St Andrews Marina — Attraction in Panama City

My granddaughter an I needed something to do. I've always enjoyed spending time there, so wanted to share with my BUG. We walked the whole marina! We talked to a couple of pelicans, not much on conversation. Walked the lower pier around the store, sat down where u would tie up for gas for boat. To our surprise.... A Dauphin! Cruzin by, checking for nibbles. On his daily route, he come back by to see us again. Such a nice afternoon thing to do! We saw big fish little fish,horse shoe crabs. So many things to see. Always a wonderful breeze, sit in the porch swings. Bring a book, nice an clean area. You can fish or just check out the boats. You are in a safe zone there,plenty of nice folks! Stop n an spend...

My family and I traveled 1100 nautical miles from Key West to Texas. Along the way we stopped at multiple marinas and bays. By far the most accommodating and welcoming was Saint Andrew's Bay Marina and Brian, it's incredible superintendent. My family and I stayed moored up for a weekend and we were desperate for services since the previous anchorage didn't have any. I look forward to going back and visiting again in the future, and I hope Brian and his staff will remember our family and welcome us back with as open arms as they did the first time we met. Thank you so much, Brian and your entire team. We were extraordinarily grateful for your...

Hurricane Michael had a devastating impact on the beautiful St. Andrew's Marina. The marina store and the visitor's pavillion were largely undamaged and are open for business, and it looks like a handful of slips are available for docking, but 95% of the slips are gone or unusable. There is a St. Andrew's Marina Facebook page which shows the post-Michael conditions: it appears the easternmost pier actually broke off in the storm, took all moored vessels with it and doubled BACK on itself, crushing all the other vessels into the seawall. The broken boats have all been pulled out of the wreckage, but there is still a LOT of debris left...