Best anchorages and harbours in United States

Mosquito Pier

Anchorage by Mosquito Pier, the mile-long breakwater on the north-west coast of Vieques, 4.5 NM west of Isabel Segunda.

• Sheltered E, SW, S, SE

Newfound Bay

Bay on the north side of the East End of St. John.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE

Clearwater Beach North

Anchorage off Clearwater Beach on the Florida Gulf coast, on a mud bottom, between two marinas.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Las Mareas

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

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Cumberland Bay anchorage

Anchorage in Cumberland Bay on Lake Champlain, off Plattsburgh on the New York shore.

• Sheltered N, NE, W, NW

Leason cove

Sheltered cove off Back Creek near Solomons, on the lower Patuxent River in Calvert County, Maryland.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SW, S, SE

Belwood

Anchorage on Dog River off the western shore of Mobile Bay, Alabama, just inside the river mouth.

Seaplane Basin

Anchorage in the Seaplane Basin at the south end of Davis Islands, Tampa, Florida, with a mud bottom.

• Sheltered NE

Coconut Grove Anchorage

Anchorage on the western side of Biscayne Bay off Coconut Grove, Miami, just outside the Dinner Key mooring field.

Anchorage Alligator River marina

Anchorage on the western shore of the Alligator River near the mouth of the river on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, North Carolina, on a mud bottom.

• Sheltered W

Canaveral Lock approach

Anchorage near the Canaveral Lock on the Canaveral Barge Canal, Brevard County, Florida, with a sand and mud bottom.

• Sheltered E, SE

Clearwater Beach South

Anchorage off Clearwater Beach on the Florida Gulf coast, on a mixed mud and weed bottom.

• Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE

Isthmus Cove, Two Harbors

Anchorage and mooring field at Isthmus Cove, Two Harbors, on the north shore of Santa Catalina Island, California.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, W

Boothbay harbor

Large, well-sheltered harbour on the mid-coast of Maine, one of the main cruising destinations of the region, easy to enter in all conditions.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, NW

Bahía Icacos

Bay on the north coast of the eastern tip of Vieques, 1.1 NM across the island from Bahía Salina del Sur, in the former US Navy range.

• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE

4th of July Cove

Small mooring cove on Catalina Island, just west of Isthmus Cove and Two Harbors, with a sand bottom.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Anchorage outside St John’s Marina

Anchorage on the Stono River off St Johns Yacht Harbor, near Charleston, South Carolina. Mixed sand and mud bottom.

• Sheltered W

Astoria Boatyard

Anchorage near the Port of Astoria boatyard at Pier 3, on the Columbia River at Astoria, Oregon.

• Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Back River

Estuarine inlet of Chesapeake Bay between Hampton and Poquoson, Virginia. Mud bottom anchorage with good holding.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S

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

Bal Harbour Anchorage

Anchorage off Bal Harbour at the north end of Biscayne Bay, near Baker's Haulover Inlet, Florida, sand bottom.

• Sheltered E, SE

Barred Islands

Anchorage in Penobscot Bay near Islesboro, Maine, on a mud bottom giving good holding.

• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE

Belhaven, North Carolina

Anchorage off the town of Belhaven, North Carolina, on Pantego Creek just off the Pungo River reach of the ICW.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE

Bird Key (E)

Anchorage in the Manatee River off Snead Island, near the entrance to Tampa Bay in Florida. Sand and mud bottom, shelter from all directions.

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

Bird Key Harbor

Anchorage in Dry Tortugas National Park, about 68 miles west of Key West in the Gulf of Mexico, Florida.

Biscayne Bay

Daytime anchorage in Biscayne Bay near the Venetian Islands, off Miami, with the city skyline to the west.

• Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W

Boca Chita Key

Anchorage off Boca Chita Key in Biscayne National Park, Florida, 22 miles south of Miami, with a mud and sand bottom.

• Sheltered NE, E, S, SE

Black Creek anchorage

Anchorage in the protected lagoon off Black Creek, on the north side of Lake St. Clair near Harrison Township, Michigan.

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

Blanchard Bay

Privately owned marina at the mouth of Westpoint Slough in Redwood City, California, on the southern reaches of San Francisco Bay.

• Sheltered NE, W, E, SW, S

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