Pillars PL-3 Mooring Buoy

Mooring buoy PL-3 at Pillars, in about 27 ft of water. It's one of 42 free, day-use mooring buoys Miami-Dade County maintains on its reefs between Golden Beach and Key Biscayne, so boaters can dive, snorkel and fish without dropping anchor on the coral. First come, first served. Keep to idle speed with no wake near the buoys and watch for divers and their bubbles. Approach slowly into the wind or current, and run your own bow line through the eye of the pick-up line; never tie the pick-up line straight to your boat. Add scope in rough weather. Check the mooring before you rely on it, and report any problems to the county at reefs@miamidade.gov or 305-372-6864.