Marina · Florida

Matanzas Pass Mooring Field

Name: Matanzas Pass Mooring Field
Address: US

70 mooring balls · transient-only · no fuel dock · post-Ian 2022 rebuild rated 110-mph sustained. 60-ft LOA cap engineered into ball spacing. Red Coconut RV Park 1.5 mi south on FMB · 50-amp · 45-ft cap.

Slips: 70 slips
RV staging: 0 dedicated spots
Water body: Matanzas Pass / Estero Bay

City harbortransient tenureMatanzas Pass / Estero BayCited .gov + operator sources

The rig-decision numbers

Slip capacity

70 slips

Max vessel length

60 ft LOA

Public ramp lanes

Slip-only

Channel depth · low water

10 ft

On-site services

Marine fuel

Not on site

Vessel pumpout

Available

Oversize / RV lot

Car-only lot

RV dump station

None on site

Overview

Matanzas Pass Mooring Field is the Town of Fort Myers Beach's transient-only mooring system inside Estero Bay — 70 city-managed mooring balls, no wet slips, no fuel dock, and a centralized pumpout boat that services every ball on request. The mooring field rebuilt in 2023 after Hurricane Ian's September 2022 direct hit destroyed every original ball, the harbor master office, and the dinghy dock; current balls are rated for the 110-mph sustained wind threshold under the rebuilt municipal code. Channel depth runs 10 ft at the field basin. Vessel-length cap is 60 ft because the field's ball-to-ball spacing was engineered around a maximum LOA — vessels above 60 ft anchor outside the field or stage at Salty Sam's private marina 0.5 mi east. The town's dinghy dock at the harbor master office is the only legal landing for live-aboards. RV staging at Red Coconut RV Park 1.5 mi south on Estero Boulevard (50-amp, 45-ft cap, on Fort Myers Beach itself).

Where to park the rig

Operator class

City harbor

Marina-lot RV staging

0 dedicated spots · car-only

Closest RV-friendly campground

Red Coconut RV Park (private, 50-amp, 45-ft cap, on FMB 1.5 mi south) · no on-site dump

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Primary sources

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Florida rules · last verified 2026-05-10

State rental tax: 7% · not collected by PickRV
Min driver age: 21+ std · 25+ Class A
Gravel roads: Allowed — disclosure required
Generator quiet: 22:00-07:00