Boca Ciega Bay is a body of water connected to the Gulf of Mexico on the west-central coast of Florida.Boca Ciega Bay is an aquatic preserve designated in 1968 to halt dredging-and-filling work done in the 1950s.[2] Along with the Pinellas County Aquatic Preserve, Boca Ciega Bay provides sandy beaches, mangrove shoreline and submerged habitats such as oyster bars, seagrass beds, coral habitat, and spring-fed caves.[1][4] The park features a 35-foot wooden observation tower with a panoramic view of Boca Ciega Bay.Archaeological digs show that the eastern shore of the bay was inhabited by prehistoric native Americans, in particular during the late Weeden Island and Safety Harbor periods, from roughly 800 A.D. to 1700 A.D.
A December sunset from
Clam Bayou
Park looking over Boca Ciega Bay
