Region guide · Gulf coast · 4 places

Southwest Florida: Marco Island, Naples, Fort Myers Beach and Charlotte Harbor

From the special anchorage on the Marco River north past Naples and the 89 town moorings at Fort Myers Beach to the barrier-island park at Cayo Costa.

Last checked 22 Oct 20263 sources · 3 primary

Illustration, not to scale – the pins mark places, not positions. Depths, seamarks and tides for the whole region are in the app.

town mooring balls at Fort Myers Beach

$35.00

a day on one of them, before tax

$2 per person

admission to Cayo Costa State Park

one, 33 CFR 110.74

federal special anchorage areas on the Marco River

Depths come from operators, the Coast Pilot, cruiser reports or a seabed model. This is not a nautical chart and does not tell you whether you will get through – use official charts and Local Notices to Mariners.

Places in this region

Mooring fields →

Anchorage

Big Marco River · Old Marco Village

Marco Island Special Anchorage

Shoaling reported in the anchorage area (1993): 2 ft
Big Marco River, midchannel controlling depth: about 4 ft

Marina

Crayton Cove · Naples Bay

Naples City Dock

Inland waterway from Marco to Naples, centerline controlling depth (2006): 7.6 ft
Same waterway to the Gordon Pass entrance channel (2000): 3.6 ft

Mooring fieldReopened

Fort Myers Beach · Estero Island

Matanzas Pass Mooring Field

Mooring balls: 89
Maximum vessel length: 70 ft

State parkClosed

Pine Island Sound · Charlotte Harbor

Cayo Costa State Park

Admission: $2 per person
Hours: 8 a.m. to sunset, 365 days a year

Rules on this water

Marco River special anchorage Inside the area set out in 33 CFR 110.74, fore and aft moorings are allowed, fixed mooring piles or stakes are prohibited, and no vessel when anchored may at any time extend beyond the limits of the area.33 CFR 110.74

Cayo Costa Florida State Parks reports, effective 28 July 2025, that ferry services and overnight accommodations are unavailable, and, effective 22 June 2026, a precautionary boil water notice due to power outages and loss of pressure. The park is open daily from 8 a.m. to sunset for those with private vessels.

Fort Myers Beach moorings Moored vessels are required to pump out black water weekly by the Town Pumpout Vessel, and must carry a Type 1, 2 or 3 marine sanitation device and insurance with a minimum of $100,000 liability coverage.

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Sources & checks

Town of Fort Myers Beach – Matanzas Pass Mooring Field · 22 Oct 2026
Florida State Parks – Cayo Costa State Park · 22 Oct 2026
33 CFR 110.74 – Marco Island, Marco River, Fla. (eCFR, current text) · 22 Oct 2026

Written by buoya editorial from the sources above. Every figure was checked against its source on 22 Oct 2026. Found something wrong? Report a correction.