Reviews: Fort Pierce City Marina

Reviewed by: Teresa Scott on Apr 19, 2024
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 40'
Draft: 5.5'

Rating: 4

Pulled in for fuel only. Easy in and out and very helpful dock hands.

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Reviewed by: Kevin Williams , m/v Blue Tortuga, on Mar 15, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 40'
Draft: 3.5'

Rating: 5

Spent several nights here. Security is about as tight as any we've had at a marina. Great social community among the local live aboards. Two good restaurants onsite. Discount for US Boat or AGLCA to $3.00 ft transient. Tide needs attention coming and going but not too bad. Very helpful dock hands.

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Reviewed by: Anga R Miller , Sweet Dream, on Jan 23, 2024
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 52'
Draft: 5.4'

Rating: 5

4th year to spend Dec and Jan here. Love it! Staff couldn't be nicer. Docks are secure and well kept. Friendly small town and Lots of places nearby to enjoy good food and walk-abouts. Good Farmers and craft market on Saturday's and live music to enjoy in a variety of places. We always enjoy our time here.

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Reviewed by: Ted Arisaka on Jan 21, 2024
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 44'
Draft: 6.0'

Rating: 5

Have stayed here many times and always positive experiences with dockhands and harbor master Dean and front office Anne. One important detail is the substantial current here. Use the Ankona tide station located almost 6NM south of here on the ICW. Slack water can be found +/- 30 mins of High and Low.

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Reviewed by: CAPTAIN TONY , LOONAROSSA, on Jan 1, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 30'
Draft: 3.5'

Rating: 5

We were there in Oct---last year. Large modern facility. Price is fair for overnite stay.
2 restaurants on site. We ate at Cobbs Landing....no complaints.

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Reviewed by: Lisa Vidor on Jun 18, 2023
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 42'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 5

Wonderful staff. New floating docks. Secure and gated. Easy walk to town with great Farmers Market.

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Reviewed by: John Highsmith , CAT O' MINE, on May 6, 2023
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 26'
Draft: 2.5'

Rating: 4

We had poor to no dockhand help. On hailing marina on VHF 16 told to go to channel 7 not 17. Then told to go to slip E77 with no description of where that was. No dock labels. The only marina map is in the office, not online. Finally found the fuel dock and told our radio wasn't working (we used three). Later heard other arrivals also being accused of having borken radios. Otherwise nice experience. West Marine 1.2 miles south. Old wood docks with wicked current. Card secure bath house and gates.

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Reviewed by: Thomas Schlehuber on Apr 23, 2023
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 45'
Draft: 3.5'

Rating: 5

4/19/23. Travelled 104 miles to get here for one night. Worth the stay. Team guided us in and we were parked conveniently right behind fuel dock. Two restaurants on site. Walkable park area. Didn't venture out of marina as only here for an evening. Ate at Cobb's and enjoyed the live music and Fish Tacos. Lots of guys in for a big fishing tournament that upcoming weekend.

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Reviewed by: Karen Ratte , See Level, on Apr 5, 2023
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 50'
Draft: 3.5'

Rating: 5

Excellent marina to stay for a while. Grocery within biking distance or delivery, lots of restaurants within two blocks, Sat morning Market with live music is the best we have seen.
Dockhands superb. Very nice facilities.
A,B,&C docks are newer, wide cement floating with in-slip pump out. Current can be fierce here so recommend arriving at slack (use Ankona tide station).
Other docks and fuel dock are older, fixed, but are protected from the current.
If weather supports, a fun excursion is to dinghy 2 mi across the ICW and under the bridge to Little Jim's for lunch, live music starts at noon.

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Reviewed by: Daniel Warthan on Mar 18, 2023
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 40'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 5

Great location and good walking through the downtown. The staff was great and offered discounts to 2 places to eat. Bathrooms/showers good size. Well protected so sleep was good. Definitely worth staying especially for Saturday market!

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Reviewed by: Doreen Sharpe on Feb 26, 2023
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 36'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 5

Stayed for two nights. Wish we could stay longer
Farmers market Saturday is amazing
Great staff to help dock
Sailfish brewery close
Two great restaurants on site and we even received-discount coupons. Bands playing great music
Biked to the beach both days. Lots of shells and a great sunrise
Dolphins in marina clean showers and great laundry room. 4 each
By the way. No bird problem.

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Reviewed by: John Tyrell on Jan 30, 2023
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 39'
Draft: 3.7'

Rating: 3

I would give this marina a better rating but the birds are out of control here. I saw some people coming down near the marina and feeding them which probably contributes to the problem. During my 3 day stay, the birds were horrible; I would often see an entire flock on a boat. Other than the birds, it is a nice marina with proximity to many restaurants, good fuel prices and solid docks.

