Permit, protocol or private (12)
- Apache
- Calusa
- Cherokee
- Cub Scout Family Camp
- Delasioux
- Delaware
- Lake Panasoffkee
- Miccosukee
- Mohawk
- Seminole
- Sioux
- Staff Camping
Free or backcountry (15)
- Adams Tract
- BSA Camp
- Davenport Landing 馃浂
- Equestrian Camp
- Gator Hole Primative Camp Site
- Grassy pond
- Peacock Slough
- Pine Point Primative Campsite
- Pinhook Campsite
- Primative Camp Site
- Serenova Tract Campsite
- Wakulla Field Camp
- Youth Camp 1
- Youth Camp 2
- Youth Camp 3
Fees not recorded (check locally) (172)
- 1
- 39
- 9
- Apache
- Arcadia Peace River Campground
- Baden Powell
- Bay Bayou RV Resort
- Beard
- Bee Island 馃浂
- Big Bass Campground
- Big Flats Campground
- Black Bear Ridge
- Bobcat Campground
- Boots and Saddles
- Bowman鈥檚 Landing
- Buttgenbach Campground at CMA
- Buttgenbach Campground at Croom Motorcycle area
- Calusa
- Camp Anderson Christian Retreat
- Camp Crystal Lake
- Camp Davis
- Camp Duffy
- Campsite 1
- Campsite 10
- Campsite 11
- Campsite 2
- Campsite 3
- Campsite 4
- Campsite 5
- Campsite 6
- Campsite 7
- Campsite 8
- Campsite 9
- Cayo Costa SP Tent Camping
- Cherokee
- Civitan
- Clay鈥檚 RV Sites
- Cobb Hunt Camp
- Colt Creek State Park Main Campground
- Crooked River Campground
- Cypress Glen Campground
- Dogwood Campsite
- Eagle's Nest
- Ellie Ray Campground
- Equestrian Campground Sites #1-10
- Equestrian Campground Sites #11-20
- Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranch
- Flying A Group Camp
- Fort DeSoto Park Campground
- Fort Hart Treehouses
- Foster Bridge (Backcountry)
- Fox Squirrel Trail
- Frog Creek Campground
- Georgia Boys Fish Camp
- Group Campsite A
- Group Campsite B
- He'e Nalu
- Hidden Oaks RV & Campground
- Hog Island Campground 馃浂
- Holder Mine Campground
- Honore Campsite
- Horsefly Hill
- Ichetucknee Springs Campground
- Indian
- Ivy Grove
- Juniper Springs Run Put In
- Kai Lua
- Kehl Oaks Campsite
- Koreshan State Park Campground
- Lake Dorr Campground
- Lake Eaton
- Lakota
- Lani Kai
- Live Oak Rise
- Lookout Point
- Lucky Charm RV Park
- Mary's Fish Camp
- Meninak
- Mossy Hammock
- O'Kemp Group Camp
- Oak Grove Camp
- Ocala Sun RV Resort
- Ocita
- Old Prairie Campground
- Osceola
- Outpost Camp
- Palmetto Ridge Campground
- Panacea Harbor RV Park
- Panther Campground
- Panther Point
- Pine Meadow
- Pioneer
- Pless Place Hunt Camp
- Possum Hollow
- PR56
- Prairie Point Camp
- Primative Camp Site
- Primitive Camping
- Primitive Campsite
- Puc Puggy Campground
- Quail Hollow
- Raccoon Run
- Rainbow Springs Campground
- River Junction Campground
- Rock Crusher Canyon RV Resort
- Rodman camp
- Ross Prairie Campground and Trailhead
- Ross Prairie Primitive Campsite
- Sagamore
- Salt Springs Campground
- Sawmill
- Sawmill Gay Campground
- Seminole
- Seneca
- Seneca
- Seton
- Shady Oaks Campground
- Shell Mound Campground
- Shuck
- Siesta Key County Campground
- Silver Lake Campground
- Silver Lake Camping
- Site 10
- Site 11
- Site 12
- Site 14
- Site 15
- Site 16
- Site 17
- Site 18
- Site 19
- Site 20
- Site 21
- Site 23
- Site 24
- Site 25
- Site 5
- Site 6
- Site 7
- Site 8
- Site 9
- Site E1
- Site E2
- Site G1
- Site G13
- Site G2
- Site G22
- Site G3
- Site G4
- Site H1
- Suwannee RIver Hideaway Campground
- Tent Camping
- Tequesta (Hammock)
- The Oaks Rv Resort
- Timuquan
- Toad Hollow
- Tocabaga
- Tuscarora
- W.P. Franklin Lock and Dam Campground (North)
- Wakulla River Campsite
- Wallaby Ranch (can Camp If Hangliding)
- West
- west delancy
- Wild Cherry Meadow
- Wilderness Point
- Withlacoochee River Park
- Withlacoochee State Forest Mutual Mine Recreation Area
- Youth Camping
- Youth Camping
- Youth Camping Area
- Youth Camping Area 1
- Youth Camping Area 2
Tide stations
Highs and lows for the next year, the 24-hour tide curve, wind and the marine forecast.
