Boat care on the water in Hillsboro Beach
Hillsboro Beach sits on a thin barrier island, ocean on one side and the Intracoastal on the other, and Hillsboro Inlet marks its southern tip. The town is almost exclusively residential with no commercial marina inside its limits, boats here dock behind homes on the Intracoastal side rather than at a public facility.
Hillsboro Beach is a narrow peninsula about 3 miles long and, at its widest, only about 900 feet across, with the Intracoastal on one side and the Atlantic on the other. The town has a single road running its full length north to south, and roughly 50 single-family homes alongside its condominiums, a year-round population of about 2,000 that grows once seasonal residents arrive for winter. There's no room here for a commercial marina; what boats there are dock behind homes on the Intracoastal side.
Hillsboro Inlet marks the town's southern tip and is the passage boats here use to reach the Atlantic, the same inlet, cut generations ago, that gives Lighthouse Point and Pompano Beach their own ocean access just to the north. A boat docked anywhere along Hillsboro Beach's Intracoastal side is a short run from open water, without the canal maze that a town like Lighthouse Point is built on.
- the Intracoastal Waterway
- the Atlantic Ocean
- the Hillsboro Inlet
Dive services for Hillsboro Beach boats
Marinas and docks around Hillsboro Beach
We come to the boat in Hillsboro Beach: dock, lift or slip.
Hillsboro Beach boats mainly sit on the Intracoastal Waterway and the Atlantic Ocean and the Hillsboro Inlet. The town has no commercial marina, boating here runs through private docks behind Intracoastal-side homes.
The visit, step by step
- 01
Free inspection
We look first and tell you straight what we found.
- 02
Hull schedule
Every 2-3 weeks in summer, 3-4 in winter. It depends on the boat.
- 03
Zincs
Swapped at about half their life, with a zinc report.
- 04
Props
Pulled by our divers; repairs go to F&J.
Hillsboro Beach questions
Is there a marina in Hillsboro Beach?
No. The town is almost entirely private residential docks on the Intracoastal side; there is no commercial marina inside town limits.
How wide is Hillsboro Beach?
At most about 900 feet, running roughly 3 miles north to south between the Intracoastal and the Atlantic Ocean: one road runs the length of the town, with no room for a commercial marina.