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Ocean Inlet Park

Ocean Inlet Park is a public kayak and canoe launch on North Atlantic Ocean near Boynton Beach, Florida.

Aerial view of the small sand beach, the picnic shelters and the parking loop on the inlet, February 2023
Aerial view of the small sand beach, the picnic shelters and the parking loop on the inlet, February 2023 Photo: USDA Farm Service Agency, NAIP · Public domain · via USGS The National Map

Status not reported No closure has been posted for this launch, but its agency does not publish open or closed status. Check with the managing agency before you tow.

At the launch

Type
Carry-in (canoe and kayak)
Restrooms
Yes
Tidal
Yes
Coordinates
26.54400, -80.04500

Directions (Google) Apple Maps

Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Jacksonville District; the one nearest this launch is of April 25, 2022). Not for navigation.

Boating rules

  • Manatee zone: Slow Speed (All Year) Excluding main marked channel of Atlantic ICW & E-W channel of Boynton Inlet · a zone at or next to this launch rule

From the boating rules map of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, read October 18, 2026. A map of rules is a guide: the regulation's text and the posted signs govern.

Conditions

Marine advisories

Advisories in effect load here; without them, see the NWS zone forecast below.

National Weather Service marine zone AMZ650, Coastal waters from Jupiter Inlet to Deerfield Beach FL out 20 NM. Zone forecast: winds, seas, warnings.

Tides

Predicted highs and lows at NOAA's Boynton Beach, Lake Worth station, 0.6 mi from this launch, in local time above MLLW. Predictions, not observations: wind and weather move the real tide. Full predictions at NOAA.

Tide predictions, Mon Nov 2 to Sun Nov 8
Mon Nov 2 High 3:13 am 2.9 ft · Low 10:17 am 0.6 ft · High 3:55 pm 3.0 ft · Low 10:56 pm 0.7 ft
Tue Nov 3 High 4:24 am 2.9 ft · Low 11:24 am 0.6 ft · High 4:56 pm 3.0 ft · Low 11:57 pm 0.6 ft
Wed Nov 4 High 5:29 am 3.0 ft · Low 12:25 pm 0.6 ft · High 5:52 pm 3.0 ft
Thu Nov 5 Low 12:51 am 0.4 ft · High 6:28 am 3.1 ft · Low 1:18 pm 0.6 ft · High 6:42 pm 3.0 ft
Fri Nov 6 Low 1:39 am 0.3 ft · High 7:19 am 3.2 ft · Low 2:07 pm 0.6 ft · High 7:28 pm 3.0 ft
Sat Nov 7 Low 2:23 am 0.2 ft · High 8:05 am 3.2 ft · Low 2:51 pm 0.6 ft · High 8:10 pm 3.0 ft
Sun Nov 8 Low 3:04 am 0.2 ft · High 8:47 am 3.2 ft · Low 3:32 pm 0.6 ft · High 8:50 pm 3.0 ft

Channel survey

The Army Corps surveys the channels it maintains and posts every survey.

  • IWW JAX to MIA (Palm Beach County) · 0.2 mi from this launch
    Condition survey of April 25, 2022 by the Jacksonville District. Least depth in the channel: 5.5 ft below mean lower low water (MLLW); project depth 10 ft. Survey sheet (PDF)

US Army Corps of Engineers hydrographic surveys, from eHydro. A survey shows the bottom on the day it was made; channels shoal after high water and change with dredging. Not for navigation.

On North Atlantic Ocean

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Community

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Nearby launches

Sources

Why it is listed as public: listed by Florida DEP Circumnavigational Saltwater Paddling Trail kayak launches. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.