Tarpon Point Marina

Tarpon Point confuses almost everyone who searches for it, and honestly, the confusion is fair. Type the name into Google and you get a marina, a Westin resort, three high-rise towers, coach homes, and single-family estates, all wearing the same label, and most of what’s written online blends them into one blurry thing. I’m Brenton Miebach, a REALTOR® in Cape Coral, and this page exists to untangle it: what Tarpon Point actually is, which parts you can stay in versus own, and what each piece really costs, sourced to recorded documents and signed 2026 disclosures, not portal guesses.

What exactly is Tarpon Point?

Tarpon Point is a roughly 150-acre gated master development at the mouth of the Caloosahatchee River, on the southwestern tip of Cape Coral. Grosse Pointe Development assembled the land beginning in 2001, a $29 million purchase, per press records from the time, and built it out over the following decade. Inside the gates, five distinct things share the Tarpon Point name:

• Tarpon Point Marina, the deep-water marina itself, open to boaters whether or not they live here.
• The Westin Cape Coral Resort at Marina Village, a hotel. It opened in December 2012, it still operates as a Westin, and it sits adjacent to the residential towers. It is not a condo building and it is not part of Tarpon Landings.
• Tarpon Landings, three residential towers, 70 residences per tower under the recorded declarations (2006–2007).
• Tarpon Gardens, coach homes organized as two separate condominium associations (Park Homes and Lake Homes), declared for up to 120 residences combined.
• Tarpon Estates, 47 single-family homesites per county parcel records.

So when someone asks me “is Tarpon Point the same as Tarpon Landings?” the answer is no. Tarpon Landings is one residential piece of Tarpon Point, the way a neighborhood is one piece of a city. And the Westin is a hotel that happens to be a neighbor of the towers, not the towers themselves. Getting this structure straight is the single most useful thing this page can do for you, because nearly every fee, rule, and lease policy below depends on which piece you’re actually talking about.

The marina: 261 slips, no lock, no fixed bridge

Per the marina’s own published figures (2026), Tarpon Point Marina offers 261 slips, including 46 recently added, for vessels to 75-plus feet, 8 to 12 feet of depth, and a 570-foot short-stay side-tie dock for boaters coming in for lunch or an afternoon.

The route is the real headline. From Tarpon Point you run roughly 3 miles to open water with no lock and no fixed bridge. When Cape Coral boaters spent years debating the Chiquita Lock, Tarpon Point never entered the conversation, it sits on the river side of the city and was never affected by it. If unrestricted access is what you’re shopping for, this is one of the cleanest routes in Cape Coral; I keep a full breakdown of the city’s boating geography on my waterfront and Gulf-access homes page.

Staying vs. living: the Westin question

You can absolutely experience Tarpon Point without owning here, that’s what the Westin is for. The Westin Cape Coral Resort at Marina Village opened December 17, 2012, and it remains a Westin today. Book a room, walk the marina promenade, eat at the restaurants, and you’ve seen most of what makes the place work. But the hotel is the extent of the short-stay option: the residential communities all carry lease minimums (details below), so Tarpon Point’s residences are not a nightly-rental market. If you want to live here, you have four options, and they differ far more than the portals suggest.

The four ways to live at Tarpon Point

Four distinct residential options share the gates: a tower residence at Tarpon Landings, a Park Home or a Lake Home at Tarpon Gardens, or a single-family home at Tarpon Estates.

Tarpon Landings, the towers

Three towers with 70 residences per tower, 210 total under the recorded declarations (2006–2007). Condo fees run from $1,450 per month (2026; varies by unit share), on top of the master association fee, and the recorded declaration sets a one-month minimum lease. These are the buildings most people picture when they say “Tarpon Point condos”. I cover them in full, including reserve-study status, on my dedicated Tarpon Landings page.

Tarpon Gardens, the coach homes

Tarpon Gardens is the piece almost nobody explains: it’s actually two separate condominium associations. Park Homes and Lake Homes, declared for up to 120 residences combined per the recorded declarations. The split matters at fee time: per a signed 2026 rider and the Lake Homes association’s own 2026 budget, Park Homes run $600 per month and Lake Homes $690 per month, each plus the master fee. Lease minimum is one month, mirroring the Landings.

