Boating, Fishing, and Travel Information for Placida, Gasparilla Sound, FL

The small-boat basin contains a marina and a seafood shipping plant. Berthing, electricity, gasoline, diesel fuel, water, ice, marine supplies, a launching ramp, open and covered storage are available. A 70-ton lift for hull, engine and electronic repairs is available.
Navigation:
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At about Mile 30.0, the waterway enters Gasparilla Sound which extends N from Charlotte Harbor for about 5 miles between Gasparilla Island and the mainland. Island Bay National Wildlife Refuge is about 2.2 miles E of the waterway.
At Mile 34.0, a privately dredged channel leads NE from the waterway to a small-boat basin and the mouth of Coral Creek. The channel is marked by private daybeacons. In 2005, the reported approach and alongside depth was 7 feet. State Route 771 highway bridge crosses the creek about 0.1 mile above the mouth and has a 12-foot fixed span with a clearance of 8½ feet. A fixed, abandoned railroad bridge trestle has a clearance for small skiffs only.
Placida is a small village at the S end of the highway bridge.