Paddle launch · North Miami · Miami-Dade County
Oleta River State Park - Outdoor Center Paddlecraft Rentals and Launch
Biscayne Bay · Bay or lagoon · Salt or Brackish Water
Fee$6 per vehicle
WaterSalt or brackish
How to payPay the attendant on site.
Manatee protection zone on the water here
- Slow Speed (All Year) · Rule 68C-22.025(1)(a)5.
State zones from the FWC. Federal and local speed zones can also apply: follow the posted signs.
Florida FWC boat ramp inventory
About Oleta River State Park - Outdoor Center Paddlecraft Rentals and Launch
About this ramp
Oleta River State Park - Outdoor Center Paddlecraft Rentals and Launch is a hand launch site for kayaks, canoes and paddleboards in North Miami, Miami-Dade County on Biscayne Bay, a bay or lagoon with salt or brackish water. It is publicly owned and open to everyone and managed by Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
Launching
The ramp has a launch with a kayak launch beach surface. There is no dock.
Fees, parking and hours
The launch fee is $6 per vehicle. Pay the attendant on site. Hours: 8:00 AM until Sunset, 365 days a year.
Facilities
Restrooms: Flush Toilet.
Fishing
190 artificial reefs within 10 miles of the ramp, from the FWC artificial reef program.
Eagle Scout Reef
0.5 mi
- Depth
- 13 ft
- Relief
- 4 ft
- GPS
- 25° 54.439' N, 80° 08.009' W
- Material
- Reef Ball (5)
Oleta State Park Reef
0.5 mi
- Depth
- 8 ft
- Relief
- 2 ft
- GPS
- 25° 54.433' N, 80° 08.003' W
- Material
- Limestone Boulders
Oleta River Girl Scout Reefballs
0.5 mi
- Depth
- 13 ft
- Relief
- 4 ft
- GPS
- 25° 54.385' N, 80° 08.00' W
- Material
- Reef Ball Bay (6)
Bring Back The Reefs #1
0.5 mi
- Depth
- 13 ft
- Relief
- 4 ft
- GPS
- 25° 54.374' N, 80° 08.009' W
- Material
- Limestone Boulders
Show all 190 reefs
| Reef | Distance | Depth | GPS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Scout Reef | 0.5 mi | 13 ft | 25° 54.439' N, 80° 08.009' W |
| Oleta State Park Reef | 0.5 mi | 8 ft | 25° 54.433' N, 80° 08.003' W |
| Oleta River Girl Scout Reefballs | 0.5 mi | 13 ft | 25° 54.385' N, 80° 08.00' W |
| Bring Back The Reefs #1 | 0.5 mi | 13 ft | 25° 54.374' N, 80° 08.009' W |
| Eagle Scout Reef #2 | 0.5 mi | 14 ft | 25° 54.374' N, 80° 08.011' W |
| Dock And Marine 03-2010 | 0.5 mi | 15 ft | 25° 54.373' N, 80° 08.015' W |
| Broward College | 0.5 mi | 16 ft | 25° 54.369' N, 80° 08.010' W |
| Greynolds Park Reef | 1.6 mi | 10 ft | 25° 55.750' N, 80° 09.00' W |
| North Bayside Park Reef | 2.1 mi | 7 ft | 25° 53.331' N, 80° 09.036' W |
| Dumfounding Bay Reef - Vessel | 2.4 mi | 30 ft | 25° 56.915' N, 80° 07.782' W |
| Dumfounding Bay Reef | 2.4 mi | 45 ft | 25° 56.927' N, 80° 07.767' W |
