Area Map
Shell Bay is on the western point of Carrabelle Beach and allows access to over five miles of beaches to walk and explore. Rock revetments protect the shoreline as does Shell Bay’s one of a kind eleven foot concrete retaining wall. The dock system will mate with the wall and incorporate state of the art dock construction including boat lifts. When it comes to catching your limit, the object is to be first on the fish. Every angler knows more fish can be caught in the early moments of the new day. The dock at Shell Bay allows immediate access through the pass between Dog and St. George Islands to the big fishing spots with structure and depth minutes from our yacht club.
Carrabelle is a quiet fishing village surrounded by the areas best in shore, bay and flats fishing as well as world class off-shore fishing beyond the barrier islands of Dog Island and St. George. The Carrabelle River runs through the town, offering superior water access to the city’s marinas and dry dock storage for boaters.
The entire area is protected by the Apalachicola National Forest Preserve of over 300,000 acres of woodlands and wetlands. In addition, over 300 miles of shoreline to the east of Carrabelle, down to the Suwanee River, is protected by Florida’s Nature Conservancy.
The intracoastal waterway for Florida’s pristine coast begins in Carrabelle and takes your cruise to the west through Apalachicola, St. Joe, Mexico Beach, Panama City, Destin, Ft. Walton, and on to Pensacola. There are some of Florida’s most remote and beautiful beaches on natural preserved islands for you to explore throughout Shell Bay’s near reaches. (Little St. George and St. Vincents Islands are bird and wildlife sanctuaries that you can explore.)
Shell Bay is located just 60 miles south of Tallahassee Airport on Highway 98, just 3 miles west of Carrabelle, Florida on Carrabelle Beach. Ten miles to the west of Shell Bay is the new St. George Island Causeway Bridge in East Point, Florida, and another 5 miles takes you into Apalachicola, Florida. This quaint seaport shows its high cotton from the 1800s past throughout the town - from historic river front cotton and sponge exchange warehouses to the Gibson Inn and walking tours of Victorian period homes, parks, and shops and restaurants on the waterfront.
Seafood is abundant in this area with the world’s best oysters and freshest crab, scallops, shrimp and fish. In the summer crab and scallop season opens and all you need is a snorkel and a net so kids love to catch ’em.
Port St. Joe is another 20 miles past Apalachicola to the west, and then its another 45 miles into Panama City and its airport. Highway 98 is a scenic highway along the coast and wherever you travel makes for an interesting trip.