| Area |
Access restrictions |
| Bay Keys |
No-motor zone (300 feet)
around one key; idle speed only/no-wake zones in tidal creeks. |
| Boca Grande
Key |
South one-half of beach closed
(beach above mean high water closed by Department of the
Interior). |
| Woman Key |
One-half of beach and sand
spit on southeast side closed (beach and sand spit above mean high
water closed by Department of the Interior). |
| Cayo Agua
Keys |
Idle speed only/no-wake zones
in all navigable tidal creeks. |
| Cotton Key |
No-motor zone on tidal
flat. |
| Snake Creek |
No-motor zone on tidal
flat. |
| Cottrell Key |
No-motor zone (300 feet)
around entire key. |
| Little Mullet
Key |
No-access buffer zone (300
feet) around entire key. |
| Big Mullet
Key |
No-motor zone (300 feet)
around entire key. |
| Crocodile
Lake |
No-access buffer zone (100
feet) along shoreline between March 1 and October 1. |
| East Harbor
Key |
No-access buffer zone (300
feet) around northernmost island. |
| Lower Harbor
Keys |
Idle speed only/no-wake zones
in selected tidal creeks. |
| Eastern Lake
Surprise |
Idle speed only/no-wake zone
east of highway U.S. 1. |
| Horseshoe Key |
No-access buffer zone (300
feet) around main island (main island closed by Department of the
Interior). |
| Marquesas
Keys |
(i) No-motor zones (300 feet)
around three smallest keys on western side of chain; (ii) no-access
buffer zone (300 feet) around one island at western side of chain;
(iii) idle speed only/no-wake zone in southwest tidal creek. |
| Tidal flat south
of Marvin Key |
No-access buffer zone on tidal
flat. |
| Mud Keys |
(i) Idle speed only/no-wake
zones in the two main tidal creeks; (ii) two smaller creeks on west
side closed. |
| Pelican Shoal |
No-access buffer zone out to
50 meters from shore between April 1 and August 31 (shoal closed by
the Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission). |
| Rodriguez Key |
No-motor zone on tidal
flats. |
| Dove Key |
No-motor zone on tidal flats;
area around the two small islands closed. |
| Tavernier Key |
No-motor zone on tidal
flats. |
| Sawyer Keys |
Tidal creeks on south side
closed. |
| Snipe Keys |
(i) Idle speed only/no-wake
zone in main tidal creek; (ii) no-motor zone in all other tidal
creeks. |
| Upper Harbor
Key |
No-access buffer zone (300
feet) around entire key. |
| East Content
Keys |
Idle speed only/no-wake zones
in tidal creeks between southwesternmost keys. |
| West Content
Keys |
Idle speed only/no-wake zones
in selected tidal creeks; no-access buffer zone in one cove. |
| Little Crane
Key |
No-access buffer zone (300
feet) around entire key. |