| Dumfoundling Bay -2008 Boulders | 2.4 mi | 38 ft | 25° 56.939' N, 80° 07.715' W |
| Miami Beach Seawall Barge | 2.4 mi | 35 ft | 25° 56.939' N, 80° 07.713' W |
| Two Islands Mitigation | 2.5 mi | 38 ft | 25° 56.950' N, 80° 07.725' W |
| Carmen | 2.5 mi | 65 ft | 25° 54.533' N, 80° 05.437' W |
| Timothy Allen Reed Reef | 2.5 mi | 65 ft | 25° 54.504' N, 80° 05.428' W |
| White Coast Tug | 2.5 mi | 68 ft | 25° 54.526' N, 80° 05.406' W |
| C-One | 2.5 mi | 68 ft | 25° 54.523' N, 80° 05.406' W |
| Sunny Isle Pipe | 2.5 mi | 68 ft | 25° 54.565' N, 80° 05.397' W |
| Conception | 2.5 mi | 71 ft | 25° 54.562' N, 80° 05.397' W |
| Sunny Isles Modules | 2.6 mi | 64 ft | 25° 54.510' N, 80° 05.380' W |
| Sunny Isles Offsite Mitigation Reef | 2.6 mi | 67 ft | 25° 54.472' N, 80° 05.386' W |
| Sunny Isles Eternal Reefballs Site #16 | 2.6 mi | 69 ft | 25° 54.575' N, 80° 05.370' W |
| San Souci Reef | 2.6 mi | 25 ft | 25° 52.959' N, 80° 09.268' W |
| Bal Harbor Mitigation Modules Reef | 2.6 mi | 68 ft | 25° 54.165' N, 80° 05.393' W |
| Bal Harbor Mitigation Boulder Reef | 2.6 mi | 68 ft | 25° 54.134' N, 80° 05.393' W |
| Narwal | 2.9 mi | 115 ft | 25° 54.640' N, 80° 05.050' W |
| Andro | 3.1 mi | 103 ft | 25° 53.622' N, 80° 05.126' W |
| ULINK, North Miami Beach | 3.3 mi | 14 ft | 25° 52.018' N, 80° 06.998' W |
| U-LINK hybrid breakwater units | 3.3 mi | 14 ft | 25° 51.998' N, 80° 07.003' W |
| M/V Shark | 3.4 mi | 255 ft | 25° 54.476' N, 80° 04.587' W |
| Rossmerry | 3.4 mi | 240 ft | 25° 54.253' N, 80° 04.623' W |
| M/V Catharina | 3.4 mi | 280 ft | 25° 54.943' N, 80° 04.524' W |
| Haulover Culverts | 3.7 mi | 68 ft | 25° 53.448' N, 80° 04.636' W |
| Haulover Modules Site | 3.7 mi | 68 ft | 25° 53.373' N, 80° 04.616' W |
| Eternal Reefs #52 | 3.8 mi | 45 ft | 25° 57.571' N, 80° 05.879' W |
| Eternal Reefs #51 | 3.8 mi | 45 ft | 25° 57.573' N, 80° 05.871' W |
| O.L. Bodenhamer | 3.8 mi | 365 ft | 25° 53.874' N, 80° 04.308' W |
| Eternal Reef #31 | 3.9 mi | 43 ft | 25° 57.726' N, 80° 05.896' W |
| Eternal Reef #35 | 3.9 mi | 45 ft | 25° 57.721' N, 80° 05.884' W |
| Eternal Reef #29 | 3.9 mi | 43 ft | 25° 57.725' N, 80° 05.890' W |
| Eternal Reef #34 | 3.9 mi | 45 ft | 25° 57.729' N, 80° 05.897' W |
| Eternal Reef #45 | 3.9 mi | 45 ft | 25° 57.724' N, 80° 05.876' W |
| Eternal Reef #32 | 3.9 mi | 43 ft | 25° 57.737' N, 80° 05.897' W |
| Eternal Reef #46 | 3.9 mi | 45 ft | 25° 57.728' N, 80° 05.880' W |
| Eternal Reef #36 | 3.9 mi | 45 ft | 25° 57.733' N, 80° 05.888' W |
| Eternal Reef #44 | 3.9 mi | 45 ft | 25° 57.722' N, 80° 05.866' W |
| Eternal Reef #28 | 3.9 mi | 43 ft | 25° 57.732' N, 80° 05.882' W |
