Sunny Shores Park - Kayak Access
Carry-in (canoe and kayak) · on Palma Sola Bay · near Bradenton · Florida
Open per Florida Boat Ramp Inventory (FWC)'s data, updated weekly. Seasonal gates, low water and storms are not always posted; check before you tow.
At the launch
- Type
- Carry-in (canoe and kayak)
- Car parking
- 12 spaces
- Restrooms
- No
- Managed by
- Manatee County
- Website
- mymanatee.org
- Coordinates
- 27.47542, -82.67561
On Palma Sola Bay
Palma Sola Bay is a small embayment in west Bradenton, Manatee County, Florida, that opens into Anna Maria Sound. It covers 3,236 acres and lies between the barrier island of Anna Maria and the city of Bradenton. The historic commercial fishing village of Cortez is to the southwest, and Manatee County's Robinson Preserve is to the north. The Manatee County Water Atlas places the bay in both the Sarasota Bay and Tampa Bay coastal watersheds. The Sarasota Bay Estuary Program monitors its seagrass and macroalgae and describes it as poorly flushed, a circulatory dead-end where water moves more slowly than anywhere in its area except Little Sarasota Bay. More about Palma Sola Bay.
Community
Where people who use Palma Sola Bay talk about it.
- Sarasota Bay Estuary Program - Director's Note: Palma Sola Bay Association
- Palma Sola Causeway - Swim Guide (Suncoast Waterkeeper water-quality results) Link
- Boat Ramps - Palma Sola Causeway (FWC) Agency
- Palma Sola Causeway Park - Manatee County Agency
- Search Reddit: r/florida Reddit
- Search all of Reddit for Palma Sola Bay, Florida Reddit
Nearby launches
- Palma Sola Causeway - Perico Bayou Kayak Access · 1.6 mi · Perico Bayou
- Palma Sola Bay Public Boat Ramp · 1.7 mi · Palma Sola Bay
- Herb Dolan Bayfront Park - Kayak Launch · 1.7 mi · Jones Bayou
- Coquina Beach Boat Ramp North · 1.7 mi · Sarasota Bay
- Palma Sola Bay - Winston Tract Kayak Launch Site · 1.7 mi · Palma Sola Bay
- Coquina Beach Boat Ramp South · 2.1 mi · Longboat Pass
Sources
- Florida Boat Ramp Inventory (FWC) record MA00003AA · Open data; credit to FWC-FWRI requested
Why it is listed as public: listed by Florida Boat Ramp Inventory (FWC). Something wrong, or is this launch private? Corrections help everyone; a reporting form is coming soon.