Peanut Island
- Location: Lake Worth
- Lat / Lon: N 26° 46.459' / W 080° 02.479'
- Depth: 8+
- Tide: 3
- Description:
Good anchorage between Peanut Island and a shallow sand bank. You will have wake all day long but night is calm. Good protection from anywhere execept North wind. Nice place to snorkel but watch the current that can flow up to 3.5kt. You will swing 4 times a day.
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:
- Within 150 feet of any marina, boat ramp, boatyard, or other vessel launching or loading facility;
- 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
- 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.
Holding:
0
Good in sand but I won't try in a storm
Shore Access:
0
You have a dock at Jim Barry park, one in Phil Foster Park and the two docks on Peanut Island.