The St. Lucie Inlet, Florida is located between Hutchinson Island and Jupiter Island in Martin County, Florida, at coordinates 27°09′58″N 80°09′24″W / 27.16611°N 80.15667°W. The St. Lucie Inlet is one of six inlets into the Indian River Lagoon.[1]
South of the inlet is the St. Lucie Inlet State Park with hard and soft coral reefs. Just to the north of the inlet is Bathtub Beach Reef, a sabellariid worm reef. The beaches along Hutchinson Island are the third highest nesting beaches in the Western Hemisphere for the loggerhead sea turtle.[2]
- ^ "Experts discuss adding an inlet to Indian River Lagoon". WKMG. 2013-10-30. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
- ^ "Florida Oceanographic Society's ST. LUCIE INLET fact sheet" (PDF).