- Alafia River North
- Anclote Key, southern end
- Anclote, Anclote River
- Anna Maria Key, Bradenton Beach
- Anna Maria Key, city pier
- APOLLO BEACH, HILLSBOROUGH BAY
- Aripeka, Hammock Creek
- Bailey's Bluff, Gulfside
- Ballast Point
- Bay Aristocrat Village, Old Tampa Bay
- Bayport
- Black Creek, S.C.L. RR. bridge
- Bokeelia, Charlotte Harbor
- Bradenton, Manatee River
- Buffalo Bluff
- Cape Coral Bridge
- Captiva Island (outside)
- Captiva Island, Pine Island Sound
- Carlos Point, Estero Bay
- Cedar Key
- Chassahowitzka, Chassahowitzka River
- Clearwater
- Clearwater Beach
- Cockroach Bay
- Coconut Point
- Cortez, Sarasota Bay
- Cross Bayou, New Port Richey
- Davis Island, Hillsborough Bay
- Desoto Point
- Dixie Bay, Salt River, Crystal Bay
- Don Pedro Island State Park, Cutoff (south)
- Dunedin, St. Joseph Sound
- East Bay, Tampa Bay
- Econfina River
- Egmont Key, Egmont Channel
- El Jobean, Myakka River
- Ellenton, Manatee River
- Englewood, Lemon Bay
- Estero Island, Estero Bay
- Estero River
- Fillman's Creek, New Port Richey
- Fillmans Bayou
- Fishermans Rest
- Florida Power
- Fort Myers
- Gadsden Point
- Galt Island, Pine Island Sound
- Gandy Bridge, Old Tampa Bay
- Green Cove Springs
- Gulf Harbors
- Gulfport
- Hagens Cove
- Halls River bridge, Homosassa River
- Hayden Roberts Bay
- Hendry Creek, Estero Bay
- Hernando Beach, Rocky Creek, Little Pine I. Bay
- Hillsborough River Entrance, Tampa
- Honeymoon Island
- HORSESHOE POINT
- Howard Park Causeway
- Hudson, Hudson Creek
- Hwy. 19 bridge, Pithlachascotee River
- I-295 bridge (west end)
- Indian Bluff Island
- Indian Rocks Beach (Coastal)
- Indian Rocks Beach (inside)
- Iona Shores
- Johns Island, Chassahowitzka Bay
- Johns Pass
- Julington Creek
- Kings Bay
- Kreamer Bayou
- Little Hickory Island
- Little Manatee River, US 41 Bridge
- Locust Point, Hog Island
- Long Key, 0.5mi N. of Corey Causeway
- Long Shoal, MacDill AFB
- Longboats Key, Sarasota Bay
- Madeira Beach Causeway
- Manasota, Lemon Bay
- Mandalay, Aucilla River
- Mangrove Point (inside)
- Mangrove Pt., Crystal Bay
- Mason Creek, Homosassa Bay
- Matanzas Pass (fixed bridge) Estero Island
- Matlacha Pass (bascule bridge)
- McKay Bay Entrance
- Mobbly Bayou
- Mullet Key Channel (Skyway)
- Myakka River, US 41 bridge
- New Port Richey, Pithlachascotee River
- NEWMAN BRANCH
- Nokomis, Venice Inlet
- North Anclote Key
- North Captiva Island
- North Fork, Anclote River
- Old Port Tampa
- Orange Park Landing, Orange Park
- Ortega River entrance
- Ozello north, Crystal Bay
- Ozello, St. Martins River
- Ozona
- Palatka
- Palm River Entrance
- Palma Sola Bay (North)
- Palma Sola Bay (South)
