Egmont Key Private Boat Charters or boat rental with captain and crew on a Baja Offshore Speedboat for island adventures, snorkeling, dolphin watching and much more. We Are only 10 minutes From Johns Pass Madeira Beach. Now were on our way to Egmont key where you are free to explore the tropical island, collect native Florida shells, check out the working light house built in the 1850's, go sightseeing, and explore several Spanish American war forts, on one of the most beautiful white sand beaches in Florida. After the island, we will take you snorkeling among tropical fish over a sunken Spanish American war fort; masks and snorkels included. Then we will pull anchor and head back in search of another dolphin show. We leave from st pete beach, treasure island or madeira beach Florida 7 days a week; We also offer many other private charters at the best price in Florida, like a sunset cruise, one or two hour dolphin watch, and a shell island sand dollar dive trip or you tell us what you want to do. Any questions or for reservations up to 6 people please Call 727-254-8618. Check out our photo pages for dolphin photos, pictures of Egmont Key, the lighthouse and the Spanish American war forts. Serving St Pete, St Pete Beach, Tampa Bay area, Orlando, Clearwater Beach Florida. Dolphin show, snorkeling cruise St Petersburg. This is a great 4 hour adventure. Hurry and reserve your Private egmont key boat today. ! So For Reservations call 727-254-8618 half day or full day to egmont key up to 6 people. We also offer private party boat charters and boat rental with captain and go where you want. 

 

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About Egmont Key Federal officials declared Egmont Key a national wildlife sanctuary in 1974. For thousands of years, Egmont Key has been a haven to animal life, including the gopher tortoise a species of special concern. Egmont Key is a unique barrier island that guards the mouth of Tampa Bay and also is a critical nesting area of the loggerhead sea turtle and many threatened and endangered species of migratory shorebirds. Egmont Key also has a large grass flat area where you might get to swim with the many manatees that visit the island every year. Egmont Key is a large island of about 440 acres. Egmont Key also has lots of history, there are several Spanish American war forts which you are free to explore. Egmont Key also has one of the oldest working light houses in the U.S. built in the 1850's. Egmont Key was also used during the third Seminole Indian War as a prison for captured Seminole Indians; it was also used as a union naval base during the civil war. Egmont Key offers very clear water and is great for snorkeling and shelling. Check out our photos pages for pictures of Egmont Key, the dolphin show on the way out to Egmont Key, the Spanish American war forts and the lighthouse.

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Egmont Key - An island located in the mouth of Tampa Bay, between Egmont Channel to the North, and Southwest Channel to the South. This was the site of Fort Dade, named in honor of Major Francis L. Dade, U.S. Army, massacred by Seminole Indians, December 28, 1835. Egmont Key and the Fort Dade site were added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Egmont Key and its southern neighbor Passage Key are part of Egmont Key State Park and Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge. Portions of the island are operated by conjoining and overlapping jurisdictions, including the Florida DEP, National Wildlife Service, Tampa Bay Pilots, US Coast Guard, and Egmont Key Alliance. Vessels are not required to pay a fee, and on-board overnighting is excellent. However large organized groups are recommended to contact the Egmont Key Alliance. A few private homes, including those of the Pilots, and environmental researchers are located on the east-central portion of the island, and trespassing is prohibited in certain areas. Anchoring is recommended anywhere but the southern end, which is designed a bird sanctuary. Docking is limited to government vessels. Anchoring and Navigation tips: On the Gulf side, anchoring is somewhat protected by a stretch of shallows extending west. The current cuts a swash channel for your entrance on the northwest tip - between the island and the southern shoal of the shipping channel - to bring you down the western side in fairly deep water. Caution is recommended at the northwestern and southwestern tips where submerged boulders and remainders of the fort remain, but these can be easily spotted giving the usual clear visibility of these waters. Egmont Key is not considered a "barrier" island because it is not subject to the longshore current and barrier island migration. The island has grown wider and narrower, but has kept its general location, simply meandering around in a circular pattern for thousands of years, in some form. This is due to its location in the mouth of Tampa Bay. The current always runs counter-clockwise around the island, giving it the characteristic tail depicted in the aerial view. Relaxing swimming and snorkeling can be found along the western beach. Stingrays are common. The island has no lifeguards or restrooms. Egmont Key has an extensive Spanish-American and Civil War history. It is home to an automated functioning lighthouse (normally locked, but accessible by contacting the park ranger), a new visitor center created from a renovated structure, and of course the remains of Fort Dade (sister to Ft. DeSoto on neighboring Mullet Key). The largely unmanicured vegetation provides for excellent black and white photography. Visitors are left mystified by the network of brick roads throughout the island, which once boasted a military base, complete with shopping and bowling alley.

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