Kayak camping, tides & launches: Gulf Coast: Florida Panhandle, Alabama & Mississippi
Gulf Coast: Florida Panhandle, Alabama & Mississippi: Coastal paddling with 199 campsites, 456 boat launches and 126 tide stations, plus slack-water times for 21 tidal current stations. See them on the map, check today's tides and wind, or, with a Coast Map Pass, download the whole region (139 MB) to your phone for trips without signal.
Campsites
From OpenStreetMap, coloured on the map by what you need before staying. 5 mention boat, canoe or kayak access (馃浂). Always confirm fees, permits and closures with the operator.
Fee or reservation (18)
- Bainbridge Riverview Campground
- Bear Lake Campground
- Blackwater Joe's Canoe Rental, Cabins and Camping 馃浂
- Blackwater River State Park Campground
- Blackwater River State Park Campground
- Buck Pond Rec Area
- Burnt Grocery Campsite
- Dauphin Island Campground 馃浂
- Flint Creek Water Park Campground
- Gulf State Park Campground
- Jr. Walton Pond
- Meaher State Park Campground
- Ochlockonee River State Park Campground
- Rattlesnake North Camp
- Saint Andrews State Park Campground
- Sugar Hill Campground
- Three Rivers State Park Campground
- Three Rivers State Park Group Campground
Permit, protocol or private (10)
Free or backcountry (26)
- Alaqua Campsite
- Blackwater Shelter
- Blackwater Shelter 2
- Bradwell Island Camp 馃浂
- Bull Campsite
- Campground 1
- Campground 2
- Dean Campsite
- Eglin Portal Campsite
- Guest Lake
- Juniper Creek Shelter
- Leaning Pine Campsite
- Pearl Creek
- Pope Place
- Porter Lake Campground
- Primitive 1
- Primitive 2
- Primitive 3
- Rattlesnake Lake
- Red Deer
- Seven Runs Camp
- Steephead Camp
- Trap Pond Camp
- Wakulla Field Camp
- Wild Azalea Campsite
- Woodlake Camp
Fees not recorded (check locally) (108)
- Alliance Hill RV Resort
- Apalachee - RV Camping
- Austin - RV Camping
- Bartram - Improved Tent Camping
- Bass Haven Campground
- Bent Sapling Camp
- Big Gully Landing
- Bloody Bluff Landing
- Borrow Pit #1 Camp
- Borrow Pit #2 Camp
- Boundary Road Camp
- Brickport Campsite
- Brown House
- Buckhorn
- Bus Stop
- Butcher Pen Landing
- Camp ground
- Camp Huck-a-Berry
- Carson - Horse Trailer Camping
- Cliff Lake
- Coe Landing Campground
- Cotton Landing
- Crooked River 1
- Dead River Landing Campground
- Delta - Improved Tent Camping
- Denae's camping area
- Destin Army Recreation Area
- Devil's Hole
- Dew Drop
- Dockside RV Resort
- East Bank Campground
- East Double Bridge Road camp
- Florida Caverns RV Resort
- Florida River Island 馃浂
- Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park
- Gardner Landing
- Greyton state beach 馃浂
- Group Camp
- Gulf Breeze Campground
- Gulf Shores RV Resort
- Gulf State Park RV Resort
- Gully Branch #1 Camp
- Hall Landing
- Harper - Tent Camping
- Harper's Camp
- Hickory Landing Campground
- High Bluff
- High Bluff Campground
- Hitchcock Lake
- Hugo docking 2012
- Indian Pass Campground
- Longleaf
- Mack Landing
- Mack Slough
- Magnolia Landing
- Naval Live Oaks Youth Group Camping
- New River #1 Camp
- New River #7 Camp
- New River 2
- New River 3
- New River 4
- New River 5
- New River 6
- North Road Camp
- OHV
- Outpost Campsites
- Oxbow Camp
- Panacea Harbor RV Park
- Parker Place
- Pine Creek
- Pope Place Camp
- Pope Still
- Porter Lake
- Raccoon River Campground
- Revell Landing
- Rock Bluff Primitive Camp
- Rock Creek Primitive Camp
- Rock Landing
- Sand Pond Recreation Area
- Scout Camp Area
- Seashell
- Shady Pines Campground
- Smith Creek Hunt Camp
- Smith Creek Landing
- Sopchoppy City Park Campground
- Southport Campground
- Speck Pond
- Staff Area
- Sumatra Camp
- Sunday Rollaway
- Tensaw - Group Camping
- Tent Camping
- The Oaks Rv Resort
- Timberline Glamping
- Torreya Challenge Primitive Camp
- Twin Poles
- Volunteer Camping Area
- Wakulla River Campsite
- Wales West RV Resort & Light Railway
- Walk In Tent Camp
- Walsingham Park
- Warren Bluff Camp
- White Oak Landing
- Whitehead Landing
- William's Landing Campground
- Wright Lake Campground
- Youth Camp
- Youth Camp
Tide stations
Highs and lows for the next year, the 24-hour tide curve, wind and the marine forecast.