- Pass-a-Grille Beach
- Pendola Point, Hillsborough Bay
- Peoria Point, Doctors Lake
- Pepperfish Keys
- Perico Bayou
- Perico Island
- Pineland, Pine Island
- Piney Point
- Placida, Gasparilla Sound
- Point Pinellas
- Point Ybel, San Carlos Bay entrance
- Port Boca Grande, Charlotte Harbor
- Port Leon
- Port Manatee
- Punta Gorda, Charlotte Harbor
- Punta Rassa, San Carlos Bay
- Red Bay Point, St Johns River
- Redfish Pass, Captiva Island (north end)
- Redfish Point, Manatee River
- River Village, Anclote River
- Rock Islands
- Safety Harbor, Old Tampa Bay
- Sarasota, Sarasota Bay
- Shell Island, north end
- Shell Mound
- Shell Point
- Shell Point, Peace River, Charlotte Harbor
- Siesta Key, Big Sarasota Pass
- Snipe Island, Econfina River State Park
- Snook Haven
- Spring Bayou, Tarpon Springs
- Spring Warrior Creek
- St. James City, Pine Island
- ST. MARKS RIVER ENTRANCE
- St. Petersburg
- Steinhatchee River ent., Deadman Bay
- Sutherlands Still, Dunns Creek
- Suwannee River entrance
- Suwannee, Salt Creek
- Tampa, Hooker Point, Hillsborough Bay
- Tarpon Bay, Sanibel Island
- Tarpon Springs, Anclote River
- The Kitchen
- Tierra Verde
- Tropical Homesites Landing, Pine Island
- Tuckers Island, Homosassa River
- Turtle Bay
- Twenty-Second Street Causeway
- Twin Rivers Marina
- Venice Inlet (inside)
- Venice Municipal Airport
- Welaka
- West Tampa, Hillsborough River
- Whitfield Estates, Sarasota Bay
- Withlacoochee River entrance
Tidal currents and slack water
- Big Sarasota Pass
- Blackburn Bay, south end, bridge
- Blind Pass (north end)
- Boca Grande Pass, Charlotte Harbor
- Bridge, 0.8 mi. south of Maximo Pt.
- Bunces Pass (West of Bayway bridge)
- Camp Key, 1.9 miles northwest of
- Cape Haze, 2.3 mi. S of, Charlotte Hbr
- Captiva Pass
- Cats Point (bridge west of)
- Clearwater Pass, 0.2 mi. NE of Sand Key
- Cortez, north of bridge
- Courtney Campbell Parkway
- Cut A & B, Channel Junction
- Cut A Channel, marker '10', Hillsborough Bay
- Cut C Channel, marker '21', Hillsborough Bay
- Cut E Channel, marker '2E'
- Egmont Channel (3 mi. W of Egmont Key Lt.)
- Egmont Channel, marker '10'
- Gandy Bridge, east channel
- Gandy Bridge, west channel
- Gasparilla Pass
- Golden Gate Point, off
- Harbor Key, 1.3 miles west of
- Joe Island, 1.8 miles northwest of
- Johns Pass Bridge, 0.3nm north of
- Johns Pass Bridge, north span
- Johns Pass Entrance
- Lewis Island, 0.9 mile east of
- Little Sarasota Bay, south end, bridge
- Longboat Pass
- Mandarin Point
- Mullet Key Channel entrance
- Mullet Key Channel, marker '24'
- New Pass
- Old Tampa Bay Entrance (Port Tampa)
- Pass-a-Grille Channel
- Passage Key Inlet (off Bean Pt.)