| Eternal Reef #25 | 3.9 mi | 43 ft | 25° 57.733' N, 80° 05.882' W |
| Eternal Reef #30 | 3.9 mi | 43 ft | 25° 57.729' N, 80° 05.872' W |
| Golden Beach Eternal Reefballs Site #18 | 3.9 mi | 43 ft | 25° 57.740' N, 80° 05.891' W |
| Eternal Reef 23 | 3.9 mi | 43 ft | 25° 57.738' N, 80° 05.883' W |
| Eternal Reef #20 | 3.9 mi | 43 ft | 25° 57.749' N, 80° 05.90' W |
| Eternal Reef #41 and #42 | 3.9 mi | 45 ft | 25° 57.744' N, 80° 05.886' W |
| Eternal Reef #33 | 3.9 mi | 45 ft | 25° 57.730' N, 80° 05.860' W |
| Eternal Reef #43 | 3.9 mi | 45 ft | 25° 57.746' N, 80° 05.889' W |
| Eternal Reef #26 | 3.9 mi | 43 ft | 25° 57.735' N, 80° 05.864' W |
| Eternal Reef #24 | 3.9 mi | 43 ft | 25° 57.738' N, 80° 05.865' W |
| RSMAS Dock Phase 1 | 3.9 mi | 42 ft | 25° 57.744' N, 80° 05.874' W |
| Eternal Reef #37 | 3.9 mi | 45 ft | 25° 57.762' N, 80° 05.897' W |
| Eternal Reef #21 | 3.9 mi | 44 ft | 25° 57.768' N, 80° 05.899' W |
| Golden Beach Eternal Reefballs Site #2 | 3.9 mi | 42 ft | 25° 57.755' N, 80° 05.872' W |
| Golden Beach Eternal Reefballs Site #7 | 3.9 mi | 43 ft | 25° 57.761' N, 80° 05.881' W |
| Golden Beach Eternal Reefballs Site #1 | 3.9 mi | 42 ft | 25° 57.755' N, 80° 05.870' W |
| Golden Beach Eternal Reefballs Site #8 | 3.9 mi | 43 ft | 25° 57.757' N, 80° 05.871' W |
| Golden Beach Eternal Reefballs Site #3 | 3.9 mi | 42 ft | 25° 57.762' N, 80° 05.877' W |
| Eternal Reef #38 | 3.9 mi | 45 ft | 25° 57.770' N, 80° 05.891' W |
| Eternal Reef #22 | 3.9 mi | 43 ft | 25° 57.774' N, 80° 05.895' W |
| Golden Beach Eternal Reefballs Site #6 | 3.9 mi | 41 ft | 25° 57.767' N, 80° 05.877' W |
| Golden Beach Eternal Reefballs Site #13 | 3.9 mi | 43 ft | 25° 57.771' N, 80° 05.884' W |
| Eternal Reef #40 | 4.0 mi | 45 ft | 25° 57.775' N, 80° 05.890' W |
| Golden Beach Boulders | 4.0 mi | 43 ft | 25° 57.763' N, 80° 05.863' W |
| Golden Beach Eternal Reefballs Site #12 | 4.0 mi | 43 ft | 25° 57.771' N, 80° 05.874' W |
| Golden Beach Eternal Reefballs Site #10 | 4.0 mi | 43 ft | 25° 57.768' N, 80° 05.868' W |
| Eternal Reef #27 | 4.0 mi | 43 ft | 25° 57.785' N, 80° 05.895' W |
| Golden Beach Eternal Reefballs Site #14 | 4.0 mi | 43 ft | 25° 57.782' N, 80° 05.884' W |
| Golden Beach Eternal Reefballs Site #9 | 4.0 mi | 43 ft | 25° 57.779' N, 80° 05.877' W |
| Eternal Reef #39 | 4.0 mi | 45 ft | 25° 57.785' N, 80° 05.888' W |
| Golden Beach Eternal Reefballs Site #11 | 4.0 mi | 44 ft | 25° 57.787' N, 80° 05.887' W |
| Golden Beach Eternal Reefballs Site #17 | 4.0 mi | 43 ft | 25° 57.780' N, 80° 05.872' W |
| Eternal Reefs #48 | 4.0 mi | 45 ft | 25° 57.793' N, 80° 05.894' W |
