Kayak camping, tides & launches: Florida Keys & Everglades
Florida Keys & Everglades: Coastal paddling with 90 campsites, 261 boat launches and 225 tide stations, plus slack-water times for 40 tidal current stations. See them on the map, check today's tides and wind, or, with a Coast Map Pass, download the whole region (43 MB) to your phone for trips without signal.
90campsites
261boat launches
225tide stations
40current stations
43 MBoffline download
Campsites
From OpenStreetMap, coloured on the map by what you need before staying. 8 mention boat, canoe or kayak access (馃浂). Always confirm fees, permits and closures with the operator.
Fee or reservation (9)
- Boyd's Key West Campground
- Curry Hammock State Park Campground
- Flamingo Campground
- Grocery Place Campsite
- Midway Campground
- Mitchell's Landing
- Naval Air Station Key West Campground
- Pinecrest Group Campground
- Sandspur Campground
Permit, protocol or private (9)
- Camp Everglades
- Camp Faith
- Camp Jackson Sawyer
- Ernest Coe
- Lopez River Campsite
- Old Ingraham
- Picayune Strand Horseshoe Primitive Campground
- Picnic Key Campsite
- Rabbit Key Campsite
Free or backcountry (42)
- Alligator Creek Campsite
- Blood River Campsite
- Cane Patch Campsite
- Carpenter Camp
- Clubhouse Beach Campsite 馃浂
- Crooked Creek Chickee
- Darwin's Place campsite
- East Beach Campsite 馃浂
- East Clubhouse Beach Campsite 馃浂
- Harney River Chickee
- Hells Bay Chickee #1
- Hells Bay Chickee #2
- Highland Beach Campsite 馃浂
- Jewell Key Beach Campsite 馃浂
- Johnson Key Chickee
- Lane Bay Chickee
- Lard Can Campsite
- Little Rabbit Key Campsite
- Lostman's Five Campsite
- Middle Cape
- Mormon Key Beach Campsite 馃浂
- New Turkey Key Campsite
- Nobles Camp
- North Nest Key
- North River Chickee
- Northwest Cape
- Panther Camp
- Pavilion Key Campsite
- Pearl Bay Chickee
- Plate Creek Bay Chickadee
- Roberts River Chickee
- Rodgers River Bay Chickadee
- Shark Point Chikee
- Shark River Chickee
- South Joe River Chickee
- Sweetwater Chickadee #1
- Sweetwater Chickadee #2
- The Watson Place Campsite
- Tiger Key Beach Campsite 馃浂
- Turkey Key Campsite
- Watson River Chickee
- Willy Willy Indian Mound Campsite
Fees not recorded (check locally) (27)
- 13-mile Campground
- Bayside Campground
- Bear island campground 馃浂
- Big Pine Key RV Park
- Boca Chita Key Campground
- Broad River Campsite
- Burns lake campground
- Buttonwood Campground
- Campground
- Elliott Key Campgrounds
- Gator Head Campground
- Graveyard Creek Camp
- Joe River Chickee #1
- Joe River Chickee #2
- Key Largo Kampground
- King's Kamp RV Park and Marina
- Leo's Campground
- Long Pine Key Campground
- Monument Lake
- Naval Air Station Key West Campground
- Oyster Bay Chickee
- Pink Jeep Campground
- Primitive Camping
- Primitive Group Camp
- Sunday Bay Chickadee #1
- Sunday Bay Chickadee #2
- Trail Lakes Campgrounds
Tide stations
Highs and lows for the next year, the 24-hour tide curve, wind and the marine forecast.
