Florida Sounds & Straits with Boat Ramps

Florida has 20 sounds & straits with at least one public boat ramp, totaling 34 launch sites we track. Santa Rosa Sound has the most, with 5 ramps alone.

20 Sounds & Straits
34 Boat ramps
Santa Rosa Sound Most ramps (5)
11 Counties covered

Average of 1.7 boat ramps per sounds & strait.

Top Sounds & Straits

The 8 sounds & straits with the most public boat ramps we track in Florida.

Santa Rosa Sound 5
Pine Island Sound 3
Saint Joseph Sound 3
St. Joseph Sound 3
Anna Maria Sound 2
Blackwater Sound 2
Card Sound 2
Suwannee Sound 2

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All Florida Sounds & Straits with Boat Ramps

All 20 Florida sounds & straits with public boat ramps are listed below. Sounds & Straits are sorted alphabetically by default, or you can reorder them by number of launch sites. Click any sounds & strait to view detailed ramp locations, maps, launch information and available facilities.

Good · Fair · Poor - EPA water quality assessment, shown only where every ramp on that sounds & strait falls within the same watershed.

Sounds & Strait Boat ramps Counties
Anna Maria Sound 2 1
Barnes Sound 1 1
Blackwater Sound 2 1
Card Sound 2 1
Fort George Sound 1 1
Gulf of Mexico - St. Vincent Sound - Indian Pass 1 1
Largo Sound 1 1
Little Blackwater Sound 1 1
Nassau Sound - Nassau River 1 1
Pine Island Sound 3 1
Saint Joseph Sound 3 1
Santa Rosa Sound 5 2
Santa Rosa Sound - Choctawhatchee Bay 1 1
Santa Rosa Sound - English Navy Cove 1 1
St. Andrew Sound 1 1
St. Andrew Sound - Wild Goose Lagoon 1 1
St. George Sound 1 1
St. Joseph Sound 3 1
Suwannee Sound 2 1
Upper Sugarlaof Sound 1 1

Other waterway types in Florida

Sounds & Straits aren't the only way ramps are organized here - browse another type below.

Lakes 356 Rivers 138 Canals 104 Creeks 84 Bays 67 Bayous 35 Ponds 24 Harbors 16 Oceans & Gulfs 10 Wildlife & Conservation Areas 10 Reservoirs 6 Marshes & Swamps 6
Sourced from Florida FWC. Data on this page was last updated September 7, 2026, based on the latest ramp data update. See all waterways and counties in Florida →