| Eternal Reef #47 | 4.0 mi | 45 ft | 25° 57.789' N, 80° 05.885' W |
| Eternal Reefs #50 | 4.0 mi | 45 ft | 25° 57.787' N, 80° 05.880' W |
| Eternal Reefs #49 | 4.0 mi | 45 ft | 25° 57.793' N, 80° 05.889' W |
| Golden Beach Girl Scout Reefballs | 4.0 mi | 42 ft | 25° 57.785' N, 80° 05.870' W |
| Eternal Reef #19 | 4.0 mi | 43 ft | 25° 57.787' N, 80° 05.869' W |
| Broward College | 4.0 mi | 43 ft | 25° 57.793' N, 80° 05.880' W |
| Golden Beach Eternal Reefballs Site #15 | 4.0 mi | 43 ft | 25° 57.792' N, 80° 05.874' W |
| Concrete Pipe | 4.5 mi | 68 ft | 25° 52.474' N, 80° 04.370' W |
| Cruz Del Sur Ship | 5.1 mi | 240 ft | 25° 58.161' N, 80° 04.619' W |
| Crane Boom (W) | 5.4 mi | 80 ft | 25° 51.010' N, 80° 04.724' W |
| Wood Boat | 5.5 mi | – | 25° 52.50' N, 80° 03.209' W |
| Pelican Harbor Reef (Bay) | 5.5 mi | 7 ft | 25° 50.450' N, 80° 10.00' W |
| Concrete Pipe | 5.5 mi | 120 ft | 25° 51.423' N, 80° 04.083' W |
| Lotus | 5.5 mi | 218 ft | 25° 50.957' N, 80° 04.647' W |
| Tenneco Towers Shallow | 5.5 mi | 110 ft | 25° 58.952' N, 80° 05.10' W |
| 1,000 Mermaids Hollywood | 5.6 mi | 55 ft | 25° 59.291' N, 80° 05.662' W |
| Tenneco Towers Deep | 5.6 mi | 190 ft | 25° 58.890' N, 80° 04.798' W |
| Fiberglass Boat | 5.8 mi | – | 25° 51.926' N, 80° 03.239' W |
| Wood Boat | 5.8 mi | – | 25° 51.924' N, 80° 03.239' W |
| Concrete Pipe | 5.9 mi | 338 ft | 25° 51.542' N, 80° 03.447' W |
| Pimelious | 6.1 mi | 135 ft | 25° 50.158' N, 80° 04.924' W |
| Walke Q | 6.7 mi | 282 ft | 25° 49.566' N, 80° 04.90' W |
| Eben-Ezer-2 | 6.8 mi | 70 ft | 26° 00.398' N, 80° 05.589' W |
| Water Tower Reef | 6.8 mi | 170 ft | 25° 49.503' N, 80° 04.832' W |
| Betek AR Pen Ship | 6.9 mi | 110 ft | 25° 49.353' N, 80° 05.113' W |
| Site E - Hollywood | 6.9 mi | 65 ft | 26° 00.459' N, 80° 05.623' W |
| Site E - Hollywood Reef Site | 6.9 mi | 70 ft | 26° 00.459' N, 80° 05.620' W |
| Steel Deck Barge | 6.9 mi | 111 ft | 25° 49.360' N, 80° 05.063' W |
| Site E - Curry Reef | 6.9 mi | 75 ft | 26° 00.486' N, 80° 05.606' W |
| St Henry Express | 6.9 mi | 113 ft | 25° 49.321' N, 80° 05.099' W |
| San Raphael | 6.9 mi | 282 ft | 25° 49.812' N, 80° 04.084' W |
| Angler's Avenue Marine | 6.9 mi | 70 ft | 26° 00.498' N, 80° 05.575' W |
| Tortuga Ship | 7.0 mi | 110 ft | 25° 49.254' N, 80° 05.086' W |
| Donald G Mcallister | 7.0 mi | 70 ft | 26° 00.548' N, 80° 05.565' W |
| Deep Freeze | 7.0 mi | 135 ft | 25° 49.303' N, 80° 04.952' W |
| Captain Dede's | 7.0 mi | 74 ft | 26° 00.575' N, 80° 05.591' W |
| Gimrock/Atlas Recycling Barge | 7.0 mi | 112 ft | 25° 49.225' N, 80° 05.065' W |
| Seacon - NSWC Array's | 7.0 mi | 74 ft | 26° 00.601' N, 80° 05.624' W |
