Sunset Marina
Boat Storage · Key West, FL
About
RealReviews profileSunset Marina at 5555 College Road is a Stock Island wet-slip alternative that publishes 20-, 30-, 40-, 50- and 60-foot slip bands plus fuel and ship-store access. Its website resolves the Key West location and basic configuration, while prices, live availability, utilities, deposit, waitlist, insurance and hurricane terms require direct confirmation. Google Places reported an outside aggregate of 4.3 from 178 reviews in the RealReviews database on August 5, 2026; that figure is attributed to Google and is not a RealReviews score or a substitute for inspected review bodies. The profile's useful role is to turn a direct conversation into a berth-specific, comparable proposal. Search results also contain marinas with the same or a similar name outside Florida. The College Road address, 305-296-7101 and sunsetmarinakw.com define the local identity boundary. Price sheets, reviews or policies from another Sunset Marina do not belong in the Key West decision. The local proposal should state the legal contracting name, invoice name and current terms so identity remains clear through deposit, occupancy and any later dispute. A useful review identifies the exact slip product and term so future readers can distinguish transient service from a long-term berth and dates any quoted rate or policy. That boundary keeps invoices, rate claims, and reviews attached to the correct marina.
Sunset Marina: what to know
RealReviews editorial research · checked 2026-08-05Sunset Marina is a sensible direct-quote finalist for owners seeking a 20- to 60-foot Stock Island wet slip without assuming the larger resort model at Stock Island Marina Village. The site identifies the local facility and slip bands but leaves the commercial decision mostly to the inquiry. Require the actual berth, billed length, beam, depth, utilities, access, parking, deposit, liveaboard status, hurricane plan and all mandatory charges before comparing it with a posted rate elsewhere.
Strongest fit
- Boats within the published 20- to 60-foot bands
- Owners seeking a Stock Island wet slip
- Boaters who value on-site fuel and ship-store access
- Customers willing to obtain a complete direct quote
Verify before booking Sunset Marina
- No complete public Key West rate sheet
- Slip-band labeling does not prove fit
- Utility and liveaboard terms require confirmation
- Outside star aggregates do not answer contract questions
A slip band is the beginning of fit, not the berth assignment
Send true length overall, beam, draft, air draft, displacement, engines, tender arrangement and shore-power requirement. Ask Sunset to identify the actual slip, usable beam, controlling depth, dock construction, exposure and approach. A label such as 40-foot slip does not say how billed length is calculated, whether projections fit or which neighboring boats and pilings constrain maneuvering.
Visit at a relevant tide when possible. Walk the route from parking and deliveries to the berth, inspect pedestal and water location, and confirm fuel, pump-out, trash, restrooms, showers, laundry, carts, gate hours and contractor access. Put any promised facility item on the proposal; a website overview can change without changing the signed lease.
Sunset's direct quote should be normalized against posted competitors
Request base price and time unit, billed footage and minimum, tax, electricity, water, pump-out, parking, access cards, liveaboard or person charges, deposit, waitlist, events, late payment, cancellation and renewal. Ask when the quoted rate can change and whether it follows berth, vessel or calendar. Without those fields, a direct monthly number cannot be compared fairly with Hurricane Hole or Stock Island Marina Village.
Use the owner's actual term. Add move-in and exit charges, utility deposits and any nonrefundable amount, then calculate the same dates across finalists. If fuel or ship-store access matters, confirm hours and whether customers receive any pricing or priority. Do not count a convenience as savings until it appears in the operating plan.
Read outside feedback for the exact marina question
The RealReviews database carries a Google Places aggregate of 4.3 from 178 reviews captured August 5, 2026. It remains Google's outside signal, not a RealReviews score. Because review bodies were not imported and coded, this profile does not claim recurring praise or complaints. A number alone cannot establish berth condition, management response, utilities, billing or storm handling.
If using outside reviews, filter for recent comments about the exact product and term: wet-slip condition, power, parking, access, communication, billing, moves and storms. Look for repeated specifics and counterexamples, then ask Sunset directly about any current issue. After a real stay, a first-party RealReviews review tied to the named slip product would add more useful evidence than another context-free star.