- Alabama Point
- Allanton, East Bay
- Alligator Bayou
- Alligator Point, St. James Island
- APALACHICOLA
- Apalachicola River (A&N RR bridge)
- Arnica Bay, Mill Point
- Bald Point, Ochlockonee Bay
- Bay Point, Blackwater River
- Bayou La Batre, Mississippi Sound
- Bayou LaBatre Bridge
- Big Lagoon
- Biloxi
- Biloxi (Cadet Point), Biloxi Bay
- Blue Angels Park
- Bon Secour, Bon Secour River
- Cape San Blas, Western Cape
- Carrabelle, Carrabelle River
- Cat Island
- Cat Point, Apalachicola Bay
- Chandeleur Light
- Channel entrance
- Coast Guard Sector Mobile
- Comfort Island
- Courtney Point
- DAUPHIN ISLAND
- Dauphin Island Hydro
- Deer Point Lake, Hwy 2321 bridge, North Bay
- Dock E, Port of Pascagoula
- Dog Island, East End
- Dog Island, west end
- Dog River Bridge
- Driftwood Point, Choctawhatchee Bay
- East Bayou, Hwy 65 bridge, East Bay
- East Fowl River, Hwy 193 Bridge
- East Pass (Destin)
- Eleven Mile, St. Vincent Sound
- Farmdale, East Bay
- Fishing Bend, Santa Rosa Sound
- Floridatown, Escambia Bay
- Fly Creek, Mobile Bay
- Fort McRee Breakwater
- Goose Point, East Bay
- Grand Bay NERR, Mississippi Sound
- Grand Pass
- Graveline Bayou Entrance
- Gulf Shores, ICWW
- Gulf State Park Pier
- Gulfport Harbor, Mississippi Sound
- Harris, The Narrows
- Hawkins Rec. Park, Blackwater River
- Hernandez Point, Escambia Bay
- Holley, East Bay
- Hollingsworth Point, Davis Bayou
- Horn Island, Mississippi Sound
- Huckleberry Landing, Jackson River
- Indian Pass, St. Vincent Sound
- Lagrange Bayou
- Laird Bayou, East Bay
- Lake Wimico
- Lanark, St. George Sound
- Little St. George Island, Horseshoe Cove
- Lora Point, Escambia Bay
- Lower Hall Landing, Tensaw River
- Lynn Haven, North Bay
- Mary Esther, Santa Rosa Sound
- Meaher State Park, Mobile Bay
- Millview, Perdido Bay
- Milton, Blackwater River
- Mobile Point (Fort Morgan)
- MOBILE, Mobile River (State Dock)
- Navarre Beach
- Navarre, North Side, East Bay
- Nix Point, Perdido Bay
- Ocean Springs
- Okaloosa Island
- Overstreet
- Panacea, Dickerson Bay
- Panama City
- Panama City Beach
- Parker
- Pascagoula NOAA Lab
- Pascagoula, Mississippi Sound
- Pascagoula, South Side
- Pass Christian Yacht Club, Mississippi Sound
- PENSACOLA
- Pensacola Beach Pier
- Petit Bois Island, Mississippi Sound
- Point Clear, Mobile Bay
- Point of Pines, Bayou Cumbest
- Port Saint Joe, St. Joseph Bay
- Rocky Bayou, Choctawhatchee Bay
- Santa Rosa, Hogtown Bayou
- Shalimar, Garnier Bayou
- Shell Point, Walker Creek
- Shield Point, Blackwater River
- Ship Island, Mississippi Sound
- South Carrabelle Beach
- St. George Island, 12th St. W (Bayside)
- St. George Island, East End
- St. George Island, Northeast End
- St. George Island, Rattlesnake Cove
- St. George Island, Sikes Cut
- St. Joseph Point, St. Joseph Bay
- St. Louis Bay entrance
- St. Marks, St. Marks River
- St. Marks, Wakulla River
- Sulphur Point, Port of Panama City
- Turkey Creek, Bernard Bayou
- Turkey Point, St. James Island
- Valparaiso
- Wakulla Airport, Ochlockonee Bay
- Warrington, 2 miles south of
- Waveland
- Weeks Bay
- West Bay Creek, West Bay
- West Fowl River, Hwy 188 bridge
- West Pass
- Wetappo Creek, East Bay
- WHITE BEACH, EAST BAY
- White City, Gulf County Canal
- White City, ICWW
- William Brooks Park, Chichasaw Creek
- Wolf Bay
- Wolf River, Henderson Avenue bridge