| Site E - Emmi Boggs | 7.0 mi | 75 ft | 26° 00.606' N, 80° 05.617' W |
| Grady Hopper Barge | 7.0 mi | 70 ft | 26° 00.615' N, 80° 05.644' W |
| Summerfield | 7.0 mi | 70 ft | 26° 00.601' N, 80° 05.599' W |
| Miss Dania Beach | 7.1 mi | 71 ft | 26° 00.605' N, 80° 05.502' W |
| Curry Reef | 7.1 mi | 75 ft | 26° 00.648' N, 80° 05.606' W |
| 5th Street Bridge & Latitude | 7.1 mi | 20 ft | 25° 48.889' N, 80° 09.907' W |
| Sonny's Reef | 7.2 mi | 18 ft | 25° 48.868' N, 80° 09.919' W |
| Met Wreck Barge | 7.2 mi | 23 ft | 25° 48.840' N, 80° 09.830' W |
| RSMAS Dock Phase 2 | 7.2 mi | 17 ft | 25° 48.860' N, 80° 09.919' W |
| Raychel | 7.2 mi | 185 ft | 25° 49.212' N, 80° 04.763' W |
| RSMAS Dock Phase 1 | 7.2 mi | 17 ft | 25° 48.857' N, 80° 09.946' W |
| Dock & Marine 2015 | 7.2 mi | 26 ft | 25° 48.899' N, 80° 10.128' W |
| Dock & Marine 2014 | 7.2 mi | 26 ft | 25° 48.898' N, 80° 10.130' W |
| Bunnell Seawall | 7.2 mi | 19 ft | 25° 48.841' N, 80° 09.943' W |
| Dock & Marine 2014 | 7.2 mi | 26 ft | 25° 48.898' N, 80° 10.131' W |
| Dock & Marine - Phase 2 | 7.2 mi | 26 ft | 25° 48.893' N, 80° 10.135' W |
| Monty's Pier | 7.2 mi | 23 ft | 25° 48.810' N, 80° 09.870' W |
| Pascagoula | 7.2 mi | 150 ft | 25° 49.120' N, 80° 04.897' W |
| 2010 School Steps | 7.2 mi | 24 ft | 25° 48.891' N, 80° 10.146' W |
| Rickenbacker Demo Phase III | 7.2 mi | 25 ft | 25° 48.879' N, 80° 10.148' W |
| Rickenbacker Demo Phase II | 7.2 mi | 25 ft | 25° 48.879' N, 80° 10.148' W |
| Elliot Pier | 7.2 mi | 26 ft | 25° 48.884' N, 80° 10.164' W |
| Elliot Pier | 7.2 mi | 26 ft | 25° 48.880' N, 80° 10.165' W |
| 2015 Concrete | 7.2 mi | 26 ft | 25° 48.869' N, 80° 10.169' W |
| Dock & Marine (2019) | 7.2 mi | 32 ft | 25° 48.899' N, 80° 10.269' W |
| Larson Barge | 7.2 mi | 30 ft | 25° 48.899' N, 80° 10.269' W |
| 2018-19 Boulders | 7.2 mi | 32 ft | 25° 48.899' N, 80° 10.269' W |
| POM Wharf Mitigation | 7.2 mi | 25 ft | 25° 48.806' N, 80° 09.990' W |
| Dantor | 7.3 mi | 128 ft | 26° 00.590' N, 80° 04.990' W |
| FDOT- SW 1st Bridge - Phase 1 | 7.3 mi | 27 ft | 25° 48.860' N, 80° 10.228' W |
| Dock & Marine - 2016 | 7.3 mi | 24 ft | 25° 48.799' N, 80° 10.049' W |
| Dock & Marine - 2018 | 7.3 mi | 24 ft | 25° 48.801' N, 80° 10.069' W |
| Fisher Island Gazebo & Rip Rap | 7.3 mi | 27 ft | 25° 48.847' N, 80° 10.225' W |
| Concrete Pilings-06 | 7.3 mi | 21 ft | 25° 48.779' N, 80° 10.009' W |
| Bentley Bay Pier | 7.3 mi | 27 ft | 25° 48.846' N, 80° 10.231' W |
| Julia Tuttle Reef (Bay) | 7.3 mi | 28 ft | 25° 48.835' N, 80° 10.20' W |
| Julia Tuttle Reef (Bay) | 7.3 mi | 28 ft | 25° 48.833' N, 80° 10.20' W |
