Windley Key Anchorage

• Location: Plantation Key
• Mile Marker: 1157
• Lat / Lon: N 24° 57.503' / W 080° 36.116'
• Depth: 6 feet
• Tide: 1 foot
• Description:

  This is a shallow basin with good wind protection from the NE through SW. Open to the West and North. Average depth is about 6 feet. Good holding in grass and sand with the right anchor. The Ocean View Restaurant has a small boat dock that they let anyone use to eat at the restaurant or go get supplies. One of the few places that will let you dock a dinghy in Islamorada.

  NOTE: Per Florida Statute 327.4109

  The owner or operator of a vessel or floating structure may not anchor or moor such that the nearest approach of the anchored or moored vessel or floating structure is:

  1. Within 150 feet of any marina, boat ramp, boatyard, or other vessel launching or loading facility;
  2. Within 300 feet of a superyacht repair facility. For purposes of this subparagraph, the term "superyacht repair facility" means a facility that services or repairs a yacht with a water line of 120 feet or more in length; or
  3. Within 100 feet outward from the marked boundary of a public mooring field or a lesser distance if approved by the commission upon request of a local government within which the mooring field is located. The commission may adopt rules to implement this subparagraph.