Rose Bay: depth, boat ramps and water quality

Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Doris Leeper Spruce Creek Perserve - Spruce Creek Park and Campground.

The estuary

Rose Bay covers 254 acres in Florida, across Volusia County. It is an estuary: the deepest point measured is at least 5 feet (1.5 m). Our records hold 11 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 5 ft (1.5 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 150 depth contours for this water, drawn from 167 soundings.

Water and conditions

Water clarity runs 2–3.9 feet on our readings, averaging 2.9 feet, from 132 readings. Water temperature averages 76°F across the year. The coldest single reading we hold is 51°F and the warmest is 91°F; the warmest monthly average is 88°F. pH averages 7.7. These readings span 2016–2025.

Monthly average water temperature: Jan 60°F · Feb 67°F · Mar 71°F · Apr 73°F · May 81°F · Jun 84°F · Jul 87°F · Aug 88°F · Sep 86°F · Oct 80°F · Nov 74°F · Dec 65°F

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 hand launch and 1 fishing pier.

Car-top and kayak launches — no trailer

  • Doris Leeper Spruce Creek Perserve - Spruce Creek Park and Campground — hand launch, no fee. Port Orange, Volusia County. 6250 Ridgewood Avenue, Port Orange 32127 · website volusia.org/services/community-services/resource-stewardship/land-management/conservation-lands-map/doris-leeper-spruce-creek-preserve.stml

Fishing piers

  • Spruce Creek Park — no fee, open 7:30am–7:30pm. Port Orange, Volusia County. 6250 Ridgewood Ave., Port Orange 32127

Fee and opening hours are blank for all 2 places in this list: 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 1 public ramp is on file, so the launch decides where you fish. Winter water drops to 60°F, and the warm-water species stop feeding well before you do. Summer water sits at 88°F: heat and afternoon lightning are the real risks, not the fishing.

Where this data comes from

  • NOAA Digital Coast — NOAA Digital Coast bathymetric lidar: class A, a survey of the bottom, 2022.
  • NOAA BlueTopo: 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.