| Julia Tuttle Reef (Bay) | 7.3 mi | 28 ft | 25° 48.833' N, 80° 10.204' W |
| Concrete Pipe | 7.3 mi | 45 ft | 25° 48.824' N, 80° 05.470' W |
| John C. Koppin Memorial | 7.3 mi | 45 ft | 25° 48.820' N, 80° 05.470' W |
| Dinner Key Pier - Phase 1 | 7.3 mi | 23 ft | 25° 48.806' N, 80° 10.251' W |
| Venetian Demo | 7.4 mi | 26 ft | 25° 48.784' N, 80° 10.228' W |
| Cleve Jones, Sr. | 7.4 mi | 155 ft | 25° 48.975' N, 80° 04.890' W |
| Patricia | 7.4 mi | 53 ft | 25° 48.796' N, 80° 05.364' W |
| Anchorage Rock Site | 7.4 mi | 52 ft | 25° 48.783' N, 80° 05.373' W |
| Miss Karlline (Karleen) | 7.4 mi | 51 ft | 25° 48.771' N, 80° 05.345' W |
| Anchorage Mitigation Modules (2021) | 7.4 mi | 50 ft | 25° 48.717' N, 80° 05.440' W |
| Radio Towers | 7.4 mi | 51 ft | 25° 48.741' N, 80° 05.366' W |
| Anchorage Rock Site 2 | 7.4 mi | 47 ft | 25° 48.731' N, 80° 05.396' W |
| 2016 Anchorage Connection Reef A | 7.4 mi | 50 ft | 25° 48.695' N, 80° 05.448' W |
| US Army Tanks | 7.4 mi | 48 ft | 25° 48.680' N, 80° 05.480' W |
| Larsen Barge | 7.4 mi | 45 ft | 25° 48.692' N, 80° 05.436' W |
| 2016 Anchorage Connection Reef B | 7.5 mi | 50 ft | 25° 48.691' N, 80° 05.426' W |
| 2016 Anchorage Connection Reef D | 7.5 mi | 50 ft | 25° 48.676' N, 80° 05.439' W |
| Matthew Lawerance Memorial Reef | 7.5 mi | 50 ft | 25° 48.686' N, 80° 05.405' W |
| 2016 Anchorage Connection Reef C | 7.5 mi | 50 ft | 25° 48.673' N, 80° 05.423' W |
| Hopper Barge | 8.2 mi | 234 ft | 25° 48.288' N, 80° 04.555' W |
| I Beams | 8.7 mi | 51 ft | 25° 47.781' N, 80° 04.794' W |
| Mine Sweeper | 8.8 mi | 180 ft | 25° 48.405' N, 80° 03.174' W |
| Steel Storage Tanks | 8.9 mi | 45 ft | 25° 47.542' N, 80° 04.793' W |
| Perry Street Rockpile/Segment III Mit Dania | 9.3 mi | 18 ft | 26° 02.839' N, 80° 06.701' W |
| Reefline - "Traffic Jam" | 9.7 mi | 20 ft | 25° 46.379' N, 80° 07.626' W |
| Mitigation Reef (A) | 9.7 mi | 31 ft | 25° 46.450' N, 80° 06.50' W |
| Star Island Reef | 9.7 mi | 12 ft | 25° 46.434' N, 80° 09.078' W |
| African Queen | 9.8 mi | 44 ft | 25° 46.804' N, 80° 04.532' W |
| Limestone Boulder Piles 1-5 | 9.8 mi | 39 ft | 26° 03.165' N, 80° 05.790' W |
| West End | 9.8 mi | 228 ft | 25° 47.454' N, 80° 02.947' W |
| POM Mitigation Modules (2021) | 9.9 mi | 27 ft | 25° 46.288' N, 80° 06.307' W |
| Concrete Pipe | 9.9 mi | 51 ft | 25° 46.723' N, 80° 04.426' W |
| Leon's Barge | 10.0 mi | 50 ft | 25° 46.682' N, 80° 04.372' W |
| Port of Miami - Gabion Baskets | 10.0 mi | 27 ft | 25° 46.199' N, 80° 06.365' W |
Source: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). Check fishing license and bag limit rules before you go.
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