Tarpon Bay Moorings Homes for Sale, Port St. Lucie FL

Tarpon Bay Moorings is a small waterfront townhome community at 1102 SE Mitchell Avenue in southeast Port St. Lucie, sitting right on Kitching Cove off the St. Lucie River. What makes it unusual is simple: most homes here have a private dock in the back yard, and there are no fixed bridges between that dock and the Atlantic. Very few places in Port St. Lucie offer that under half a million dollars.

• Homes for Sale
• About the Community
• At a Glance
• Docks & Boating
• The Townhomes
• Pricing & HOA
• Approval, Leasing & Pets
• Location
• Nearby Communities
• FAQs

What Tarpon Bay Moorings Is Actually Like

The Moorings is one of three separate associations that share the Tarpon Bay name in this pocket of Sandpiper Bay, and it is the boating one. The townhomes are arranged so the water side faces Kitching Cove, a protected deep-water pocket that local captains use to ride out weather. Owners look out at sailboats moving through, ospreys, and the occasional otter.

It is small, quiet and built for people whose boat is the reason they bought. The community pool sits overlooking the canal. The buildings went up in 1982, and most have been through roof, air-conditioning and interior updates since — roofs on several buildings date to 2021.

Do not confuse it with its two neighbors. Tarpon Bay Villas, next door at 1100 SE Mitchell Avenue, has no water access at all. Tarpon Bay Yacht Club, on SE Pruitt Road, is a 55+ condominium with a shared marina rather than private docks. The Moorings is the one where the dock is yours.

Tarpon Bay Moorings at a Glance

Docks and Boating

This is the whole point of the community, so it is worth being specific.

• Private docks behind or beside the homes, not a shared marina. Recent listings describe docks of 20, 25 and 40 feet, plus numbered slips such as #10 and #12 on the river side.
• Boat sizes in the 30 to 40 foot range are what the docks here are marketed to hold; some slips carry lifts with power and water, and at least one listing notes room to add an elevator lift.
• No fixed bridges between the community and the ocean — you are not height-limited on the way out.
• Kitching Cove itself is a protected deep-water pocket, which is why larger boats shelter here.
• Views from the homes run to the cove, the river, the canal and the bay depending on position in the community.

Where You Can Go by Boat

From the dock it is roughly 30 minutes to the St. Lucie Inlet and the open Atlantic, and about 10 minutes to downtown Stuart — which is the part owners here use most. Times vary with your vessel and the no-wake zones.

Places you can run to and tie up:

• Downtown Stuart. The City of Stuart maintains public docks along the Riverwalk, so you can come in by water, walk off and be among the shops, galleries and restaurants on Flagler and Osceola Streets in a couple of minutes. Availability and the rules are set by the city, so check current dockage before you plan an evening around it.
• Sailor’s Return, at Sunset Bay Marina in Stuart — you can arrive by boat or by car.
• Shrimpers Grill & Raw Bar, on the water in the Manatee Pocket, where boaters pull up dockside.
• Manatee Island Bar & Grill and The Twisted Tuna, also in the Manatee Pocket at Port Salerno, both with dockage for guests.
• The voco Sandpiper Bay resort and marina, essentially next door — the shortest run of all.

Dockage at any restaurant is first come, first served and can change with the season. Call ahead on a busy weekend.

The Townhomes

The Moorings runs essentially one floor plan: a two-story, three-bedroom, three-bath townhome of about 1,713 square feet under air. The layout puts a full bedroom and bath on the main level, which makes it workable for guests, a home office or someone who does not want stairs every day. Upstairs, the primary suite typically opens onto a private balcony over the water, with a loft that owners use as an office or lounge.

Construction is a mix of concrete, frame and stucco with shingle roofs. Common updates in recent sales include impact windows and sliders on some units, vinyl plank and tile flooring, renovated kitchens and baths, and screened rear lanais facing the water. End units are the most sought after — wider water views and more light.

Pricing, HOA and Financing

Financing. Sales in the Moorings have gone through on cash, conventional, FHA and VA terms. Attached homes in an association always come with an extra layer — the lender will look at the association's budget, reserves, insurance and owner-occupancy ratio, and FHA and VA each have their own project requirements. As a licensed mortgage loan officer as well as a Realtor, I check that side before you go under contract rather than after, so the appraisal is not the first time anyone reads the association's financials. Terms are subject to change and availability.

Prices in the Moorings turn on the dock as much as the townhome — length, lift and water view separate two otherwise identical units. Rather than publish a range that goes stale, the listing feed on this page shows what is actually for sale right now, updated as the MLS updates.

What a feed cannot show you is what homes have sold for, which is the number that decides whether an offer is strong or a list price is realistic. Call me at (772) 359-1926 and I will pull current comparable sales for the community, including what the dock is actually adding.

Approval, Leasing and Pets

• Buyer approval is required by the association, and at least one recent listing notes a personal interview as part of it. Build the approval window into your contract timeline.
• Leasing is restricted. Tenant approval is required, and restrictions appear on some units — if you are buying as an investment, get the current rules in writing before you commit.
• Pets are allowed with limits — recent listings show number limits (typically one to two), and size and breed restrictions are possible.

Where Is Tarpon Bay Moorings in Port St. Lucie?

Tarpon Bay Moorings sits at 1102 SE Mitchell Avenue in southeast Port St. Lucie, ZIP code 34952, at approximately 27.2491° N, -80.3190° W. You reach it from SE Westmoreland Boulevard by way of SE Morning Side Drive and SE Kitching Cove Lane, with SE Mitchell Avenue running down to the water. The community backs onto Kitching Cove where it meets the St. Lucie River, with the voco Sandpiper Bay resort and marina immediately to the north.

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Nearby Communities

• Tarpon Bay
• Tarpon Bay Yacht Club
• Tarpon Bay Villas
• Kitching Cove Estates
• Island of Ravello & Rivella
• River Vista
• The Anchorage
• Sandpiper Bay

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