The hurricane and departure clauses deserve their own page
Obtain the facility's named-storm procedure, trigger, notification method, evacuation or securing requirement, deadline, staff authority, line and fender standards, power shutdown and charges. Identify the approved destination and who moves a disabled vessel. Confirm the plan with the insurer; a College Road address or marina name does not establish storm safety.
Read cancellation, renewal, rate-change, late payment, lien, holdover, damage reporting and ordinary removal together. Preserve intake photographs and the accepted berth condition. If the boat cannot leave under its own power, the lease should explain notice, towing or haul arrangements, temporary location and cost. That exit case is more revealing than a generic promise of secure storage.
Turn the slip band into an exact wet-slip comparison
Sunset's published 20- to 60-foot bands are a fit screen, not a berth assignment. Send true length overall, beam, draft, air draft, displacement, tender arrangement and shore-power demand; ask for the actual slip, usable beam, controlling depth, dock exposure, approach, billed footage and every minimum. Confirm fuel, pump-out, parking, access, restrooms, carts and contractor rules on the same visit.
Normalize base rent, tax, electricity, water, pump-out, parking, access cards, liveaboard or person charges, deposit, events, late payment, cancellation, renewal, rate-change and named-storm terms against other marinas. Outside star aggregates can locate recent questions but do not establish berth condition, billing, response or storm handling without review bodies tied to the exact product.
Read the evidence by source job
The current packet identifies Sunset Marina in Key West and the Florida Keys and places it in the local business lane. Sunset Marina official site is used for whether the public source is describing the property itself, a management service, a venue rule, or a first-party marketing claim; Monroe County is used for corroboration or context. Those links answer different questions. An official page can establish what the business says it offers, an entity or authority record can help verify who is responsible, and an independent review surface can describe a customer circumstance. None of them alone proves every current promise, price, technician, product, room, route, or outcome.
The profile therefore keeps a clean line between documented fact, an attributed customer account, RealReviews analysis, and an unresolved gap. The practical verdict is Sunset Marina is a sensible direct-quote finalist for owners seeking a 20- to 60-foot Stock Island wet slip without assuming the larger resort model at Stock Island Marina Village. The site identifies the local facility and slip bands but leaves the commercial decision mostly to the inquiry. Require the actual berth, billed length, beam, depth, utilities, access, parking, deposit, liveaboard status, hurricane plan and all mandatory charges before comparing it with a posted rate elsewhere.. Before treating that conclusion as a booking recommendation, confirm the exact date, asset, product, property, service area, and contracting name. If a source changes, the correction should identify the affected sentence rather than asking RealReviews to replace a whole profile with a new marketing description.
Match the request to the documented scope
Use Sunset Marina only for the property, lodging, marina, venue, or management lane the packet actually documents. The source record may mention adjacent services, but the customer should match the request to the words, location, equipment, property type, product format, or event conditions the business actually publishes. A broad category label is not a guarantee of broad acceptance. Send the exact request and ask the business to accept or decline it in writing before a lead is treated as qualified.
For a comparison, state what is included, excluded, subcontracted, or referred elsewhere. Ask who performs the work, which license or credential applies, which location responds, and which part of the business invoices the customer. This is especially important when a name combines sales with service, a property with management, or a trade with maintenance. The profile should help a reader avoid a plausible but wrong handoff.
Send a decision-ready brief
A useful lead starts with address or asset, legal use, dates, occupancy, access, guest or owner objective, approvals, and the exact outcome requested. Include the address or delivery point, date and deadline, current condition, photos or model data, access restrictions, safety concerns, decision maker, budget boundary, and the evidence of an existing warranty or contract. Describe the desired result in observable terms: a cleaned room, a tested appliance, a usable vessel, a released turnover, a delivered product, or a written diagnosis. Avoid a vague “need a quote” message that forces the business to guess the job.
Ask what the provider needs before dispatch and what it will not determine until an inspection or consultation. For a property, include occupancy and release time. For a product or hospitality order, include quantity, storage, dietary or accessibility needs, and pickup or delivery. For field service, include model, symptoms, utilities, parking, stairs, pets, gate codes, and authorization. The same facts improve conversion while preserving the customer’s control over sensitive access information.
