Herbert Hoover Homestead Bayfront Park - Boat Ramp

On Biscayne Bay

Biscayne Bay is a lagoon on the Atlantic coast of South Florida that also has the characteristics of an estuary. The part traditionally called Biscayne Bay is about 35 miles long and up to 8 miles wide, with a surface area of about 221 square miles. Broader definitions also take in Dumfoundling Bay, Card Sound and Barnes Sound, which makes the bay about 60 miles long and about 271 square miles in area. The bay averages about 5.9 feet deep and reaches about 13 feet at most, except in dredged channels. Dense development of the Miami metropolitan area surrounds the northern end. The southern end is largely undeveloped, and much of it lies within Biscayne National Park. Sixteen waterways flow into the western side, and the Miami River is the largest. The Oleta River, Arch Creek and the Little River also feed the northern bay. More about Biscayne Bay.

Boating rules on Biscayne Bay

• State manatee protection zones in Miami-Dade County (adopted 1991) limit vessel speed and in some areas limit or prohibit entry source
• Slow-speed and idle-speed/no-wake zones in Biscayne National Park waters source
• Seagrass is protected in the aquatic preserve; damaging it can bring a fine of up to $1,000 (boaters are asked to avoid shallows and raise motors over seagrass) source
• Stay 300 feet from a divers-down flag or slow down source

Community

Where people who use Biscayne Bay talk about it.

• Friends of Biscayne Bay - Non-profit Citizen Support Organization Association
• Miami Waterkeeper Association
• Friends of Biscayne Bay (Facebook) Facebook
• Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve (Florida DEP) Agency
• Slow Speed Zones - Biscayne National Park Agency
• Search Reddit: r/florida Reddit
• Search all of Reddit for Biscayne Bay, Florida Reddit

Nearby launches

• Biscayne National Park - Convoy Point Paddlecraft Launch · 0.2 mi · Biscayne Bay
• Leisure City Boat Launch · 0.2 mi
• Black Point Park - Boat Ramp · 5.3 mi · Black Creek Canal
• Black Point Park - Canoe/Kayak Access · 5.5 mi · Black Creek Canal
• Lakes by the Bay Park - Canoe/Kayak Launch Dock · 7.3 mi · Tri Color Heron Lake
• Bill Sadowski Park and Nature Center - Canoe and Kayak Launch Beach · 10.2 mi · Cutler Drain Canal