Port Eads is a populated place[1] at the southern tip of the Mississippi River, also known as South Pass, in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Starting in 1876, James Buchanan Eads (1820–1887) solved the problem with a wooden jetty system that narrowed the main outlet of the river.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) originally obligated $400,000 to rebuild the Port Eads Marina after Katrina.

[2] It is used primarily by offshore fishermen who begin their journey in Venice, Louisiana, 20.3 miles to the north.

[citation needed] It is the closest port to the continental shelf, the 100-fathom curve, in the entire Gulf of Mexico.