Florida Administrative Code › 68 - FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION › 68D - Vessel Registration and Boating Safety › Chapter 68D-24 - BOATING RESTRICTED AREAS › Section 68D-24.011 - Okeechobee Waterway Boating Restricted Areas

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) For the purpose of regulating the speed
				and operation of vessel traffic on the Okeechobee Waterway, the following
				Boating Restricted Areas are established:
(a)
				SE Ocean Boulevard - A Slow Speed Minimum Wake boating restricted area from
				shoreline to shoreline, in and adjacent to the Okeechobee Waterway, bounded on
				the north by a line drawn perpendicular to the centerline of the Okeechobee
				Waterway 300 feet north of the centerline of the S.E. Ocean Boulevard (SR A1A)
				bridge, and bounded on the south by a line drawn perpendicular to the
				centerline of the Okeechobee Waterway 300 feet south of the centerline of said
				bridge, as depicted in drawing A.
(b) Stuart "Roosevelt Bridge" Area - A Slow
				Speed Minimum Wake boating restricted area from shoreline to shoreline, in and
				adjacent to the Okeechobee Waterway, bounded on the east by a line drawn
				parallel to and 300 feet east of the centerline of the Roosevelt Bridge (US
				Highway 1), bounded on the northwest by a line drawn from Britt Point to Arbeau
				Point across the mouth of the North Fork of the St. Lucie River at its
				confluence with the Okeechobee Waterway, and bounded on the southwest by a line
				drawn across the Okeechobee Waterway from Arbeau Point to Bessy Point 3, 000
				feet southwest of the centerline of North Dixie Highway (SR 707) bridge, as
				depicted in drawing B.
(c) Palm
				City Bridge - A Slow Speed Minimum Wake boating restricted area, shoreline to
				shoreline, in and adjacent to the Okeechobee Waterway, bounded on the northwest
				by a line drawn parallel to and 300 feet northwest of the centerline of the
				Palm City Bridge (SR 714), and bounded on the southeast by a line drawn
				parallel to and 1, 500 feet southeast of the centerline of said bridge, as
				depicted in drawing C.
(d) St.
				Lucie Lock and Dam Structure, the Florida Turnpike and I-95 Bridges.
1. A Slow Speed Minimum Wake boating
				restricted area from shoreline to shoreline, in and adjacent to the Okeechobee
				Waterway, bounded on the northeast by a line drawn parallel to and 1, 000 feet
				northeast of the centerline of the eastern span of the northbound traffic lane
				of I-95 and bounded on the southwest by a line drawn perpendicular to the
				centerline of the Okeechobee Waterway 300 feet northeast of the St. Lucie Lock
				and Dam Structure, as depicted in drawing D.
2. An Idle Speed No Wake boating restricted
				area from shoreline to shoreline, in the Okeechobee Waterway in and adjacent to
				the St. Lucie Lock and Dam Structure, bounded on the northeast by a line drawn
				perpendicular to the centerline of the Okeechobee Waterway 300 feet northeast
				of the St. Lucie Lock and Dam Structure and bounded on the southwest by a line
				drawn perpendicular to the centerline of the Okeechobee Waterway 300 feet
				southwest of the St. Lucie Lock and Dam Structure, as depicted in drawing
				D.
(e) Arundel Bridge (S.
				W. 96th Street) - A Slow Speed Minimum Wake boating restricted area from
				shoreline to shoreline, in and adjacent to the Okeechobee Waterway, bounded on
				the northeast by a line drawn perpendicular to the centerline of the Okeechobee
				Waterway 300 feet northeast of the centerline of the Arundel Bridge (S. W. 96th
				Street), and bounded on the southwest by a line drawn perpendicular to the
				centerline of the Okeechobee Waterway 300 feet southwest of the centerline of
				said bridge, as depicted in drawing E.
(f) Timer Powers Park and Boat Ramp - A Slow
				Speed Minimum Wake boating restricted area from shoreline to shoreline, in and
				adjacent to the Okeechobee Waterway, bounded on the northeast by a line drawn
				perpendicular to the centerline of the Okeechobee Waterway 500 feet northeast
				of the centerline of the Timer Powers Boat Ramp and bounded on the southwest by
				a line drawn perpendicular to the centerline of the Okeechobee Waterway 500
				feet southwest of the centerline of the Timer Powers Boat Ramp, as depicted in
				drawing F.
(g) SR 710 and Seaboard
				Coast Line (CSX) Railroad Trestle - A Slow Speed Minimum Wake boating
				restricted area from shoreline to shoreline, in and adjacent to the Okeechobee
				Waterway, bounded on the northeast by a line drawn perpendicular to the
				centerline of the Okeechobee Waterway 300 feet northeast of the centerline of
				the SR 710 bridge, and bounded on the southwest by a line drawn perpendicular
				to the centerline of the Okeechobee Waterway 300 feet southwest of the
				centerline of the Seaboard Coast Line (CSX) Railway Trestle, as depicted in
				drawing G.
(h) FEC Railroad Trestle
				- A Slow Speed Minimum Wake boating restricted area from shoreline to
				shoreline, in and adjacent to the Okeechobee Waterway, bounded on the east by a
				line drawn perpendicular to the centerline of the Okeechobee Waterway 300 feet
				east of the centerline of the FEC Railroad Trestle, and bounded on the west by
				a line drawn perpendicular to the centerline of the Okeechobee Waterway 300
				feet west of the centerline of said trestle, as depicted in drawing
				H.
