South of Gandy is the name used for the part of South Tampa below Gandy Boulevard, reaching from Old Tampa Bay to Hillsborough Bay and south to MacDill Air Force Base, about 6 to 9 miles by road from downtown Tampa. It takes in Interbay, the Westshore Marina District and Sun Bay South, Ballast Point, Port Tampa City and Southtown Park. The area mixes older bungalows and ranch homes with new townhomes and new construction, and it has two bayfront city parks with boat ramps and the Gandy Bridge to St. Petersburg.
Neighborhoods South of Gandy
South of Gandy has no official boundary. This page is built from the City of Tampa's neighborhoods below Gandy Boulevard. Interbay covers the center of the peninsula. In the northwest corner, the 52-acre Westshore Marina District on Old Tampa Bay has Marina Pointe condos, townhomes and apartments, a residents' marina of about 159 slips, and Marina Landings shops and dining on Bridge Street. Next door is gated Westshore Yacht Club, with its own marina and the 17-story Aqua condo tower, which opened in June 2026. The Sun Bay South streets reach east to Dale Mabry Highway. Ballast Point faces Hillsborough Bay on the east side, home to the Tampa Yacht & Country Club, founded in 1904. Port Tampa City, a railroad port town founded in the 1880s and annexed by Tampa in 1961, holds the southwest tip.
Parks, beaches and boating South of Gandy
Picnic Island Park in Port Tampa City has a white-sand beach, a gated dog beach, a fishing pier, a 24-hour boat ramp, disc golf and a canoe and kayak launch into a mangrove tunnel. Ballast Point Park on Hillsborough Bay, developed in the 1890s at the end of an early trolley line, has a splash pad, playground, picnic shelters, a 24-hour boat ramp and Leon's Lobstah Shack. Its fishing pier is closed for restoration and is not expected to reopen for several years. Gadsden Park, on South MacDill Avenue, has the 1.47-mile paved MacDill Trail around Lake Gadsden, a dog park and ball fields. Bayshore Boulevard's 4.5-mile waterfront sidewalk begins at Gandy Boulevard and runs north to downtown.
Getting around South of Gandy
Gandy Boulevard (U.S. 92) runs along the north edge and west across the Gandy Bridge, whose eastbound span is about 2.8 miles long, to St. Petersburg. The Selmon Expressway, which uses all-electronic tolling, begins on Gandy Boulevard. Elevated toll lanes above Gandy's median, opened in 2021, carry drivers past the traffic signals toward downtown Tampa and Brandon. Dale Mabry Highway runs north through South Tampa to the airport and ends at MacDill Air Force Base. Bayshore Boulevard is the waterfront route north to downtown. Tampa International Airport is about 10 miles by road.
Homes South of Gandy
Housing ranges widely. Older bungalows and ranch homes sit across Interbay and Port Tampa City, and new townhomes and single-family construction are scattered throughout. Ballast Point pairs historic homes with renovations and new builds near Hillsborough Bay. The Westshore Marina District and Westshore Yacht Club add condos and townhomes with marina access on Old Tampa Bay.
