St. Johns River Anchorages – Mayport to Jacksonville
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1. St. Johns Anchorage
1. St. Johns Anchorage
Lat/Lon: near 30 23.442 North/081 29.186 West
Location: lies along the southerly banks of the St. Johns River, southwest of flashing buoy #27
Minimum Depth: 10 feet
Swing Room: unlimited
Foul Weather Shelter: fair to poor, sheltered only from southern, southeastern and southwestern windsRating:
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2. St. Johns Bluff Anchorage
2. St. Johns Bluff Anchorage
Lat/Lon: near 30 23.272 North/081 29.654 West
Location: fond along the southern banks of the St. Johns River, hard by the charted location of St. Johns Bluff and between flashing daybeacons #31 and #33
Minimum Depth: 12 feet
Swing Room: unlimited
Foul Weather Shelter: fair to poor, sheltered only from southern, southeastern and southwestern windsRating:
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3. Clapboard Creek Anchorage
3. Clapboard Creek Anchorage
Lat/Lon: near 30 25.325 North/081 30.155 West
Location: will be discovered on the waters of Clapboard Creek, upstream of the 12 foot fixed bridge
Minimum Depth: 7 feet
Special Comment: Note than entry into this anchorage is greatly restricted by the 12-foot bridge
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 42 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: good, in all but strong southern windsRating:
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4. Cedar Point Creek Anchorage
4. Cedar Point Creek Anchorage
Lat/Lon: near 30 24.604 North/081 30.068 West
Location: lies along the centerline of Cedar Point Creek, which flows off Clapboard Creek (see just above
Minimum Depth: 9 feet, but it is easy to wander into 1-foot soundings – this is a navigationally difficult anchorage
Special Comment: note than entry into this anchorage is greatly restricted by a 12-foot fixed bridge
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 34 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: very good in all but strong northeasterly windsRating:
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5. Mill Cove Anchorage
5. Mill Cove Anchorage
Lat/Lon: near 30 23.004 North/081 32.293 West
Location: found on the waters of the broad stream stretching from the St. Johns to Mill cove, west of flashing buoy #43
Minimum Depth: 8 feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 55 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: fair to poor, particularly open to strong southern, northern and northeastern windsRating:
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Comments from Cruisers (1)
- Reply to Bill
Anchored here last month and again last night in our 54′ motor yacht with 4.5′ draft. We found a spot about 200 yards back from the entrance near the charted 14′ area on the west side. Holding was good in 10-15K winds and one 180 degree tidal swing. Not much small boat traffic or waking from the main river channel, but still pretty exposed. Fun watching the container ships loading/unloading across the river. Could easily accommodate vessels to 60 feet. Anchor came up clean as a whistle in the morning.
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6. Trout River Anchorage
6. Trout River Anchorage
Lat/Lon: near 30 23.616 North/081 38.579 West
Location: lies on the mid-width of Trout River between Seafarers Marina and Pier 68 Marina
Minimum Depth: 6 ½ foot depths, but use of a GPS chartplotter will help greatly to avoid nearby shallows
Swing Room: unlimited
Foul Weather Shelter: fair, but open to eastern windsRating:
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- Reply to Chris
Stayed on anchor here March-September of 2011. If you google “trout river bridge” and “death” “murder” “drowning” or any other bad thing there are a lot. This is not a nice neighborhood. beware the tides push through the bridge at 4-7 knots and I have seen several boats get sideways on the pilings. Park your boat far enough out to be beyond swim range (100 yds. +), or the locals will get drunk or high and board your boat. The marina docks have liveaboards that keep an eye out, make friends. There are multiple derelict, sinking vessels and shipwrecks. Now the good: it’s right infront of the zoo and vessels that arrive to the docks get free access to the zoo, and it is my favorite hurricane hole for st johns river, just watch out when the hurricanes come every boat on the river not in protected waters will try to anchor there and usually 1-2 of them end up on the beach due to insufficient bottom gear so “know your surroundings”.
Chris Burnham
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7. Exchange Island Northern Anchorage
7. Exchange Island Northern Anchorage
Lat/Lon: near 30 19.715 North/081 36.789 West
Location: found on the broad ribbon of water running between Exchange Island and the mainland community of “Arlingon,” south and east of flashing buoy #75
Minimum Depth: 8 feet, if you can keep to the unmarked channel
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 55 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: very good, from all but strong northern winds
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8. Exchange Island Southern Anchorage
8. Exchange Island Southern Anchorage
Lat/Lon: near 30 19.569 North/081 36.797 West
Location: found on the broad ribbon of water running between Exchange Island and the mainland community of “Arlingon,” south and east of flashing buoy #75
Minimum Depth: 8 feet, though some shoals surround the approach to this anchorage from the main St. Johns River channel
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 55 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: very good, from all but strong northern winds
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