Compare proposals on the same assumptions
The comparable unit is the complete transaction, not the first number in a text or a star aggregate. Compare management or venue fee, included labor, pass-through costs, maintenance authority, taxes, deposits, cancellation, damage, and exit terms. Ask each finalist to place the same assumptions on the proposal, identify every minimum and trigger for a change order, and state the expected timing. A lower headline price can hide travel, supplies, platform fees, rush work, deposits, access labor, replacement parts, or a second visit.
Keep tax, discounts, refunds, deposits, cancellation, payment timing, and warranty in separate lines. If the job is recurring, show visit frequency and rotating tasks. If it is a one-time event or delivery, show the product, quantity, release time, setup, strike, storage, and damage responsibility. This makes the lead more valuable to a provider and gives the user a defensible basis for comparing replies instead of choosing the fastest-sounding promise.
Keep adjacent work out of the wrong bucket
The profile’s central boundary is that booking, management, maintenance, construction, licensed trades, and emergency response are separate promises unless the source explicitly combines them. A business may coordinate another trade or recommend a partner, but coordination is not proof that the business itself is licensed, insured, authorized, or responsible for the adjacent work. Ask the provider to label each line as included, excluded, subcontracted, customer-supplied, or pending site conditions.
When the request crosses a boundary, open a separate work item with the appropriate specialist and keep the two scopes linked. Record who owns permits, utility changes, structural correction, damage remediation, parts authorization, food safety, guest communication, or final inspection. This avoids a common lead failure: the customer assumes one company accepted the whole problem while the provider priced only the narrow task supported by its source material.
Use the first interaction as a measured test
The best next step is one reservation, turnover, event, dockage period, or reporting cycle using the same written checklist and acceptance deadline. Before the interaction, capture the written scope, promised window, contact person, access method, price basis, and what “complete” means. During or immediately after it, record arrival or response communication, changes, workmanship or product condition, documentation, invoice accuracy, and whether the business explained an unresolved issue. One successful job does not prove every future outcome, but a measured first interaction is stronger evidence than a generic promise.
If something falls short, separate a missed task, changed condition, inaccessible area, product substitution, parts delay, damage, or work outside the purchased scope. Ask for a concrete correction or explanation and give a dated response path. Keep photos, receipts, diagnosis, tickets, and written messages together. That record helps the customer seek a remedy and gives RealReviews a defensible basis for a future update without turning one anecdote into a universal verdict.
Interpret praise, complaints, and silence correctly
No normalized individual customer-review bodies are retained for this exact profile. Official pages, authority records, and attributed aggregates can establish identity, scope, and questions to ask, but silence is not treated as praise or complaint evidence.
The review record, if present, is not interchangeable with the official description. A positive account should retain its circumstance, date, service type, and limits; a complaint should identify what was purchased, what failed, and whether there was a response. A lack of accessible bodies is an evidence gap, not a clean bill of health. RealReviews keeps any outside aggregate attributed to its platform and does not average it into a house score without the required normalized record.
What would change this profile
This profile should become more specific when new evidence answers a defined question: current service area, exact identity, an itemized fee, a warranty boundary, a recent attributable review body, a response to a complaint, a contract term, or a verified correction. A new logo, rewritten marketing sentence, or anonymous star number is not enough on its own. The source should be dated, linked, and clear about whether it is first-party, authority, or independent evidence.
Until then, keep the current watch list visible: No complete public Key West rate sheet; Slip-band labeling does not prove fit; Utility and liveaboard terms require confirmation; Outside star aggregates do not answer contract questions. Readers should submit a correction or lead brief with the exact page, date, business name, and supporting record. Owners can improve the profile by claiming the identity and supplying current scope, but a claim does not automatically change the evidence tier, recurring themes, or score.
Your file for Sunset Marina
- Get the exact berth, billed length, beam and depth.
- Separate rent, tax, power, water, parking and deposits.
- Confirm liveaboard, access and contractor rules.
- Use review bodies—not the aggregate alone—if assessing feedback.
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- Google Places snapshot checked May 2026
- Official-site details checked Aug 2026
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