San Carlos Bay is a bay at the mouth of the Caloosahatchee River on the southwest Florida coast, opening to the Gulf of Mexico between Sanibel Island and Pine Island and leading inland to Fort Myers. The tide is mixed and small, with a mean range of 0.94 ft (0.29 m) at the Fort Myers reference station.
- Type
- Bay
- Location
- Florida, United States
- Setting
- At the mouth of the Caloosahatchee River on the southwest Florida coast, opening to the Gulf of Mexico between Sanibel Island and Pine Island and leading inland to Fort Myers
- Tidal range
- The tide is mixed and small, with a mean range of 0.94 ft (0.29 m) at the Fort Myers reference station.
- Notable
- The Sanibel Causeway (1963), carrying State Road 867 across the bay, was extensively rebuilt by FDOT after Hurricane Ian destroyed sections in September 2022 (FDOT).
