– By David Charitat, 18 November 2025
Tortoise Island is an exclusive, gated community in Satellite Beach, FL, known for its luxury waterfront living, strong sense of community, and private amenities. The community features a single entry via a 24/7 guarded causeway that ensures complete security and seclusion for its homeowners, an extensive canal system that provides private deep-water access to most homes, and world-class amenities. Tortoise Island affords owners an incomparable lifestyle that includes relaxed coastal comfort, unmatched access to boating and water activities, the exclusivity and security reserved for the privileged, and quick access to top beaches and cultural sites. This exclusive community offers its residents the high-end Florida lifestyle you’ve always dreamed of.
Tortoise Island is situated on the Indian River Lagoon, a 156-mile-long, highly biodiverse estuary system, and is less than half a mile form the Atlantic Ocean. Most homes feature a private dock with direct to the Banana River, part if the Indian River System and the Intracoastal Waterway. The neighborhood and amenities are managed by a very active homeowners’ association and a professional management company, and include a fitness center, clubhouse, tennis courts, community pool, and a community private marina with docks. The common grounds are meticulously maintained and offer residents a beautiful venue for evening walks, bicycle rides, or sitting in the yard to watch rocket launches from nearby Cape Canaveral.
All homes on Tortoise Island are single family, typically with 3-5 bedrooms and bathrooms, and range from larger palatial estates in the $1.5 million to $2.5 million range to smaller, more modest estates in the $900,00 to $1.49 million range The average sale price on the island over the last few years was $1.2 million, or about $540 per square foot. Most homes were first built in the 1980s and 90s, but many have been renovated and updated. Opportunities for pre-renovated properties (that allow you to build out your dream home) do exist.
Because of the single point of entry via the guarded causeway, Tortoise Island residents are proud of their shared sense of community, exclusivity, and lifestyle. The neighborhood typically teems with activity, as residents soak up the sun in outdoor activities throughout the neighborhood. Homeowners work closely with the association to maintain the beauty and exclusivity of the neighborhood and encourage and maintain the unique and vibrant lifestyle on the island.
In short, if you’re looking for the true “life in the sun” that Florida has to offer, if you’re looking for a relaxed, comfortable, coastal lifestyle in a beautiful setting, if you’re looking for access to the boating life, privacy, security, and exclusivity, the Tortoise Island community in Satellite Beach, Florida, is a place you should consider. To find out more or to visit Tortoise Island or any other communities in Brevard County or in Central Florida, contact Broker David Charitat of Life in the Sun Luxury Homes, LLC, at 321.831.6222 or dave(at)luxuryinthesunrealestate(dotted)com or check out website at luxuryinthesunrealestate.com.