Florida Gulf Coast Quick Reference Cruising Guide

Dry Tortugas to Mobile, AL

Waterproof quick-reference guide to anchorages, bridges, and services on Florida's Gulf Coast

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Florida Gulf Coast Cruising Guide: Simplify Your Boat Trips

Navigate the Florida Gulf Coast with confidence using this waterproof quick reference cruising guide. Covering the waters from the Dry Tortugas to Mobile, AL, the Florida Gulf Coast Cruising Guide provides the essential information you need to cruise smoothly and enjoy your journey.

Whether you're exploring anchorages, finding marinas, or cruising Florida’s west coast, this guide simplifies your trip with quick, reliable answers. Designed for ease and accuracy, it’s your must-have resource for cruising the Gulf Coast.

No more flipping through bulky guides full of text. This streamlined tool puts essential information at your fingertips:

Anchorages including wind/wave protection directions, depth, current, swell, and access for dog walking
Services including fuel (diesel and gas), propane, water, grocery stores, laundry, showers, and pump-outs
Bridges with height, opening schedules, contact info, and special notes
Navigation alerts for shoaling, cuts, and other hazards
Haulout facilities with maximum beam and contact details

Whether you're cruising the Florida Keys, Southwest Florida, Big Bend, or Panhandle regions, this guide organizes everything you need by topic and location.

Why It’s Different • Answers at a Glance

This guide is organized first by what you need—anchorages, services, bridges—then by area, making it faster to find what you’re looking for. No lengthy descriptions and no charts—just clear tables to pinpoint the information you need without delay.

How to Use • Quick Steps for Finding What You Need

Designed to answer your questions quickly, this guide simplifies navigating the Florida Gulf Coast:

Go to the Right Section: Tabs help you find what you need—anchorages, bridges, services, or haulout facilities.
Find Your Column: Look for details like wind protection, bridge heights, or available services.
Locate the X: Organized by south to north and then west (Dry Tortugas to Mobile), each X shows where you can find what you're looking for. Just find the one closest to you!

The Florida Gulf Coast Quick Reference Cruising Guide by The Boat Galley is a chart titled Anchorages for boat trips along the Florida Gulf Coast. It details locations with columns for protection, rollick, wind, current, wake, and dog walking assessments and includes rows for Dry Tortugas and Marquesas Keys.

The Boat Galleys Florida Gulf Coast Quick Reference Cruising Guide is spiral-bound and details fuel, laundry, showers, grocery, water, and pump-out services for boat trips along Floridas Gulf Coast, covering locations like Dry Tortugas and Key Wests Sunset Marina with contacts and coordinates.

Anchorage Names: All anchorage names are Active Captain names, which can be overlaid on any navigation app like Garmin, Navionics, or Aqua Map.

For PDF Users:

Clickable tabs let you jump straight to the right section.
Searchable bookmarks make it easy to navigate the table of contents.
Clickable links for phone numbers and websites simplify planning.
Download to multiple devices used on the same boat for flexibility.

Your Choice: Print, PDF, or a Discount for Both

Select the format that works best for your cruising style:

Spiral-Bound Print Guide: Built for life in the cockpit with bright tabs, waterproof and tear-resistant pages, and a glare-resistant matte finish. The spiral binding lies flat for hands-free use.
Instant PDF Download: Available immediately after purchase—no shipping needed. Includes clickable links for phone numbers and marina websites, a searchable table of contents, and clickable tabs to navigate between sections. Perfect for tablets and smartphones.
Want Both? Add both to your cart, and the PDF will be automatically discounted to 50% off!

Whichever format you choose, this guide keeps essential information at your fingertips.

Made in USA • Built to Last • Environmentally Friendly

Designed in the USA; printed in the USA on American-made recyclable synthetic paper using environmentally-friendly soy-based inks at a facility that is completely wind-powered. Minimal packaging. Tough enough to handle life on a boat, it won’t tear, degrade, or smear, even in humid conditions or if you have sunscreen on your hands.

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At The Boat Galley, we have one mission: to help you cruise with confidence.

As liveaboard cruisers, we understand the challenges and questions that come with boat life. That’s why we create practical products and courses designed to tackle the same issues we’ve faced ourselves—making your life on the water easier, safer, and more enjoyable.

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"Am very impressed with the Guide well laid out with all the information needed. . . . It is worth every penny."

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Where You’ve Seen Us

Meet The Boat Galley Team

At The Boat Galley, we’re all cruisers. We know the joys—and the challenges—of boat life. The steep learning curve, costly mistakes, and hours spent searching for answers can be overwhelming. We’ve been there. That’s why we’ve created practical tools, trusted resources, and real-world guides to help you skip the frustrations and focus on enjoying your cruising life.

Carolyn Shearlock

Founder of The Boat Galley
17 years liveaboard cruiser
US, Mexico, Bahamas, Central America, Virgin Islands, Turkey
Cruisers University instructor

Larry Webber

Cruising Guide creator
6 years living aboard and cruising
US East Coast from Florida Keys to Maine and Bahamas
Ex-Air Force; singlehander

Nica Waters

Provisioning guru; podcaster
On & off living aboard since 1992
Atlantic crossing; US, Caribbean, and Bahamas
Years of cruising with kids

John Herlig

VHF pro and frugal cruiser
Cruiser and delivery captain
US East Coast, Bahamas, Haiti, and Caribbean
Cruisers University instructor

Pamela Douglas: Creator of the Cruising With Your Dog course, 7 years cruising the US East Coast and ICW with her dog, Honey.

Pamela Douglas (& Honey)

Creator of Cruising With Your Dog
7 years cruising with Honey
US East Coast and ICW
Part of the Go Pet Friendly team
15+ years writing about dogs

Julie Tijerina

Graphics designer
8 years living aboard
US East Coast to SE Caribbean
Design and layout for all printed products

Katherine González

Social media coordinator
Pacific Ocean: Seattle, WA to New Zealand, incl. French Polynesia
Complete newbie to sailing prior to her 11,000 nm voyage

Kimberly Ward

Boatshow booth "mom"
Sabbatical and part-year cruiser
US, Bahamas, Caribbean
Family cruising New England to southern Caribbean

Curious about our story and what drives us? Learn more about us here.

Great guide for the gulf coast and Bahamas!

Updated and super helpful for places to stop at night while heading down the coast of west Florida.

Finally!

If you have spent time cruising S Florida and the Bahamas you’ve probably amassed a small library of resources to aid along the way. Well, now you’ve got a single resource for all important information from Anchorages and Water Depths to Marinas and Services.

I was disappointed in the anchorages section. The locations were very vague and names may not correspond to names on a chart. Precise location is very important when anchoring in Florida’s generally very shallow waters.

Our anchorage names are all Active Captain names, as almost all nav programs have the option of an Active Captain overlay, and thus these are the most 'universal' names. Otherwise, each company has its own names.

As new editions come out, we are making a big effort to show that these are Active Captain names, and how to find them in nav programs.

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