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Guadeloupe's leeward coast: Deshaies, Pigeon and Bouillante

Deshaies is the first stop coming down from Antigua, forty miles north: a bay open to the west and clearance at the town hall's harbour office. The route then runs down Basse-Terre past Petite Anse, Pointe-Noire and Anse Caraïbe to the Pigeon islets, 1,100 metres off Malendure beach. They sit in the core of the national park: boats may only stop on the park's ecological moorings, most of them reserved for dive and tour operators. Bouillante and its hot springs, Anse à la Barque, then the 320-berth Rivière Sens marina south of Basse-Terre town, which also handles clearance.

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AnchorageGuadeloupe
Grande Anse
4.5
Anchorage off Grande Anse, the long beach 1 nm north of Deshaies on the north-west coast of Basse-Terre, sand and rock bottom, sheltered from NE through SE.
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AnchorageGuadeloupe
Anse Deshaies
3.6
Bay of Deshaies, in the north-west of Basse-Terre, with a field of paying buoys and an anchoring zone off the village. Sand and rock bottom.
- Water
- Electricity
- Buoys
- Up to 49 ft
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HarbourDeshaies, Guadeloupe
Port de Deshaies
3.5
Fishing harbour and town quay of Deshaies, in the north-west of Basse-Terre, at the head of the bay where yachts lie on buoys or at anchor.
- Up to 50 ft
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AnchorageGuadeloupe
Plage Bosco
4.1
Anchorage 1.2 nm south of Deshaies harbour, off the shore known as Plage Bosco, sand bottom, sheltered from NE through SE.
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AnchorageGuadeloupe
Plage de Petite Anse
4.7
Anchorage off Petite Anse beach on the leeward coast between Deshaies and Pointe-Noire, sand and weed bottom, sheltered from N through S on the east side.
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AnchorageGuadeloupe
mouillage de Murphy
4.9
Anchorage on the Pointe-Noire coast between Baille-Argent and Anse Guyonneau, leeward side of Basse-Terre, sand bottom, sheltered from NE through SE.
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AnchorageGuadeloupe
Anse Guyonneau Pointe Noire
3.6
Cove with a beach on the Pointe-Noire coast, leeward side of Basse-Terre, sand bottom, sheltered from NE through SE.
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AnchorageGuadeloupe
Anse Caraïbe
3.4
Cove with a beach on the Pointe-Noire coast, leeward side of Basse-Terre, sand, rock and weed bottom, sheltered from NE through SE.
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AnchorageGuadeloupe
Malendure - Réserve Cousteau
4.2
Anchorage at the north end of Malendure beach in Bouillante, 0.5 nm east of the Îlets Pigeon, sand bottom, sheltered from N through SE.
- Up to 52 ft
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AnchorageGuadeloupe
Ilets Pigeon
4.8
Two islets of about 8 ha in all, 1,100 m off Malendure beach in Bouillante, in the middle of the cœur marin of the Parc national de la Guadeloupe known as the Réserve Cousteau. Mooring buoys only.
- Buoys
- Up to 26 ft
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AnchorageGuadeloupe
Source Chaude du Curé
3.7
Anchorage off the Bain du Curé hot spring at Pointe à l'Abbé, in the Pigeon district of Bouillante, weed bottom with a beach ashore, sheltered from NE through SE.
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AnchorageGuadeloupe
Mouillage La Tortue
4.5
Anchorage by Pointe des Tortues, between Bouillante and Anse à la Barque on the leeward coast of Basse-Terre, sand bottom, sheltered from N through S on the east side.
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AnchorageGuadeloupe
Anse à la Barque
3.9
Deep cove on the boundary of Bouillante and Vieux-Habitants, counted with Deshaies among the best-sheltered natural anchorages on the leeward coast of Basse-Terre. Sand bottom.
- Buoys
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HarbourGourbeyre, Guadeloupe
Marina Rivière Sens
4.2
Marina of 330 berths at Rivière-Sens, in Gourbeyre, just south of Basse-Terre town at the foot of the Monts Caraïbes. Run by Sud Ancrage.
- Up to 42 ft