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Mile 11.0 - -11 RBD High Adventure Marina, Port Eads

John Ruskey

20 Apr 2026 � 1 min read

-11 RBD High Adventure Marina, Port Eads

High Adventure Marina at Port Eads
http://porteads.com/
504-308-1602
peter@highadventurecompany.com

Reports river angel Layne Logue: “In April 2014, High Adventure Company built a Marina, Fishing Camp and Restaurant at the Port Eads Lighthouse (1.8 miles from the South Pass Gulf Island at the Gulf of Mexico). This is HUGE! You can find supplies here: water, food, beer! (and cold beer at that!)… and I talked to the current Manager, PETER DEVER and he said as long as you were buying stuff… they’d let us paddlers tent for FREE on their wooden deck. Obviously, they would love for you to stay in their fish camps (North and South building… each holding up to 24 people). Per bed night is $125. Exclusive room per night is $625 (yeah, this is me… not). Here is the even better feature: Boats will be coming in to buy fuel, buy ice, buy beer, food and will stop at the Port Eads. This would be an EXCELLENT time to ask for a ride back to Venice! They will already be going there! (well, the ones that aren’t going out to sea). Instead of finding a boat in Venice that has to come out there, pick you up and go back to Venice (can be expensive charter cost)… You may be able to get a free ride… or a very minimum incentive tip to the boat owner to take you back to Venice.

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