Downtown Fort Myers is about to fill up with yachts, pontoons and center consoles again as the 54th annual Fort Myers Boat Show returns to the River District from Nov. 12 through Nov. 15. Organizers say the show will feature more than 125 boat lines and over 45 dealers spread across the waterfront and surrounding streets, with vessels displayed both on land and floating in the Caloosahatchee.
The show is scheduled to run from the west end of Centennial Park through the Caloosa Sound Convention Center and east through the park along Edwards Drive to Lee Street, according to Gulf Coast News and Weather. A main entrance sits at the corner of Bay Street and Heitman Street, with a second entrance at the corner of Bay Street and Lee Street, per the same outlet. Those gates funnel visitors toward a footprint that also stretches to the Fort Myers City Yacht Basin, according to havenlifestyles.com, which reports the event extends from the Yacht Basin to Centennial Park and the convention center, with boats shown both on land and in the water.
Inside the Caloosa Sound Convention Center, exhibitors are set to show off engines, electronics, boat lifts, marine accessories and services, and other gear and gadgets for boaters, per the release cited by Gulf Coast News and Weather. The Marine Industries Association of Southwest Florida, which owns the show, describes most of the accessory displays as being housed in what it calls the newly refurbished Caloosa Sound Convention Center, according to miaswf.com. That same association said the 2026 show will feature boats in a variety of sizes and styles, per the Gulf Coast News and Weather report.
A Lineup That Ranges From Pontoons to Tiara Yachts
Fishing boats, center consoles, pontoons, deck boats, cruisers and yachts are all expected among the displays, havenlifestyles.com reports. Walker’s Marine plans to show models from Axopar, Cobia, Pursuit, Regal and Tiara Yachts, including some models making their first appearance at the show, according to the same havenlifestyles.com account. Cape Coral-based WMF Watercraft & Marine is expected to display a new 34-foot Sunsation CCX center console, though havenlifestyles.com notes that debut depends on the boat being ready in time for the November event…