Harbours and anchorages near Salinas

Mangrove islands

Anchorage off the outer mangrove cays, 3.5 NM south-east of Marina de Salinas on the south coast of Puerto Rico.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Mangroves

Anchorage among the mangrove cays 3.2 NM south-east of Salinas, west of the entrance to Jobos Bay on the south coast of Puerto Rico.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S

Carrucho

Anchorage 0.7 NM south of Marina de Salinas, in the outer part of Bahía de Salinas on the south coast of Puerto Rico.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE

Marina de Salinas

Marina of 125 berths at the head of Bahía de Salinas on the south coast of Puerto Rico, with a hotel, a restaurant and a fuel berth.

Bahía de Salinas

Anchorage in the inner bay of Salinas, 200 m off Marina de Salinas, one of the main cruising stops on the south coast of Puerto Rico.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE

Isla Caja de Muertos

Anchorage off Caja de Muertos, an uninhabited island 8.4 km off the coast and 6.7 NM south of Ponce, protected as a nature reserve since 1980.

• Sheltered NE, E, S, SE

Las Mareas

Anchorage 1.5 NM south-east of Marina de Salinas, on the south coast of Puerto Rico.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Coco Marina

Small marina on the north shore of Bahía de Salinas, on the south coast of Puerto Rico, 450 m north of Marina de Salinas.

Cayos de Barca

Anchorage by the Cayos de Barca, mangrove cays 4.2 NM south-east of Salinas and 1 NM west of the Boca del Infierno, entrance to Jobos Bay.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW

Boca del Infierno

Anchorage at the Boca del Infierno, the pass at the western end of the Cayos Caribe, the chain of 15 mangrove islets that closes Jobos Bay on the south coast of Puerto Rico.

• Sheltered E, SE

Bahía de Jobos

Anchorage in Jobos Bay, between Salinas and Guayama on the south coast of Puerto Rico, inside the Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SW, S, SE