- Adams Key, south end, Biscayne Bay
- Alligator Reef, Hawk Channel
- Annette Key, north end, Big Spanish Channel
- Bahia Honda Key, Bahia Honda Channel
- Bahia Mar Yacht Club
- Bakers Haulover Inlet (inside)
- Big Coppitt Key, northeast side, Waltz Key Basin
- Big Pine Key, Bogie Channel Bridge
- Big Pine Key, Coupon Bight
- Big Pine Key, Doctors Arm, Bogie Channel
- Big Pine Key, Newfound Harbor Channel
- Big Pine Key, north end
- Big Pine Key, northeast shore
- Big Pine Key, Pine Channel Bridge, north side
- Big Pine Key, Pine Channel Bridge, south side
- Big Pine Key, Spanish Harbor
- Big Pine Key, west side, Pine Channel
- Big Spanish Key
- Big Torch Key, Harbor Channel
- Big Torch Key, Niles Channel
- Billys Point, south of, Elliott Key, Biscayne Bay
- Bird Key, Similar Sound
- Biscayne Creek, ICWW
- Boca Chica Channel Bridge
- Boca Chica Key, Long Point
- Boca Chica Key, Southwest end
- Boca Chica Marina
- Boca Chita Key, Biscayne Bay
- Boot Key Harbor bridge, Boot Key
- Cape Romano
- Cape Sable, East Cape
- Card Sound, western side
- Carysfort Reef
- Channel Five, east side, Hawk Channel
- Channel Five, west side, Hawk Channel
- Channel Key, west side
- Channel Two, east, Lower Matecumbe Key, Fla. Bay
- Channel Two, west side, Hawk Channel
- Chatham River entrance
- Chokoloskee
- Christmas Point, Elliott Key
- Cocoanut Key, Florida Bay
- Cocohatchee River, U.S. 41 bridge
- Conch Key, eastern end
- Content Keys, Content Passage
- Coon Key
- Coon Point, Elliott Key, Biscayne Bay
- Coral Shoal, Biscayne Channel
- Cormorant Point, Key Largo, Card Sound
- Cow Key Channel
- Crane Keys, north side, Florida Bay
- Crawl Key, Big Spanish Channel
- Cudjoe Key, Cudjoe Bay
- Cudjoe Key, north end, Kemp Channel
- Cudjoe Key, Pirates Cove
- Cutler, Biscayne Bay
- Dinner Key Marina
- Dodge Island, Fishermans Channel
- Duck Key Point, Duck Key, Waltz Key Basin
- Duck Key, Hawk Channel
- Dumfoundling Bay
- East Arsenicker, Card Sound
- East Bahia Honda Key, south end, Florida Bay
- East Key, southern end, Florida Bay
- Elliott Key Harbor, Elliott Key, Biscayne Bay
- Everglades City, Barron River
- Fat Deer Key, Florida Bay
- Flamingo, Florida Bay
- Fleming Key, north end
- Fort Lauderdale, Andrews Ave. Bridge
- Garden Cove, Key Largo
- Golden Beach, ICWW
- Gopher Key, Cudjoe Bay
- GOVERNMENT CUT, MIAMI HARBOR ENTRANCE
- Grassy Key, north side, Florida Bay
- Grassy Key, south side, Hawk Channel
- Haulover Pier, N. Miami Beach
- Hillsboro Beach, ICWW
- Hillsboro Inlet (ocean)
- Hillsboro Inlet Marina
- Hillsboro Inlet, Coast Guard Light Station
- Hollywood Beach
- Hollywood Beach, West Lake, north end
- Hollywood Beach, West Lake, south end
- Horseshoe Keys, south end
- Howe Key, northwest end
- Howe Key, south end, Harbor Channel
- Indian Creek Golf Club, ICWW
- Indian Key
- Indian Key Anchorage, Lower Matecumbe Key
- Indian Key, Hawk Channel
- Islamorada, Upper Matecumbe Key, Florida Bay
- Jewfish Hole, Long Key, Florida Bay
- Johnson Keys, north end
- Johnson Keys, south end
- Johnston Key, southwest end, Turkey Basin
- Keewaydin island (inside)
- Kemp Channel Viaduct
- Key Biscayne Yacht Club, Biscayne Bay
- Key Colony Beach
- Key Haven - Stock Island Channel
- Key Largo, South Sound, Key Largo
- Key Lois, southeast end
- KEY WEST
- Key West, south side, White Street Pier
- Knight Key Channel, Knight Key, Florida Bay
- Knockemdown Key, north end
- Largo Sound, Key Largo
- Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Anglin Fishing Pier
- Lignumvitae Key, NE side, Florida Bay
- Lignumvitae Key, west side, Florida Bay
- Little Basin, Upper Matecumbe Key, Florida Bay
- Little Card Sound bridge
- Little Duck Key, east end, Hawk Channel
- Little Pine Key, north end
- Little Pine Key, south end