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Reviewed by: Bill Soulier on Jan 15, 2023
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 43'
Draft: 6.0'

Rating: 5

Excellent marina where we've stayed several times before. Just a note that their weekly rate is now $2 / foot / day. Not the $1 listed.

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Reviewed by: Lawrence Wolfenden on Nov 26, 2022
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 38'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 4

Well-kept facilities with helpful and accommodating staff. Two on-site restaurants/bars which usually had live bands on the weekends. They are open-air, so it can get toasty in the summertime, but that's just Florida. There are also a number of good places to eat within walking distance. One we enjoyed in particular was the Sailfish Brewing Company.

A multi-vendor Farmers Market sets up in the parking area and green space of the marina ("Marina Square") every Saturday morning from 8 a.m. until noon.

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Reviewed by: Judye Reed on Jul 27, 2022
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 52'
Draft: 5.0'

Rating: 5

Terrific marina with floating docks. Sheltered and beautiful views. Blocks to downtown. Cobs Landing is great restaurant.

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Reviewed by: David Mann , Now or Never, on Apr 8, 2022
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 44'
Draft: 4.7'

Rating: 5

Nice location with several area eateries within walking distance. Grocery stores, a hardware store, and a West Marine is easily accessible with a bike. A few nighttime "dockworkers" were observed as there are multiple entrances with out gates leading into the older section of the marina. The newer section does appear to have restricted access and have very wide and nice docks. Entry through the channel was found to be well marked and easy to navigate. OnSpot wifi is present although it wasn't as strong as experienced at other marinas. Perhaps I didn't use the closest location as they were not marked. Overall a good experience and we will return.

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Reviewed by: Green Turtle Bay Marina- Ford - Buena on Mar 30, 2022
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 42'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 5

What a terrific marina!! Anne is the best and the rest of the staff is terrific as well. A well run marina with a great location. Very helpful dock staff for parking and fueling. Two restaurants on site with so many more in Downtown Ft Piece within easy walking distance. Be sure to check out Old Florida Coffee Company, Beach Bowls (smoothies and Acai bowls!), 2nd Street Bistro, Taco Dive and Seaway Smokehouse... all withing walking distance. Avoid Pickled...food is pretty good but way overpriced. Road out two storms here..well protected and no issues. Highly recommend this great crew and location for an easy and entertaining stop on the ICW. Anne knows... we will be back!! :)

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Reviewed by: Pete Loughlin , Moonlighter, on Jan 17, 2022
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 40'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 5

Stayed for three nights recently. Great dockhands and office people. Special shout out to Yatta (sp?). He truly went above and beyond - from our fueling/pump out to tying up at our slip, he was extremely competent not to mention friendly. Many restaurant/pub choices within walking distance. They'll even give you a 20% off coupon for one of the restaurants - Cobb's Landing. Will definitely be back.

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Reviewed by: Rob Dare , Liberty Call , on Jan 5, 2022
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 46'
Draft: 4.5'

Rating: 5

Great floating docks with wide walkways. The absolute best dockmaster and Dock hands that we have in 110 marinas on the Great Loop. The know exactly how to help a boat in strong current and keep everyone safe. Friendly welcoming staff. Entrance channel was well marked. The town has a lot of good restaurants. Lots of green space including several nice waterfront parks to walk the dog.

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Reviewed by: Ross Wiltse on Apr 15, 2021
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 40'
Draft: 3.0'

Rating: 4

Watch the access to the marina, you enter from the north side, best to run near the power lines. They did not have markers when we arrived, then put some bouys out later. Floating docks, current can be strong, so prepare for the best way to enter slip.
Downtown is convenenient, Farmers Market Saturday. Groceries are an uber trip north. Fuel was reasonably priced.

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Reviewed by: Michael Cotton on Nov 27, 2020
LOA: 33'

Rating: 2

High confusion and nothing special. First it took 6 phone calls to correct overcharges. Next I kept popping the circuit breaker. I rarely have this problem. Upon closer inspection the breaker panel only had a 20 amp breaker! You are not allowed to barbeque on your boat. The marine supplied BBQ's are junk that have not been thrown out yet. You are not allowed to dry anything on your lifelines. Showers were average.

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Reviewed by: Russell Doucet , That's Knot Yours, on Jul 6, 2020
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 40'
Draft: 3.5'

Rating: 5

Marina was exceptionally clean, Staff (Kenny!) was very helpful and friendly and the diesel was a great price. Great to see the staff and local establishments all wearing some type of mask for Covid issues. Market in the morning was a pleasure to walk around. Will definitely return to stay for longer!!!

