Best anchorages and harbours in United States

Ratz Harbor

Bay indenting the north-east coast of Prince of Wales Island on the west side of Clarence Strait, Southeast Alaska.

• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE

Big Island

Anchorage near the mouth of the Alligator River on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, coastal North Carolina.

• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE

West Neck Harbor

Sheltered anchorage off the south-west shore of Shelter Island, in the Peconic estuary of eastern Long Island, New York.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Kiptopeke

Anchorage at Kiptopeke on the lower Eastern Shore of Virginia, near Cape Charles, mud bottom, sheltered behind a line of sunken concrete ships.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Stamford Harbour

Outer harbour anchorage at Stamford on the Connecticut shore of Long Island Sound, about 33 miles east of New York.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Carolina Beach

Anchorage off the beach of Carolina, east of San Juan on the Atlantic coast of Puerto Rico, 3.1 NM east of Ocean Park.

• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

Long Bay

Bay with a beach on the south side of the East End of St. John, near Hansen Bay at the mouth of Coral Bay.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE

Icacos Beach

Anchorage off the western beach of Cayo Icacos, in La Cordillera Reef Natural Reserve off Fajardo, 0.4 NM from the main Icacos anchorage.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE

Bahía Salinas, Cabo Rojo

Anchorage in Bahía Salinas at the south-west tip of Puerto Rico, off the Cabo Rojo salt flats and close to the Los Morrillos lighthouse.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE

Wrightsville Beach

Anchorage in Banks Channel off Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, between the barrier island and the mainland, on a sand bottom.

Kailua Bay

Open roadstead off Kailua-Kona, on the west coast of the island of Hawaii, with a sand bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Englewood

Anchorage in Lemon Bay near Englewood, Florida, in the southern reach of the bay close to Stump Pass.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Isla Piñeros

Anchorage off Isla Piñeros, an island in front of Ceiba on the east coast of Puerto Rico, 2.8 NM south of Puerto del Rey.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Joshua Cove

Cove on the Guilford shore of Long Island Sound, Connecticut, just north of the Sachem's Head peninsula, with a bottom of rock and mud.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Oyster Bay Cove

Anchorage in Oyster Bay Harbor on the north shore of Long Island, New York, on the Oyster Bay Cove side east of the mooring fleet, on a mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Hobe Sound R38

Anchorage off red daymark 38 on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway at Hobe Sound, in Martin County on the Florida Treasure Coast.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

West Tiger Point Anchorage

Anchorage on the west side of the Intracoastal channel at the north end of Amelia Island, Fernandina Beach, Florida.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE

Monty's Bay Marina

Marina in a bay on the New York shore of Lake Champlain at West Chazy, about 8 miles north of Plattsburgh, with a sand bottom.

• Sheltered S

Mother Norton Shoal

Anchorage in Winyah Bay, the brackish estuary at Georgetown, South Carolina, where the Waccamaw, Pee Dee, Black and Sampit rivers meet the sea.

• Sheltered NE, W, SW

West Of Fort

Anchorage in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, west of Fort Sumter, with a sand bottom and shelter from SW through SE winds.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Vero Beach Anchorage

Anchorage in the Indian River Lagoon at Vero Beach, Florida, behind Fritz Island just south of the city mooring field.

• Sheltered W

Homer Gudelsky

Anchorage in Sinepuxent Bay off West Ocean City, Maryland, on a sand bottom just inside the Ocean City Inlet.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Tolomato River anchorage

Anchorage on the Tolomato River north of the St Augustine Inlet, Florida, near ICW Mile 776. Mud bottom, sheltered from N through E winds.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Bay Pines

Anchorage on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway off Madeira Beach, on Florida's Pinellas County coast.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

Cotuit Bay

Bay anchorage on the south coast of Cape Cod, sheltered behind Osterville Grand Island off Nantucket Sound, in the village of Cotuit, Massachusetts.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N, W, E, SW

Duck Island

Open anchorage on Watts Bar Lake, a reservoir on the Tennessee River system in eastern Tennessee, with a rock bottom.

• Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W

Flamingo Bay

Bay on the west side of Water Island, south of Druif Bay and Honeymoon Beach.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

Lake Worth South

Anchorage in the Lake Worth Lagoon off downtown West Palm Beach, Florida, between the Flagler Memorial and Royal Park bridges.

• Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE

Mill Creek

Anchorage on Mill Creek, a tributary of the Magothy River off Chesapeake Bay in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

• Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, S

Andoni's island

Anchorage in Biscayne Bay off Virginia Key, near the Rickenbacker Causeway in Miami, with a mud bottom.

• Sheltered N, NE, E