- Little Spanish Key, Spanish Banks
- Little Torch Key, Pine Channel Bridge, south side
- Little Torch Key, Pine Channel Bridge, south side
- Little Torch Key, Torch Channel
- Long Key Bight, Long Key
- Long Key Lake, Long Key
- Long Key, western end
- Lostmans River entrance
- Main Key, Barnes Sound
- Manatee Creek, Manatee Bay, Barnes Sound
- Marco Island, Caxambas Pass
- Marco, Big Marco River
- Matecumbe Bight, Lower Matecumbe Key, Fla. Bay
- Matecumbe Harbor, Lower Matecumbe Key, Fla. Bay
- Mayan Lake
- Mayo Key, Big Spanish Channel
- McIlvaine Bay
- Miami Harbor Entrance
- Miami Miamarina, Biscayne Bay
- Middle Torch Key, Torch Ramrod Channel
- Missouri Key-Little Duck Key Channel
- Missouri Key-Ohio Key Channel, west side
- Molasses Key Channel, Molasses Keys
- Money Key
- Munson Island, Newfound Harbor Channel
- Naples (outer coast)
- Naples, Naples Bay, north end
- No Name Key, east side, Bahia Honda Channel
- North Harris Channel
- North Miami Beach, Newport Fishing Pier
- O'Hara Key, north end, Waltz Key Basin
- Ocean Reef Harbor, Key Largo
- Ohio Key-Bahia Honda Key Channel, west side
- Onion Key, Lostmans River
- Park Channel Bridge
- Perky
- Pigeon Key, north side, Florida Bay
- Pigeon Key, south side, Hawk Channel
- Plantation Key, Hawk Channel
- Point Charles, Key Largo
- Porpoise Key, Big Spanish Channel
- Port Everglades, Turning Basin
- Port Laudania, Dania cut-off Canal
- Pumpkin Bay
- Pumpkin Key, Bow Channel
- Pumpkin Key, south end, Card Sound
- Raccoon Key, east side
- Ragged Keys, Biscayne Bay
- Ramrod Key, Newfound Harbor
- Ramrod Key, Niles Channel Bridge
- Riveria Canal, Key West
- Rock Harbor, Key Largo
- Rockland Key, Rockland Channel Bridge
- Saddlebunch Keys, Channel No. 3
- Saddlebunch Keys, Channel No. 4
- Saddlebunch Keys, Channel No. 5
- Saddlebunch Keys, Similar Sound
- San Marino Island
- Sand Key Lighthouse, Sand Key Channel
- Sands Key, northwest point, Biscayne Bay
- Sawyer Key, inside, Cudjoe Channel
- Sawyer Key, outside, Cudjoe Channel
- Sea Grape Point, Elliott Key
- Shark Key, southeast end, Similar Sound
- Shark River entrance
- Shell Key Channel, Florida Bay
- Shell Key, northwest side, Lignumvitae Basin
- Sigsbee Park, Garrison Bight Channel
- Smith Shoal Light
- Snake Creek, Hwy. 1 bridge, Windley Key
- Snake Creek, USCG Station, Plantation Key
- Snipe Keys, Middle Narrows
- Snipe Keys, Snipe Point
- Snipe Keys, southeast end, Inner Narrows
- Soldier Key
- Sombrero Key, Hawk Channel
- South Port Everglades, ICWW
- Sugarloaf Key, east side, Tarpon Creek
- Sugarloaf Key, north end, Bow Channel
- Sugarloaf Key, northeast side, Bow Channel
- Sugarloaf Key, Pirates Cove
- Summerland Key, Niles Channel Bridge
- Summerland Key, Niles Channel South
- Summerland Key, southwest side, Kemp Channel
- Sunny Isles, Biscayne Creek
- Tarpon Creek
- Tavernier Creek, Hwy. 1 bridge, Hawk Channel
- Tavernier Harbor, Hawk Channel
- Toms Harbor Channel, Hwy. 1 bridge
- Toms Harbor Cut
- Totten Key, west side, Biscayne Bay
- Turkey Point, Biscayne Bay
- Upper Matecumbe Key, Hawk Channel
- Upper Matecumbe Key, west end, Hawk Channel
- Vaca Key-Fat Deer Key bridge
- VACA KEY, USCG STATION, FLORIDA BAY
- Virginia Key, Biscayne Bay
- Waltz Key, Waltz Key Basin
- Water Key, west end, Big Spanish Channel
- Water Keys, south end, Harbor Channel
- Wednesday Point, Key Largo, Card Sound
- West Bahia Honda Key
- Whale Harbor Channel, Hwy. 1 bridge, Windley Key
- Whale Harbor, Windley Key, Hawk Channel
- Whiskey Creek, north end
- Whiskey Creek, south entrance, ICWW
- Whitewater Bay
- Wiggins Pass, Cocohatchee River
- Yacht Harbor, Cowpens Anchorage, Plantation Key
Tidal currents and slack water
- 17th Street Bridge
- Bahia Honda Harbor