(i) US 441/US 98 Bridge and Port
				Mayaca Lock - An Idle Speed No Wake boating restricted area from shoreline to
				shoreline, in and adjacent to the Okeechobee Waterway, east of the Port Mayaca
				lock structure and within the right-of-way of the Okeechobee Waterway west of
				said lock structure, bounded on the east by a line drawn parallel to and 300
				feet east of the centerline of the US 441/US 98 bridge, and bounded on the west
				by a line drawn perpendicular to the centerline of the Okeechobee Waterway 300
				feet west of the lock structure, as depicted in drawing I.
(j) Torry Island Bridge - A Slow Speed
				Minimum Wake boating restricted area from shoreline to shoreline, in and
				adjacent to the Okeechobee Waterway in Palm Beach County, bounded on the north
				by a line drawn perpendicular to the centerline of the Okeechobee Waterway 400
				feet north of Torry Island Bridge in Belle Glade, Palm Beach County, and
				bounded on the south by a line drawn perpendicular to the centerline of the
				Okeechobee Waterway 1, 400 feet south of said bridge, as depicted in drawing
				J.
(k) Clewiston Lock Structure - A
				Slow Speed Minimum Wake boating restricted area from shoreline to shoreline, in
				and adjacent to the Okeechobee Waterway in Clewiston, Hendry County, bounded on
				the northeast by a line drawn perpendicular to the centerline of the Route 1B
				Approach Channel 150 feet northeast of the confluence of the Okeechobee
				Waterway Rim Canal and Route 1B Approach Channel, bounded on the north by a
				line drawn 150 feet north of the confluence of both forks of Cauley Cut and the
				Okeechobee Waterway Rim Canal, bounded on the northwest by a line drawn
				perpendicular to the Okeechobee Waterway Rim Canal 300 feet northwest of the
				centerline of the Hoover Dike Road City Ramp, bounded on the south by a line
				drawn across the southern entrance to the S-310 Navigation Lock (Clewiston
				Lock) and bounded on the southeast by a line drawn perpendicular to the
				centerline of the Okeechobee Waterway Rim Canal 300 feet southeast of the
				northeastern fender of the S-310 Navigation Lock (Clewiston Lock), as depicted
				in drawing K.
(l) Liberty Point - A
				Slow Speed Minimum Wake boating restricted area from shoreline to shoreline, in
				and adjacent to the Okeechobee Waterway Rim Canal and Mayaca Cut in Glades
				County, bounded on the west by a line drawn perpendicular to the centerline of
				the Okeechobee Waterway Rim Canal 300 feet west of Liberty Point, on the
				southeast by a line drawn perpendicular to the centerline of the Rim Canal 600
				feet southeast of Liberty Point, and on the east by a line drawn perpendicular
				to the centerline of the Mayaca Cut 150 east of its confluence with the Rim
				Canal, as depicted in drawing L.
(m) Moore Haven Lock Structure and Vicinity -
				A Slow Speed Minimum Wake boating restricted area from shoreline to shoreline,
				in and adjacent to the Okeechobee Waterway Rim Canal, the Old Moore Haven Canal
				and associated canals, and the Caloosahatchee River in the vicinity of the
				Moore Haven Lock and flood control structure S-77 in Glades County, within the
				boundaries set forth below, as depicted in drawing M:
1. In the Okeechobee Waterway Rim Canal,
				shoreline to shoreline, from a line drawn perpendicular to the centerline of
				the Okeechobee Waterway Rim Canal 1, 800 feet northwest of the centerline of
				the Moore Haven Lock Gates canal (26° 50' 45.2'' N/81° 05' 24.2''W), to
				a line drawn perpendicular to the centerline of the Okeechobee Waterway Rim
				Canal 500 feet southeast of the centerline of the Alvin Ward boat ramp (26°
				50' 21.8'' N/81° 04' 46.9''W), including the area shoreline to shoreline
				500 feet north from the Okeechobee Waterway Rim Canal into the Old Moore Haven
				Canal (26° 50' 40.9'' N/81° 05' 14.4''W), and including the Moore Haven
				Locks canal;
2. In the lock
				structure and approaches, shoreline to shoreline, from the Okeechobee Waterway
				Rim Canal to the Caloosahatchee River;
3. In the approaches and spillway of flood
				control structure S-77, shoreline to shoreline, from the Okeechobee Waterway
				Rim Canal to the Caloosahatchee River; and,
4. In the Caloosahatchee River, shoreline to
				shoreline, from the river's northern terminus at the lock structure to a line
				drawn perpendicular to the centerline of the river 1, 450 feet downstream of
				the centerline of the US 27 Bridge, (26° 49' 48.3'' N/ 81° 05'
				30.2''W), including the area, shoreline to shoreline, in the Old Moore Haven
				Canal south of the Okeechobee Waterway Rim Canal to the Old Moore Haven Canal's
				terminus.
(n) SR 29
				Bridge - A Slow Speed Minimum Wake boating restricted area in the
				Caloosahatchee River (Okeechobee Waterway), from shoreline to shoreline from a
				line drawn parallel to and 500 feet east of the centerline of the SR 29 bridge
				as it crosses the Caloosahatchee River to a line drawn parallel to and 2, 056
				feet west of the centerline said bridge, as depicted in drawing
				N.