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Las Olas Mooring Field

Fort Lauderdale's one designated public mooring area lies in the Las Olas Bight, immediately south of the Las Olas Bridge on the western shoreline of the Intracoastal Waterway.

Fort Lauderdale · Intracoastal WaterwayLast checked 21 Oct 2026
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Designated public mooring areas in the city
one, at the Las Olas Bight
Designated anchorage limitation areas in the city
none
Las Olas Boulevard bridge, bascule span
24 ft reported at the center

Overview

Fort Lauderdale has one designated public mooring area, and it is the Las Olas Bight: the area immediately south of the Las Olas Bridge and east of Poinciana Drive, on the western shoreline of the Intracoastal Waterway. The city reports no designated anchorage limitation areas at all. The designation rests on Rule 62-330.420 of the Florida Administrative Code, which is what public mooring fields in Florida are authorized under.

What this page cannot tell you

The city's own memo names the area. It does not give a number of moorings, a rate or a booking line, and neither does the city's marine facilities page – so this page gives none of them either. The office is where to ask: daily 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., monitoring VHF channel 9, on (954) 828-4626 or (954) 828-5423.

The bridge above, and the basin below

At Mile 1064.0 the Las Olas Boulevard highway bridge crosses the waterway with a bascule span whose clearance Coast Pilot 4 reports as 24 feet at the center; the bridgetender monitors VHF-FM channel 13 (156.65 MHz). The large Bahia Mar yacht basin is on the east side of the waterway about 0.4 mile southward of the bridge.

Anchoring around the Bight

The state rule that lets a local government restrict long-stay overnight anchoring is set out in full under the rules below, with its paragraph. It attaches that power only to counties above a population threshold, and whether any particular county is above it is not something a source on this page settles.

Facilities

  • City pump-out, self-serviceCox's Landing Boat Ramp and Smoker Park, 24 hours a day
  • City pump-out, assistedMarshall Point and Cooley's Landing Marina, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Good to know

  • Pump-out, self-service: Cox's Landing Boat Ramp and Smoker Park, 24 hours a day.
  • Pump-out, assisted: Marshall Point and Cooley's Landing Marina, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
  • The city office: daily 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., monitoring VHF Ch 9, on (954) 828-4626 or (954) 828-5423.
  • The bridge: Las Olas Boulevard, Mile 1064.0, bascule span reported at 24 feet at the center; the bridgetender monitors VHF-FM channel 13.

Rules that apply here

  • Anchoring overnight nearby Florida lets a local government regulate vessels anchored for an hour or more between half an hour after sunset and half an hour before sunrise for more than 30 days in any 6-month period, but only within a county with a population of 1.5 million or more. Time a vessel spends anchored overnight within the boundaries of a marked mooring field does not count.F.S. 327.60(2)(f)3.

Questions

Where is the Las Olas mooring area?

In the Las Olas Bight: the area immediately south of the Las Olas Bridge and east of Poinciana Drive, on the western shoreline of the Intracoastal Waterway. It is the city's one designated public mooring area.

How many moorings are there, and what do they cost?

No source on this page says. The city's memo names the designated area without a count, a rate or a booking line. Ask the city's marine facilities office: daily 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., VHF channel 9, (954) 828-4626 or (954) 828-5423.

Can I anchor in Fort Lauderdale instead?

The city reports no designated anchorage limitation areas. There is a separate state rule that lets a local government restrict long-stay overnight anchoring in counties above a population threshold; it is set out in full, with its paragraph, under the rules on this page.

What is the clearance of the Las Olas bridge?

Coast Pilot 4 reports a bascule span with 24 feet at the center, at Mile 1064.0. The bridgetender monitors VHF-FM channel 13 (156.65 MHz).

Sources & checks

Written by buoya editorial from the sources above. Every figure was checked against its source on 21 Oct 2026. Found something wrong? Report a correction.