Deepest lakes & reservoirs in Florida by maximum depth (ft)
The estimated greatest depth of the water in a lake can be measured at the lake’s normal elevation. If the water volume and surface area of a lake are known, an estimate of the lake’s average depth can be calculated:Water volume ÷ Surface Area = Average Depth
Example: 1,000,000 acre-feet ÷ 20,000 acres = 50 feet average depth.
You can find many of the the world’s deepest lakes on LakeLubbers. If you sort the list, you will find the (maximum depth of) the shallowest lakes in our database. Note: For some lakes, lake depth data is unknown, so this table may display fewer lakes than the total 81 articles we have published for Florida lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US South Region > Florida > Compared by maximum depth in feet. This list does not represent all lakes in Florida, only the 81 Florida lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name | Max depth in feet | Lake description |
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Lake Apopka, FL (East Central Florida, Florida, US South Region, USA) |
18 ft | Sixty years ago Lake Apopka was a world class bass fishery. Fishing camps dotted the shore of the spring-fed central Florida lake in Orange and Lake C … |
Lake Sebring, FL (Florida, South Florida, US South Region, USA) |
17 ft | Also known as Sebring Lake Lake Sebring in Highlands County has been a Florida tourism destination since 1912. Wealthy businessman George Sebring came here from Ohio on a fishin … |
Lake Huntley, FL (Florida, South Florida, US South Region, USA) |
17 ft | They are sipping tea, watching the sun set across beautiful Lake Huntley and counting their emerging lucky stars. They were looking for a place to sta … |
Doctors Lake, FL (Florida, North Florida, US South Region, USA) |
17 ft | Doctors Lake is a 3,500-acre tidal freshwater embayment located on the west side of the St. Johns River in Clay County, Florida, just 37 miles from th … |
East Lake Tohopekaliga, FL (East Central Florida, Florida, US South Region, USA) |
16 ft | Also known as East Lake Toho East Lake Tohopekaliga, often called East Lake Toho for short, is located in central Florida south of Orlando. Covering a staggering 11,968 Florida ac … |
Clermont Chain of Lakes (East Central Florida, Florida, US South Region, USA) |
16 ft | Also known as Lake Louisa, Lake Minnehaha, Lake Minneola, Lake Winona, Lake Susan, Lake Hiawatha, Lake Palatlakaha, Wilson Lake, Lake Crescent, Cook Lake, Lake Cherry, Lake Lucy, Lake Emma Water paradise awaits in East Central Florida: the Clermont Chain of Lakes offers over 9000 acres of water surface with additional miles of canals and … |
Lake Eloise, FL (Florida, US South Region, USA, West Central Florida) |
16 ft | Also known as Winter Haven Chain of Lakes, Southern Chain Bald cypress trees dripping with Spanish moss reach out of the water near the shore of Lake Eloise. The cottage-dotted shoreline harkens back to a tim … |
Lake Como, FL (Cross Florida, Florida, US South Region, USA) |
16 ft | Truly stunning to look at, Lake Como is a dazzling body of water in Putnam County Florida. It is considered oligotrohpic, meaning that it is unusually … |
Lake Tohopekaliga, FL (East Central Florida, Florida, US South Region, USA) |
15 ft | Also known as Lake Toho Lake Tohopekaliga is world renowned for its bass fishing and loved for its natural beauty. It is located in Osceola County, Florida, at the headwaters … |
Lake Washington FL (East Central Florida, Florida, US South Region, USA) |
15 ft | Even in a state with thousands of lakes, Lake Washington stands out. This lake, one of three large lakes along the Saint Johns River Upper Basin, is o … |
Lake Tarpon, FL (Florida, US South Region, USA, West Central Florida) |
14 ft | Also known as Tarpon Lake, formerly Lake Butler In the West Central Region of Florida, there is no finer lake than Lake Tarpon. The 2529-acre lake, often called the ‘Jewel of Pinellas County’ is onl … |
Lake Deeson, FL (Florida, US South Region, USA, West Central Florida) |
13 ft | After spending decades in the north, raising their children and shoveling snow, they knew they wanted to retire someplace warm — the question was whe … |