Welcome to Bayport, FL

The census-designated place of Bayport is located in western Hernando County along the Gulf of Mexico at the mouth of the Weeki Wachee River. The village served as a supply and cotton port in the 1850s, and then as a lumber and agricultural outlet later in the 1880s, and now is more popular with fishermen and families for weekend fishing trips.

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Gasoline, water, ice, marine supplies, and outboard engine repairs are available at the marina.
A public launching ramp and wharf are near the N side of the river entrance.
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Bayport is a village at the mouth of Weeki Wachee River, 23 miles N of Anclote River. On a favorable tide a draft of about 2 feet can be taken to a small marina about 1.5 miles above the mouth. Bayport Channel Approach Light BP (28°32’48″N., 82°42’24″W.) marks the approach to the channel to Weeki Wachee River. Beacon Rock, close N of the light, covers at high water and is marked by a private daybeacon. The remainder of the channel is marked by private daybeacons and a light, and continues in a generally E by S direction through the oyster reefs and into the river.

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