QUIET
Parrot Cove Marina is a small peaceful “old Florida” style marina. All of our boat slips have water, waste pump out and electrical hookups as well as WiFi. Located in a well protected location on calm tranquil Palma Sola Bay where we don’t get any big wave action, resulting in less wear and tear on your boat and less rocking and rolling when you are on you boat.
We are also only a few minutes drive to the beautiful white sand Gulf of Mexico beaches of Anna Maria Island and Longboat Key with their many beach front restaurants and resorts. We are both a long term liveaboard marina as well as a short term stay over destination. We have bathroom, shower and laundry facilities onsite.
TUCKED AWAY
We are about a 1 hr drive from Tampa International Airport and 30 minutes from Sarasota Airport. We are a small friendly peaceful "old Florida" style marina where you can relax and feel secure. Ninety percent of our boat slips are open to the public on a first come first serve basis.
We would welcome the opportunity to earn your trust and business by delivering you friendly service in our secure fenced & gated marina that has security cameras, is well lit at night and has the extra security of people living in the marina.
PROTECTED
We offer a safe quiet deep water marina on calm beautiful Palma Sola Bay to keep your boat in for long term in the water boat storage or overnight transient slips. We are not a boatyard so you can relax to the sounds and sights of nature and not forklifts or heavy equipment like some other marinas.
The bay waters surrounding the marina are teeming with fish of all kinds as well as dolphin and manatees and the mangrove forest surrounding Palma Sola Bay is home to all sorts of birds, including bald eagles, pink rosetta spoonbills, osprey, great blue herons, snowy egrets, white & brown pelicans, wood-storks, parrots and many other kinds of birds.
EASY ACCESS TO GULF OF MEXICO
By car take Cortez Rd. to 115th St. and turn North to Parrot Cove Marina located on the South shore of Palma Sola Bay.
By boat enter Palma Sola Bay at markers # 1 & 2 close to marker # 50 on the intracoastal waterway, which is North of the Cortez bridge. Proceed East about a half mile to the junction of 3 channels, use the most Southerly channel of the 3 ( the one on the right ) which is identified by signs for "San Remo" & "PARROT COVE". Enter the channel between the pilings with the green & red "PARROT COVE" signs on them and then proceed East about 200 yards to the entrance to our marina channel.
Our marina channel entry will be on your right and is marked by 2 brightly painted green pilings that have 1 green and 1 red carved wooden fish on them with PARROT & COVE painted on the fish. For boats with a deep draft the West side of our entry channel is 6' deep at low tide, the East side of the channel is not as deep.
NATURE ALL AROUND
The marina is surrounded by nature with dolphin and manatee swimming by in the bay waters and a small relaxing nature park next door with 3 sandy beaches on the bay.
The park is a great place for picnicking, BBQing, kayaking, relaxing in the shade of the tall trees or sunning on the lawn or 1 of the beaches on the bay.
We are just a short walk to the historic fishing village of Cortez with it’s many quaint old cottages, historical maritime museum, commercial fishing fleet and numerous outdoor waterfront fresh fish restaurants.
SMALL BOATS TO LARGE BOATS
Parrot Cove Marina is a fenced and gated deep water marina that can accommodate boats up to 65’ long and catamarans up to 30’ wide. The marina is in a great location close to and with fast easy access to the Gulf of Mexico, Tampa Bay, Sarasota Bay and the intra-coastal waterway.
PRICING
Slips are $18.00 per ft per month
of boat length or slip length whichever is greater.
Example:
35 ft boat in a 35 ft slip would be $630 per month plus Tax and Electricity
35 ft boat in a 40 ft slip would be $720 per month plus Tax and Electricity
$300 additional fee for live aboard
Price includes: water and sewer pump out