LifeLines: Boating safety
Please be safe while boating or riding personal watercraft!
Boating tips
Wear your life jacket.
Attach a Personal Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (PEPIRB) to...
LifeLines: Do the stingray shuffle
If you’re wading in the Gulf of Mexico, be on the lookout for the mild-mannered fish gliding in shallow water or partially buried in...
LifeLines: Stay calm in a rip current
A rip current is a fast-moving, narrow channel of water that can move either along the shoreline or away from shore, taking swimmers with...
LifeLines: Diving and snorkeling
Divers and snorkelers should use a divers-down flag or buoy to alert boaters to the presence of people under the water’s surface.
Vessels must stay...
LifeLines: Pack your beach bag
When you're off to the beach, don't forget:
Water
Broad spectrum sunscreen with a sun protection factor (SPF) of 15 or higher. Reapply every...
LifeLines: Fishing tackle
Don’t leave discarded monofilament fishing line and tackle in the water - it can snag, entangle and cut swimmers and divers - not to...
LifeLines: Crack the beach flag code
The flags fluttering on the lifeguard stands at Anna Maria Island’s two public beaches, Manatee Beach in Holmes Beach and Coquina Beach in Bradenton...
LifeLines: Get into the swim zone
For the safest swimming on Anna Maria Island, swim at the county’s two public beaches, Manatee Beach and Coquina Beach, which are both lifeguarded.
At...
LifeLines: Fishing facts
Fishing from the beach or wade fishing off the beach requires a saltwater shoreline fishing license for residents and non-residents.
You do not need the...