Andalucia is a gated waterfront community in Apollo Beach, in unincorporated Hillsborough County south of Tampa, set directly on the shores of Tampa Bay in ZIP 33572. It is one of a small number of Tampa Bay communities that has its own private marina and yacht club, with custom single-family homes built largely in Mediterranean styles (TampaHomesSold.com and Apollo Beach community guides, 2026).
The homes here are custom built, not production tract housing. The developer sold individual lots and buyers chose from a roster of regional custom builders, with construction spanning roughly the early 1990s to the present, so age, elevation, and construction quality vary meaningfully from one home to the next. Not every home sits on open water; some face canals or nature, but most offer a water or preserve view.
The amenity package is the draw: a guarded single entry, private roads, a bayfront clubhouse and pool, lighted Har-Tru tennis courts, a playground, and a community marina where membership in the yacht club is tied to a boat slip. This is a boating-first community, so the value of the dock, the lift, and the seawall is part of the home's value, not an afterthought.
The honest part of the pitch is the water itself. Apollo Beach is a low-elevation, canal-laced bayfront area, and Hurricanes Helene and Milton in 2024 brought significant storm surge to waterfront and canal-front neighborhoods across the area. That makes elevation, flood zone, dock and seawall condition, and a current insurance quote the decisive diligence on any Andalucia home, more than the gate or the marina.