Tarpon Estates, the single-family enclave

The quietest corner: 47 single-family homesites per county parcel records, many of them waterfront, with genuinely scarce resale inventory. Per signed 2026 disclosures, the sub-HOA runs $514 per quarter plus a $266.11 quarterly cable charge, with a 90-day minimum lease and a $2,000 one-time transfer fee, the strictest lease standard at Tarpon Point. Details and current availability live on my Tarpon Estates page.

What everything costs: the two-tier fee structure

Here’s the part no listing portal explains: every owner at Tarpon Point pays two fees. The first goes to the master association, the Tarpon Point Property Owners’ Association, which runs $3,067 per year for 2026, per signed disclosures. That figure has stepped up from $2,825 in 2024 and roughly $2,850–$2,920 in 2025, so treat any older number you see online as stale. The second fee goes to your specific sub-community, and that’s where the real differences live:

Where you live	Sub-community fee (2026)	Master fee (2026)	Approx. all-in per year
Tarpon Landings (towers)	from $1,450/mo (varies by unit share)	$3,067/yr	~$20,500
Tarpon Gardens. Park Homes	$600/mo	$3,067/yr	~$10,300
Tarpon Gardens. Lake Homes	$690/mo	$3,067/yr	~$11,300
Tarpon Estates (single-family)	$514/qtr + $266.11/qtr cable	$3,067/yr	~$6,200

Two takeaways. First, the all-in spread inside one gate is enormous, roughly $6,200 a year at the Estates versus $20,000-plus at the towers, because tower fees carry building insurance, reserves, and amenities that single-family fees don’t. Second, when a listing shows one fee number for a Tarpon Point property, it’s usually showing you only one of the two tiers. Always ask which.

Dining and the waterfront scene

The Marina Village waterfront is Tarpon Point’s public face, and it’s a genuine dining destination for the whole southwest Cape: Marker 92 Waterfront Bar & Bistro, The Nauti Mermaid Dockside Bar & Grill, Pinchers, and Gather all operate here. Arriving by boat is half the point, that 570-foot side-tie dock exists precisely so you can pull in for dinner. It’s also the practical answer to “can I check out Tarpon Point without buying?”: come by water or book the Westin, and spend an evening on the promenade.

Frequently asked questions

Is Tarpon Point the same as Tarpon Landings?

No. Tarpon Point is the ~150-acre gated master development; Tarpon Landings is one piece of it, three towers with 70 residences each per the recorded declarations. Tarpon Gardens, Tarpon Estates, the marina, and the Westin are separate pieces under the same master association.

How many slips does Tarpon Point Marina have?

Per the marina’s published figures (2026): 261 slips, including 46 recently added, for vessels to 75-plus feet, with 8–12 foot depths and a 570-foot short-stay side-tie dock.

Can you stay at Tarpon Point without living there?

Yes, the Westin Cape Coral Resort at Marina Village is a hotel inside the development, open since December 2012 and still a Westin. The residences themselves are not short-stay options: lease minimums run one month at Tarpon Landings and Tarpon Gardens and 90 days at Tarpon Estates.

What is Tarpon Gardens?

Tarpon Gardens is the coach-home community inside Tarpon Point, declared for up to 120 residences across two separate condominium associations: Park Homes ($600/mo in 2026) and Lake Homes ($690/mo in 2026, per that association’s own budget), each plus the master fee.

What are the HOA fees at Tarpon Point?

Every owner pays two tiers: the Tarpon Point Property Owners’ Association master fee of $3,067/year (2026, per signed disclosures), plus a sub-community fee, from $1,450/mo at Tarpon Landings, $600–$690/mo at Tarpon Gardens, or $514/qtr plus cable at Tarpon Estates. Verify current figures with the associations before relying on them.

Does Tarpon Point have a lock or bridge to open water?

No. The run from Tarpon Point Marina to open water is roughly 3 miles with no lock and no fixed bridge, and the community was never affected by the Chiquita Lock.

Talk to me before you pick your piece of Tarpon Point

I put this page together because I got tired of watching buyers work from portal data that scrambles Tarpon Point’s fees, mixes up the Westin with the towers, and misses the two-tier structure entirely. The documents behind every number here, recorded declarations, county records, signed 2026 disclosures, are exactly what I walk clients through before they write an offer. If you’re weighing a tower residence against a coach home, or wondering whether an Estates lot ever comes available, reach out and I’ll show you the current inventory and the current paperwork. I’m Brenton Miebach, REALTOR®, and Tarpon Point is my backyard.