- Pine Key (Pinellas Bayway bridge)
- Pinellas Point, 0.5 mile southeast of
- Pinellas Point, 1.9 miles SE of
- Pinellas Point, 2.6 miles south of
- Piney Point, 0.6 mile NNW of
- Point Ybel, 0.4 mile northwest of
- Port Manatee Channel Entrance
- Port Manatee Channel, marker '4'
- Rattlesnake Key, 1.1 miles northwest of
- Rattlesnake Key, 3.1 miles west of
- Red Bay Point, draw bridge
- Ross Island, 1 mile east of, marker '4'
- Sarasota Bay, south end, bridge
- Snell Isle, 1.8 miles east of
- Southwest Channel (S of Egmont Key)
- St. Marks River approach
- Sunshine Skyway Bridge
- Tampa Bay Entrance (Egmont Channel)
- The Narrows (Indian Rocks Beach Bridge)
- Venice Inlet
- W Howard Frankland Bridge
- Weedon I. powerplant channel, marker '10'
Boat launches
- Alva Boat Ramp
- Andy Rosse Lane Kayak Landing
- Azalea Camp Boat Ramp
- BMX Park Boat Ramp
- Bay Park North Primitive Boat Ramp
- Boat Launch
- Boat Ramp
- Boat Ramp Herman Horton Park
- Bocilla Seaport Boat Ramp
- Butterford Waterway Park
- Calloway Boat Landing
- Canoe / Kayak Launch
- Canoe Landing
- Canoe Launch
- Canoe/Kayak Launch
- Cape Coral Yacht Club Boat Ramp
- Clearwater Beach Public Boat Ramp
- Coleman Landing
- Coquina Beach South Boat Ramp
- D&D Bait Boat Ramp
- Dampier's Landing
- Davis Boat Ramp
- Dinghy Launch
- Dirt Boat Ramp
- El Jobean Boat Ramp
- Fishbone Landing
- Goldendale boat ramp
- Great Calusa Blueway Paddling Trail Access
- Hardenbergh Boat Ramp
- Higel Park Boat Ramp
- High Springs Boat Ramp
- Hog Island Canoe/Boat Launch
- Iron Bridge Canoe/Kayak Launch
- Kayak /canoe launch
- Kayak Launch
- Kayak/Canoe Launch
- Kingfish Boat Ramp
- Laishley Park Boat Ramp
- Lake Griffin State Park Boat Ramp
- Lake Hancock Boat Ramp
- Lake Santa Fe Boat Ramp
- Lake Umatilla Boat Ramp
- Lake Weeks Boat Ramp
- Lake Yale North West Boat Ramp
- Lavender鈥檚 Landing
- Lovers Key / Carl E. Johnson Recreation Area
- Lowry Park Boat Ramp
- MacRae
- Manasota Lemon Bay Access
- Mandarin Park Boat Ramp
- Mandarin Park Kayak Ramp
- Marine Laboratory
- Marsh Park & Boat Ramp
- Matlacha Park Boat Ramp
- McCormick Creek Boat Ramp
- Middleburg Boat Ramp
- Midpoint Launch
- Monroe Canal Marina
- Mullock Creek Marina
- Nav-A-Gator Boat Ramp
- Newport Ramp
- Nocatee Boat Ramp
- Non Moterized Boat Launch Area
- Non Moterized Boat launch area
- Non Moterized boat launc area
- North End Launch
- Ole Fish House & Marina Boat Ramp
- Overbrook Gardens Boat Launch
- Petersen Park Boatramp
- Pine Island Commercial Marina
- Pineland Marina Boat Ramp
- Ponce Park Boat Ramp
- Private Boat Ramp
- Punta Rassa Boat Ramp
- RingHaver Kayak Launch
- Rock Bluff boat ramp
- Rosen Park Boat Ramp
- Rye Preserve Kayak Launch
- Saint Augustine Road Fish Management Area South Primitive Ramp
- Salty Sam's Marina
- South Venice Beach Boat Ramp
- St Mark's Ramp
- Sun Springs boat ramp
- Sunlit Cove Boat Ramp
- Unimproved Paddlecraft Launch
- Upriver RV Resort Boat Ramp
- Usher Landing
- Wannee Boat Ramp
- Water Works Park Canoe/Kayak Launch
- Weeks Fish Camp
- Williams Park Boat Ramp
- boat ramp
- campground canoe launch
- canoe/kayak launch
- hart springs boat ramp
- kayak launch
- public boat ramp
- ringhaver Kayak Launch
- shingle landing boat ramp
Plus 440 unnamed launches on the map.
Marine forecast areas
Apalachee Bay or Coastal Waters From Keaton Beach to Ochlockonee River Fl out to 20 Nm 路 Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island Sound 路 Coastal waters from Suwannee River to Keaton Beach out 20 NM 路 Coastal waters from Bonita Beach to Englewood FL out 20 NM 路 Coastal waters from Englewood to Tarpon Springs FL out 20 NM 路 Coastal waters from Fernandina Beach to St. Augustine FL out 20 NM 路 Coastal waters from St. Augustine to Flagler Beach FL out 20 NM 路 Coastal waters from Tarpon Springs to Suwannee River FL out 20 NM 路 Tampa Bay waters
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253 campsites and 564 boat launches as GPX (GPS units, Gaia GPS, OsmAnd) or KML (Google Earth, Google My Maps).