Aquatic Preserves - Florida Nature Guide

Florida Aquatic Preserves

The following is a list of current Florida Aquatic Preserves managed in whole or in part by the Coastal and Aquatic Management Area organization. Links are provided to the page dedicated to each area on the Florida Department of Environmental Protection website.

Additional information about these coastal treasures can also be found on our “Aquatic Preserves” page here on Florida Nature Guide in our Natural Areas Section. Visitors are encouraged to follow the link above, or the tabs to our Coastal section of Florida Nature Guide where additional resources are available for Florida Coast adventures.

Aquatic Preserves	Mosquito Lagoon
Alligator Harbor	Nassau River – St. Johns River Marshes
Apalachicola Bay	North Fork, St. Lucie
Banana River	Oklawaha River
Big Bend Seagrasses	Pellicer Creek
Biscayne Bay	Pine Island Sound
Biscayne Bay – Cape Florida to Monroe County Line	Pinellas County
Boca Ciega Bay	Rainbow Springs
Cape Haze	Rocky Bayou
Cape Romano – Ten Thousand Islands	Rookery Bay
Cockroach Bay	St. Andrews
Coupon Bight	St. Joseph Bay
Estero Bay	St. Martins Marsh
Fort Clinch	Terra Ceia
Fort Pickens	Tomoka Marsh
Gasparilla Sound – Charlotte Harbor	Wekiva River
Guana River Marsh	Yellow River Marsh
Indian River – Malabar to Vero Beach
Indian River – Vero Beach to Ft. Pierce	National Estuarine Research Reserves
Jensen Beach to Jupiter Inlet	Apalachicola Bay
Lake Jackson	Guana – Tolomato – Matanzas
Lemon Bay	Rookery Bay
Lignumvitae Key
Loxahatchee River – Lake Worth Creek	Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Matlacha Pass