Placida Harbor: depth, boat ramps and water quality
Boat: 2 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Placida Park Boat Ramp, 5 lanes, concrete.
The estuary
Placida Harbor covers 972 acres in Florida, across Charlotte County. It is an estuary: the deepest point measured is 17.3 feet (5.3 m). Our records hold 12 species for this water.
Depth: down to 17.3 ft at the deepest measured point
Deepest measured point: 17.3 ft (5.3 m). We hold 8 depth contours for this water, drawn from 10,261 soundings.
Water and conditions
Water clarity runs 3.6–7.9 feet on our readings, averaging 5.4 feet, from 182 readings. Water temperature averages 78°F across the year. The coldest single reading we hold is 60°F and the warmest is 92°F; the warmest monthly average is 88°F. pH averages 8.1. These readings span 2016–2025.
Monthly average water temperature: Jan 65°F · Feb 67°F · Mar 73°F · Apr 76°F · May 81°F · Jun 85°F · Jul 88°F · Aug 88°F · Sep 87°F · Oct 78°F · Nov 75°F · Dec 71°F
2 ramps and launches on this water
On this water we hold 2 trailer ramps and 1 fishing pier.
- Placida Park Boat Ramp — 5 lanes, concrete, parking for 50 trailers (paved), open around the clock, portable restrooms, dock, wheelchair access. Placida, Charlotte County. 6499 Gasparilla Road, Placida 33946 · website charlottecountyfl.gov/departments/community-services/parks/all-parks/placida-park.stml
- Eldred's Marina Boat Ramp — 2 lanes, marina, concrete, parking for 40 trailers (firm unpaved), paid, open around the clock, dock, lit for night fishing. Placida. Gasparilla Road, Placida 33946
Fishing piers
- Placida Rotary Centennial Park — no fee, open around the clock, wheelchair access. Placida, Charlotte County. Placida Road and Pier Road 33946
Only one of the 3 places listed has both a fee and opening hours on file: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.
What is hard here
Only 2 public ramps are on file, so the launch decides where you fish. Summer water sits at 88°F: heat and afternoon lightning are the real risks, not the fishing.
Where this data comes from
- USACE eHydro — USACE eHydro channel surveys: class A, a survey of the bottom.
- NOAA Digital Coast — NOAA Digital Coast bathymetric lidar: class A, a survey of the bottom.
- NOAA National Bathymetric Source (S-102 ed3.0.0) — NOAA S-102 bathymetric surfaces: contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
- NOAA BlueTopo: class A, a survey of the bottom.
- NOAA ENC — NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts: soundings: class A, a survey of the bottom.
- NOAA ENC — NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