- Woodlawn Beach, Santa Rosa Sound
Tidal currents and slack water
- Bear Point, 0.6nm E of
- Channel, 6 miles N of Mobile Point
- Courtney Point, 0.4mi. ESE of
- Courtney Point, 0.75mi. SE of
- Dauphin Island Causeway
- Four Mile Point, St. Marks River
- Horn Island Pass, LB 17
- Horn Island, Petit Bois Island, between
- Long Point, West Bay
- Mobile Bay Entrance, off Mobile Point
- Mobile River entrance
- Paper Mill
- Pensacola Bay entrance, midchannel
- Petit Bois Island, Dauphin Island, between
- Redfish Point
- Ship Island, 0.5 nm NW of, LB 26
- Ship Island, 1.0 nm S of, LB 22
- Ship Island, 1.8 nm NNW of, DM 32
- St. Andrew Bay Entrance
- St. Marks, St. Marks River
- Tensaw River entrance (bridge)
Boat launches
- Baker Landing
- Bear Point Community Boat Launch
- Berrian Lake Landing I
- Berrian Lake Landing II
- Billy Lee Landing
- Boat
- Boat Launch
- Boat Ramp
- Boat Ramps
- Boat ramp/pier
- Bob George Boat Ramp
- Boone's Landing
- Boynton Landing
- Brunson Landing Boat Ramp
- Bull Headley Landing
- Burnt Sock Landing
- Byrnes Lake Landing
- Canoe Launch
- Canoe/Kayak
- Canoe/Kayak Launch
- Canoe/Kayak launch
- Carrabelle Marina
- Caryville Landing
- Causeway Park Boat Ramp
- Cedar Log Landing
- Cedar Point Boat Launch
- Cedar Tree Landing
- Cerrogordo Landing
- Chipola River Sink Boat Launch
- Commanders Landing
- Cotton Landing
- Cowford Landing
- Culpepper Landing
- Dead River Landing
- Dirt Boat Ramp
- Fanning Branch Park Public Boat Ramp
- Fish River boat launch
- Graham Creek Kayak Launch
- Halls Mill Creek Landing
- Henry Abercrombie, Jr Boat Landing
- High Point Landing
- Highland View Boat Ramp
- Hightower Landing
- Horseshoe Bend Boat Ramp
- Jenkins Landing
- Juniper Landing
- Lake Powell Boat Ramp
- Live Oak Landing
- Liz's Launch
- Mexico Beach Boat Ramp
- Mill Pond Landing
- Miller Landing
- Millers Ferry Bridge Pay Boat Ramp
- Morrison Springs Boat Ramp
- NOAA - NMFS
- NOAA GMSF
- Oyster Pile Boat Ramp
- Potter Springs Public Boat Ramp
- RedRock Landing
- Russell Landing Park Boat Ramp
- Saraland Boat Launch
- Shell Landing
- Smith's Fish Camp
- Spurling Landing
- St Mark's Ramp
- Strickland Landing Park and Boat Ramp
- Swamp House Marina
- Tilley Landing
- Trout Creek Slipway
- U.S. Coast Guard - Station Panama City
- Vause Landing
- Vernon Park (C.E. Miller Landing) Public Boat Ramp
- Ward Landing
- West Hathaway Bridge Boat Ramp
- Woodlake Public Boat Ramp
Plus 322 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 Chandeleur Sound 路 Coastal Waters From Ochlockonee River to Apalachicola FL out to 20 Nm 路 Coastal Waters from Mexico Beach to Apalachicola out 20 NM 路 Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Mexico Beach out 20 NM 路 Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL out 20 NM 路 Coastal waters from Pascagoula Mississippi to Stake Island out 20 NM 路 Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM 路 Eastern Choctawhatchee Bay 路 Mississippi Sound 路 Mississippi Sound 路 North Mobile Bay 路 Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound 路 Perdido Bay Area 路 South Mobile Bay 路 St. Andrews Bay Waterways 路 Western Choctawhatchee Bay
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199 campsites and 451 boat launches as GPX (GPS units, Gaia GPS, OsmAnd) or KML (Google Earth, Google My Maps).