From the South Seas Island Resort web site
From Miami
Distance: 170 miles
Take I-95 North to I-595 West. Merge onto I-75 North toward Naples and continue 127 miles to Exit 131 – Daniel’s Parkway. Turn left onto Daniel’s Parkway, and drive for 4.5 miles to Six Mile Cypress/Ben C. Pratt Parkway. Turn left onto Six Mile Cypress/Ben C. Pratt Parkway and drive for 4.5 miles to Summerlin Road. Take the left exit ramp onto FL-869 (Summerlin Road). Stay on Summerlin Road for 8 miles. The road will end at the Sanibel-Captiva Island Causeway toll booth. Pay the $6.00 toll and cross the 3 mile causeway onto Sanibel Island. When you get to the 4-way stop sign, yield right onto Periwinkle Way. Continue on Periwinkle Way for 2.5 miles and turn right onto Palm Ridge Road. Continue 0.5 miles to the four way stop. Go straight through stop sign onto Sanibel Captiva Road. Stay on Sanibel-Captiva Road for 7 miles and cross Blind Pass Bridge onto Captiva Island (the road becomes Captiva Drive). Continue on Captiva Drive for 3.5 miles to the entrance of South Seas Resort which will be on your right.
From Orlando
Distance: 235 miles
Take I-4 West Toward Tampa. Merge onto I-75 South via exit 9 and continue 130 miles to Exit 131 – Daniel’s Parkway. Turn right onto Daniel’s Parkway, and drive for 4.5 miles to Six Mile Cypress/Ben C. Pratt Parkway. Turn left onto Six Mile Cypress/Ben C. Pratt Parkway and drive for 4.5 miles to Summerlin Road. Take the left exit ramp onto FL-869 (Summerlin Road). Stay on Summerlin Road for 8 miles. The road will end at the Sanibel-Captiva Island Causeway toll booth. Pay the $6.00 toll and cross the 3 mile causeway onto Sanibel Island. When you get to the 4-way stop sign, yield right onto Periwinkle Way. Continue on Periwinkle Way for 2.5 miles and turn right onto Palm Ridge Road. Continue 0.5 miles to the four way stop. Go straight through stop sign onto Sanibel Captiva Road. Stay on Sanibel-Captiva Road for 7 miles and cross Blind Pass Bridge onto Captiva Island (the road becomes Captiva Drive). Continue on Captiva Drive for 3.5 miles to the entrance of South Seas Resort which will be on your right.
From Tampa
Distance: 165 miles
Take I-75 South approx 125 miles to Exit 131. Turn right onto Daniel’s Parkway, and drive for 4.5 miles to Six Mile Cypress/Ben C. Pratt Parkway. Turn left onto Six Mile Cypress/Ben C. Pratt Parkway and drive for 4.5 miles to Summerlin Road and turn left. Take the left exit ramp onto FL-869 (Summerlin Road). Stay on Summerlin Road for 8 miles. The road will end at the Sanibel-Captiva Island Causeway toll booth. Pay the $6.00 toll and cross the 3 mile causeway onto Sanibel Island. When you get to the 4-way stop sign, yield right onto Periwinkle Way. Continue on Periwinkle Way for 2.5 miles and turn right onto Palm Ridge Road. Continue 0.5 miles to the four way stop. Go straight through stop sign onto Sanibel Captiva Road. Stay on Sanibel-Captiva Road for 7 miles and cross Blind Pass Bridge onto Captiva Island (the road becomes Captiva Drive). Continue on Captiva Drive for 3.5 miles to the entrance of South Seas Resort which will be on your right.
From the Southwest Florida International Airport
Distance: 36 miles
Exit Airport (follow signs for I-75) and turn right onto Treeline Ave. Continue 2 miles to Daniel’s Parkway – ensure you are in the left hand lane. Turn left onto Daniel’s Parkway and drive for 4.5 miles to Six Mile Cypress/Ben C. Pratt Parkway – ensure you are in the left hand lane. Turn left onto Six Mile Cypress/Ben C. Pratt Parkway and drive for 4.5 miles to Summerlin Road. Take the left exit ramp onto FL-869 (Summerlin Road). Stay on Summerlin Road for 8 miles. The road will end at the Sanibel-Captiva Island Causeway toll booth. Pay the $6.00 toll and cross the 3 mile causeway onto Sanibel Island. At the four way stop yield right onto Periwinkle Way. Continue 2.5 miles and turn right onto Palm Ridge Road. Continue 0.5 miles to the four way stop and go straight through stop sign onto Sanibel Captiva Drive. Stay on Sanibel-Captiva Road for 7 miles and cross Blind Pass Bridge onto Captiva Island (the road becomes Captiva Drive). Continue on Captiva Drive for 3.5 miles through the village center to the entrance of South Seas Resort which will be on your right.
From I-75
Distance: 35 miles
Take I-75 to Exit 131 – Daniel’s Parkway. Turn West onto Daniel’s Parkway, and drive for 4.5 miles to FL-865 (Six Mile Cypress/Ben C. Pratt Parkway). Turn left onto Six Mile Cypress/Ben C. Pratt Parkway and drive for 4.5 miles to Summerlin Road and take the left exit ramp onto FL-869 (Summerlin Road). Stay on Summerlin Road for 8 miles. The road will end at the Sanibel-Captiva Island Causeway toll booth. Pay the $6.00 toll and cross the 3 mile causeway onto Sanibel Island. When you get to the 4-way stop sign, yield right onto Periwinkle Way. Continue on Periwinkle Way for 2.5 miles and turn right onto Palm Ridge Road. Continue 0.5 miles to the four way stop. Go straight through stop sign onto Sanibel Captiva Road. Stay on Sanibel-Captiva Road for 7 miles and cross Blind Pass Bridge onto Captiva Island (the road becomes Captiva Drive). Continue on Captiva Drive for 3.5 miles through the village center to the entrance of South Seas Resort which will be on your right.
By Water
To enter South Seas Yacht Harbour from the Intra-Coastal Waterway; markers 39 and 40 mark the start of the Yacht Harbour’s private maintained channel which runs West from the ICW into the Yacht Harbour. Keep the green buoys to your port side as you enter the Yacht Harbour.
From the Gulf of Mexico through Red Fish Pass there are 3 sea buoys that lead you through Red Fish Pass. #1 Green is 1 mile offshore. GPS coordinates for the #1 green buoy are 26 33 16N 82 12 78W. #4 Red buoy is 26 33 17N 82 12 425W. #5 Green buoy is 26 33 28N 82 12 156W. After coming through the center of Red Fish Pass keep close to the shore line as you come around the back side of Captiva Island to stay in the deepest water and please keep to the West of the no wake / manatee zone signs. Pass the T-Dock and marker 20 and turn right into the harbour entrance.
The first dock on your right as you enter the Yacht Harbour is A Dock. The docks continue alphabetically until the last dock which is Q Dock. The Harbour Masters office and fuel docks are located at the ends of D and E docks.