About Us

Jensen's Twin Palm Marina and Cottages™ is a staple of Captiva Island, Florida. In fact, Jensen’s Marina™ has been much more than a place to relax with your toes in the sand and a drink in your for nearly a century. This quaint fishing spot offers a marina, museum, resort, shop, island tours, vacation cabins, and more -- all steeped in history and always on island time.

Generations of families have enjoyed the Old Florida feel at Jensen’s Marina™. In fact, the first cottage was built on Pine Island Sound back in 1928 and the rest has been history. Jensen’s Twin Palm Marina and Cottages™ is an island institution with a future dedicated to honoring its past and preserving the natural beauty and charm of Captiva Island.

What is now Jensen’s Twin Palm Marina and Cottages™ got its start in the Roaring 1920s, back when the Southwest Florida hospitality industry was emerging. Rail travel was rapidly expanding south and all sorts of people became enchanted with the charm of Captiva Island. Over the years the property that is now Jensen’s Marina™ and Cottages has had different owners and different names, but a few things have remained consistent: breathtaking sunsets, good fishing, and good times.

The property’s first vacation cottage, which still stands today, was built on Pine Island Sound in 1928. Cottage construction boomed in the 1940s and ’50s when the property was known as Doanes Twin Palm. The Doanes family ran the marina for more than several decades. The 14 cottages they built still host guests and maintain their retro beachy charm.

Along with the vintage cabins, visitors to the Twin Palm will also be able to enjoy the same island tours and water taxi rides enjoyed for generations. They can take in a sweet treat at Queenie’s Ice Cream. Visitors can cast off into the same crystal clear waters that they fished with family years ago. Visitors to Jensen’s Marina™ can even make new memories for future generations.

The marina’s most recent history begins in 1977 when Red and Betty Jensen purchased the property and turned it into what is now Jensen’s Twin Palm Marina and Cottages™. Since then, guests from all walks have life have enjoyed the marina and its amenities. John F. Kennedy Jr., Danny Devito, Ted Turner, Kevin Costner, Rob Lowe, and other famous folks have enjoyed spending their days on island time at Jensen’s Marina™.