Fort Lauderdale: the Rio canals of northern Coral Ridge and Coral Shores

Sell your canal lot in 33306, northern Coral Ridge

33306 is a small ZIP of about two square kilometres wrapped around northern Coral Ridge, and its big-boat frontage is on seven short canals, all named Rio, running west off the Intracoastal. Five of them join the waterway south of Oakland Park Boulevard and reach Port Everglades, some 5 to 6 miles away, under three drawbridges; Rio Naomi and Rio Terese join it just north of the boulevard and add the Oakland Park bascule. Coral Shores, on the North Fork of the Middle River at the ZIP's western edge, is behind fixed bridges.

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33306 at a glance

Post office name and who governs it: USPS name Fort Lauderdale. Of 2.2 sq km of land, the 2020 Census ZIP-to-place file puts about 81% in the City of Fort Lauderdale, 12% in Oakland Park and 7% in Wilton Manors. source
Waterfront neighbourhoods inside the ZIP: All of Coral Shores, the northern part of Coral Ridge (about 29% of that neighbourhood's area), and a slice of Coral Ridge Country Club Estates. source
Named water: Rio Julia, Rio Kinney, Rio Lenora, Rio Lorena, Rio Weilding, Rio Naomi and Rio Terese, all off the Intracoastal, plus a stretch of the North Fork of the Middle River. source
Oakland Park Boulevard as a dividing line: The boulevard's centreline runs at about 26.1675° N. Rio Naomi and Rio Terese lie north of it; Rio Julia, Kinney, Lenora, Lorena and Weilding lie south. source
Drawbridges to Port Everglades: Oakland Park Boulevard bascule, Mile 1060.5, 22 ft at the centre (north canals only); Sunrise Boulevard twin bascules, Mile 1062.6, 25 ft minimum; Las Olas, Mile 1064.0, 24 ft reported; SE 17th Street, Mile 1065.9, 55 ft authorized. Port at Mile 1066.3. source
North Fork fixed spans: Water on the North Fork reaches the Intracoastal under the US 1 fixed bridge (8 ft) and the Sunrise Boulevard fixed bridge over the Middle River (10 ft). Further up, a 4½ ft fixed span crosses the North Fork. source
Oakland Park bridge openings: On the quarter-hour and three-quarter hour. source
Seawall rule: Fort Lauderdale ULDR sec. 47-19.13: 5.0 ft NAVD88 minimum; applications made before 1 January 2035 may build to 4.0 ft if the wall is designed to reach 5.0 ft by 1 January 2050. source
FEMA flood zones: AE with base flood elevations of 6 and 7 ft NAVD88, and X. The city's layer shows no VE or AO zone in 33306. source
2025 single-family sales, whole ZIP: 53 closed sales at a median of $1,125,000, down 4.1% on 2024; 28 paid in cash. ZIP-wide and all single-family homes, not waterfront only. source

Seven Rio canals and the Oakland Park line

The canals in 33306 are short and straight, each running a few hundred metres west from the Intracoastal between Bayview Drive and the waterway. Which side of Oakland Park Boulevard yours is on decides how many drawbridges you wait for.

Rio Julia, Kinney, Lenora, Lorena and Weilding meet the Intracoastal below the Oakland Park bridge. Their route south passes Sunrise, Las Olas and 17th Street, all bascules. Rio Naomi and Rio Terese meet it just above, so they add the Oakland Park bascule, 22 feet at the centre when closed, which opens on the quarter-hour and three-quarter hour. Nothing on either route is fixed.

South of Oakland Park Boulevard: three drawbridges, about 5.5 miles to the port
North of it: four drawbridges, about 6 miles

Coral Shores and the North Fork

At the western edge of the ZIP, Coral Shores sits by the North Fork of the Middle River, just west of US 1. Water here reaches the Intracoastal the long way: under US 1, where the river forks, on a fixed span with 8 feet of clearance, and then under the fixed Sunrise Boulevard bridge, with 10.

Further up the North Fork, Coast Pilot 4 lists a fixed span with only 4½ feet, about 2.2 miles above the river mouth. Depending on where your dock is, that may be behind you or in your way. Either way these are small-boat lots, and we price them as such.

Four feet now, five by 2050

Fort Lauderdale's seawall height is 5.0 feet NAVD88. Until the end of 2034 there is a softer path: a permit application made before 1 January 2035 may build to 4.0 feet, as long as the wall is designed so it can be raised to 5.0 feet by 1 January 2050.

For an older Coral Ridge wall that is a real saving if the work starts soon. A seller who is not going to be the one to raise it does not have to plan around either date. We look at the wall's height and age and fold the work into one number.

A thin year: 53 sales in 2025

Only 53 single-family homes closed in 33306 in 2025, 19.7% fewer than in 2024, at a median of $1,125,000. The median time to contract more than doubled, to 104 days, and new listings fell by about a quarter, to 80.

A sample that small moves a lot from year to year, and it mixes canal houses with golf-course and dry lots. Treat it as background, not as a price for your lot.

Questions from 33306

My lot is on Rio Naomi. How is that different from Rio Weilding?

Rio Naomi joins the Intracoastal just north of Oakland Park Boulevard, so a boat heading south waits for the Oakland Park drawbridge as well as the three below it. Rio Weilding joins south of the boulevard and skips that one bridge.

Is any Rio canal behind a fixed bridge?

No. All seven open onto the Intracoastal, and every bridge between them and Port Everglades is a bascule. The fixed bridges in this ZIP are on the Middle River side, west of US 1.

Could my 33306 lot be in Oakland Park or Wilton Manors rather than Fort Lauderdale?

A small part of the ZIP is, on its western side. Check the city named on your tax bill. The Rio canals and Coral Shores are in Fort Lauderdale.

What flood zone should I expect in 33306?

AE, with a base flood elevation of 6 or 7 feet NAVD88, or X on higher ground. There is no VE zone here because the ZIP does not reach the ocean.

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Sources

Facts last checked September 27, 2026. Sales figures are ZIP-wide single-family numbers, not waterfront-only. General information, not legal or tax advice.