Best anchorages and harbours in United States

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

Harbourgate Marina

Marina with a fuel berth on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway at North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, just beyond the Little River swing bridge.

Bay St. Louis Municipal Harbor

Municipal harbour on St. Louis Bay at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, on the Gulf Coast west of Pass Christian.

Paradise Cay Yacht Harbor

Public marina on the east side of the Tiburon peninsula in Marin County, on the north shore of San Francisco Bay.

Bahía de Fajardo

Main anchorage of Fajardo, in north-east Puerto Rico, between Isleta and the mainland marinas, 0.2 NM from Isleta Marina.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Half Moon Bay Anchorage

General anchorage inside Pillar Point Harbor at Half Moon Bay, California, in San Mateo County, with a sand bottom and shelter from NW through SW winds.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Club Náutico de Ponce

Private yacht and fishing club founded in 1941 on Isla de Gatas, joined to the mainland by a causeway at Punta Carenero, beside the port of Ponce and La Guancha.

Crandon Park Marina

County-run marina in Crandon Park on the north side of Key Biscayne, on Biscayne Bay south of Miami.

St Croix Marine Center

Boatyard and marina of 44 berths in Gallows Bay, on the east side of Christiansted harbour on St. Croix.

Ditleff Beach

Anchorage off Ditleff Beach on the Ditleff Point peninsula, between Rendezvous Bay and Fish Bay on the south coast of St. John.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE

Great Bridge Free Dock

Free public dock on the Atlantic ICW at statute mile 12, alongside Great Bridge Battlefield and Waterways Park in Chesapeake, Virginia.

West Mooring Basin

Port of Astoria marina on the south bank of the Columbia River, river mile 14, just west of the Astoria-Megler Bridge in Oregon.

La Guancha

Anchorage off La Guancha, the waterfront of the Playa district of Ponce, 200 m east of the Club Náutico de Ponce on the south coast of Puerto Rico.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SW, S, SE

Yankee Point Marina

Full-service marina on Myer Creek off the Corrotoman River, in Lancaster County, Virginia, about 12 NM up from the mouth of the Rappahannock and the Chesapeake Bay.

Fernandina

Anchorage on the Amelia River off Fernandina Beach, Florida, on the Intracoastal Waterway near the Georgia border, sand bottom.

• Sheltered E, SE

Free Dock No 2

Free public dock in Raccoon Creek at Oriental, North Carolina, alongside the Oriental Marina fuel berth, on the ICW at mile 182.

R E Mayo Seafood Dock

Working seafood dock and fuel stop on the Intracoastal Waterway at Hobucken, North Carolina, just south of the Hobucken high-rise bridge near ICW marker 21.

The Yacht Club Marina at Palmas del Mar

Marina of the Palmas del Mar resort at Humacao, on the south-east coast of Puerto Rico, 5.8 NM south-west of Cayo Santiago.

Cambridge Yacht Basin

Municipal marina on the Choptank River near the mouth of Cambridge Creek, in downtown Cambridge, Maryland.

Frank Bay

Small bay just south of Cruz Bay on the west coast of St. John.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Hi Seas Marina

Full-service marina on the Oconto River at Oconto, on the western Green Bay shore of Lake Michigan, Wisconsin.

Bridgeport Harbor Marina

Full-service marina with more than 200 berths on the Steelpointe peninsula, in the main Bridgeport Harbour on Long Island Sound in Connecticut.

Morro Bay State Park Marina

Small state park marina at the south end of Morro Bay, 18 berths and 14 mooring buoys for boats from 7.5 to 12 metres.

DANDY HAVEN MARINA

Family-run marina on the Back River in the Fox Hill area of Hampton, Virginia, about half a mile from Chesapeake Bay.

Ala Wai Boat Harbor

Largest small-boat harbour in Hawaii, at the mouth of the Ala Wai Canal between Waikiki and Ala Moana on the south shore of Oahu, Honolulu.