- Bakers Haulover Cut
- Boca Grande Channel
- Caesar Creek, Biscayne Bay
- Dodge Island Cut, west end
- Dodge Island, NW Turning Basin
- Dodge Island, SE Turning Basin
- Fisher Island Turning Basin
- Fleming Key Cut
- Fleming Key, North of
- Fort Lauderdale, New River
- Ft. Taylor, 0.6 mile N of
- Key West Channel, Cut-A Cut-B Turn
- Key West Harbor Range channel
- Key West, 0.3 mi. W of Ft. Taylor
- Loggerhead Key, East of
- Long Key Viaduct
- Long Key, drawbridge east of
- Lummus Island Turning Basin
- Lummus Island, SW corner
- Main Ship Channel
- Main Ship Channel Entrance
- Man of War Harbor
- Miami Harbor Entrance
- Miami River Entrance
- Moser Channel, between Molasses and Pigeon Keys
- No Name Key, northeast of
- Norris Cut
- Northwest Channel, W of Calda Bank
- Northwest Channel, W of Middle Ground
- Pilot House
- Port Everglades Entrance
- South Entrance (ICW)
- South Jetty
- South Port, at the terminals
- Southwest channel
- Turning Basin
- Turning Basin
- West entrance, south side
Boat launches
- 1938 Concrete Ramp
- Airboat Ramp
- Bay View Inn Resort, Marina and General Store
- Boat Dock
- Boat Ramp
- Boat launch
- Boat ramp
- Canoe Launch
- Canoe/Kayak Launch
- Caribbean Club Pay Ramp
- Caxambas Park
- City of Marathon 33rd Street Boat Ramp
- Coco Plum Yacht Club Pay Ramp
- Cocohatchee River Park
- Collier Boulevard Boat Ramp
- Crawl Key (Mile Marker 54) Public Boat Ramp
- Dolphin Marina and Cottages
- Eden Pines Neighborhood Boat Ramp
- Geiger Key Small Boat Ramp
- Golden Gate Boat Ramp
- Goodland Boat Ramp
- Harbour Point Marine
- Islamorada - East Ridge Road Public Boat Ramp (No Parking - Small Boats Only)
- Islamorada Founders Park and Public Boat Ramp
- John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park
- Kayak Ramp
- Kayak ramp
- Kayak slipway
- Key West City Marina at Garrison Bight
- Koehn Avenue Public Boat Ramp
- La Siesta Resort Bayside Marina (Call Ahead to Confirm Availability)
- Little Duck Key Wayside Park Public Boat Ramp
- Little Torch Key Public Boat Ramp
- Mitchell Landing Air Boat Launch
- North Marathon Shores Public Boat Ramp
- Oceanside Marina of Stock Island
- Pelican Harbor Boat Ramp
- Plantation Tropical Preserve Paddle Craft Launch
- Royal Hawaiian Motel-Botel
- Sammy Creek Landing Ramp
- Sea Bird Marina
- Shark Key Wayside Park Public Boat Ramp (Mile Marker 11)
- Silver Palm Marine
- Sugarloaf Marina
- Sunset Point Park Public Boat Ramp
- Tavernier - Jo-Jean Way Boat Ramp
- The Fishing Hole
- U.S. Coast Guard - Station Marathon
- U.S. Coast Guard Station - Isla Morada
Plus 206 unnamed launches on the map.
Marine forecast areas
Bayside and Gulfside from Craig Key to West End of Seven Mile Bridge 路 Biscayne Bay 路 Coastal waters from Chokoloskee to Bonita Beach FL out 20 NM 路 Coastal waters from Deerfield Beach to Ocean Reef FL out 20 NM 路 Coastal waters from East Cape Sable to Chokoloskee FL out 20 NM 路 Florida Bay including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound 路 Gulf of America from East Cape Sable to Chokoloskee 20 to 60 NM out and beyond 5 fathoms 路 Gulf of America from West End of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal out to 5 Fathoms 路 Hawk Channel from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile Bridge out to the reef 路 Hawk Channel from Ocean Reef to Craig Key out to the reef 路 Hawk Channel from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal out to the reef 路 Straits of Florida from Ocean Reef to Craig Key out 20 NM 路 Straits of Florida from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to south of Halfmoon Shoal out 20 NM
Download for GPS and other map apps
90 campsites and 256 boat launches as GPX (GPS units, Gaia GPS, OsmAnd) or KML (Google Earth, Google My Maps).