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Reviewed by: Jennifer Dourley on Mar 26, 2019
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 36'
Draft: 3.0'

Rating: 5

Staff was very helpful and several staff were available upon our arrival to assist in docking our catamaran. We called ahead and they were waiting on the dock to direct us in. We were given discount cards for local restaurants. Food was good and entertainment was enjoyable (St Patrick's Day celebration)....

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Reviewed by: Capt. Sterling on Nov 29, 2018
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 40'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 3

New docks floating, but have ground fault interrupter. If one boat has a problem, the whole dock goes out. We dock on the fixed docks inside. Walkable to bars and resturanants, good wifi and cell.

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Reviewed by: Chris Tusa on Jul 19, 2018
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 38'
Draft: 6.0'

Rating: 1

Way under staffed. Was there several times and each time they never showed or showed up to assist after i had gotten to the slip and tied up single handed . Very poorly managed marina. Very quick to take your money but nowhere to be found when when you need assistance. NEVER going back.

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Reviewed by: Eddy Johnsen , Spiritus, on Mar 6, 2018
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 36'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 2

Made reservations the week prior. Probably would have enjoyed staying here IF we could have gotten some assistance when we arrived. Idled in the marina basin area for an hour, waiting for the Dockmaster to direct us to a slip. He was apparently task saturated with two boats that arrived before us. The office staff that answers the VHF radio is either not knowledgeable enough, or not allowed, to answer any questions regarding dockage. Our experience is that it does not appear to be a very efficiently run marina. So sad, because it looks like it could have been a fun stay.

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Reviewed by: Terrance Godbold on Feb 14, 2018
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 36'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 4

This is a good marina albeit we were placed in the old section, no floating docks. Our slip was 14 wide for our 12 foot beam and was a challenge entering. Good dock hands helped. The entrance to the marina is up a narrow canal with a 2 to 4 knot cross current. Another challenge, but doable. Not a whole lot to do in Fort Pierce except the Navy SEAL museum which was amazing. This is a reasonable stop for a night or two.

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Reviewed by: William on Jun 5, 2017
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 42'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 5

Well protected, new, state of the art marina with floating docks, power, water, etc. You won't find a better marina on the east coast of Florida with this proximity to the Atlantic Ocean and Ft Pierce Inlet. It's a short Uber ride to the grocery store (Publix), West Marine, Marine Liquidators (an awesome place for parts) CVS Pharmacy, etc.
The main farmers market is on Saturday with a smaller vegetable market on Wednesday. Numerous bars, restaurants and a micro brewery are located within three blocks of the boat slip. One person who posted complained about band noise on weekends and the train. You will hear it if you leave hatches open. We closed hatches, ran the electric cord to the pedestal and cranked in the AC. No problems.

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Reviewed by: Al on Apr 21, 2017
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 40'
Draft: 3.6'

Rating: 2

To let ya know, not all piers are floaters. Half are wood stationary. City must not have any type of noise ordinance as dozens of loud motorcycle and vehicles ride by all day and most of the night. Not to mention that the train tracks are one block away with about two dozen trains a day. Vehicles with stereo speakers on the outside too. Now the hands that work here do a mighty fine job. For the people that live here, parking is a real pain. You do not leave the parking lot on the weekend and expect to have a spot when you return. There is fuel floating on the water with nothing done or said. Trash floating on water and under piers. You pay a slip fee plus a live aboard fee, most slips you pay your own elect. And you pay to have the elect meter read by a dock hand! There is two bar restaurants that have live bands, problem is that are about 100 yards apart and will have both bands playing at the same time.

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Reviewed by: Paul Shank on Mar 18, 2017
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 44'
Draft: 5.0'

Rating: 5

Excellant marina. Clean facility, staff very willing to help. State of the art floating docks. Farmer market. The professionals that run this marina are so friendly.

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Reviewed by: Upfisk on Jul 15, 2016
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 42'
Draft: 6.2'

Rating: 5

Docks are clean, concrete floating docks with concrete piles. Secure docks for sailboats with few visitors wandering around. Clean showers, nice crew room with A/C. Good power, pumpouts at every slip. Staff is very helpful

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Reviewed by: Chris Caldwell , AskCaptainChris, on Jul 1, 2016
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 44'
Draft: 4.0'

Rating: 5

Brand new floating docks. The chart is not up to date, the city installed giant rocks on top of existing sand bars to protect marina from ICW waves. Saturdays are special with farmers market and craft fair. Thursday is bike night one block west. Two restaurants on site and old downtown two blocks west.

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