Boating, Fishing, and Travel Information for Carlos Point, FL
Carlos Point is located on southern tip of Estero Island in Lee County, FL. It is a harbor on the Estero Bay, with the Big Carlos Pass leading out to the ocean to its south.
Carlos Point is located on southern tip of Estero Island in Lee County, FL. It is a harbor on the Estero Bay, with the Big Carlos Pass leading out to the ocean to its south.
A marina in the basin has gasoline, diesel fuel, electricity, pump-out, water, ice, marine supplies, boat storage, and hull, engine and electronic repairs available. In 2011, a depth of 6 feet was reported in the approach channel and alongside.
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Big Carlos Pass, marked by lighted and unlighted buoys, is about 1.5 miles NW of New Pass. A bridge with a 50-foot bascule span crossing Big Carlos Pass from Carlos Point to Black Island has a clearance of 23 feet at the center.
High-rise buildings on the S end of Estero Island are prominent when approaching Big Carlos Pass from the Gulf. Other high-rise and/or lower condominiums dot the Gulf side of Estero Island at its N end.
About 1 mile NW of the bridge, a 2,100-foot privately dredged cut, 150 feet wide with several canals branching off from it, leads to a basin 500 feet long and 200 feet wide.