Best anchorages and harbours in Gulf Coast

Legend Point Condominiums and Marina

Marina on the south side of Clear Lake at Kemah, Texas, between Houston and Galveston Island. It has 257 berths for boats up to 38 metres.

Marina Bay Harbor

Indoor dry-stack storage marina and service centre at Clear Lake Shores, Texas, on the channel between Clear Lake and Galveston Bay.

Venice Marina

Large fishing marina at Venice, the last road-accessible point on the Mississippi River, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.

Marina Del Ray

Large marina on the Tchefuncte River at Madisonville, Louisiana, around 2.5 km from the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain.

Marker 37 Marina

Marina on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway beneath the JFK Causeway, on North Padre Island near Corpus Christi, with direct access to the Laguna Madre.

Matagorda Harbor

Harbour at Matagorda on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, run by the Port of Bay City on the Texas coast.

Nautical Landing

Municipal marina on Lavaca Bay at Port Lavaca, in the Matagorda Bay system of the Texas mid-coast.

New Orleans Yacht Club

Yacht club at the West End Municipal Yacht Harbor on the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans.

Port O'Connor

Anchorage off Port O'Connor on the south-west shore of Matagorda Bay, Texas, on the north side of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.

Oak Harbor Marina

Marina at Slidell, Louisiana, at the foot of the Twin Span bridge with quick access to Lake Pontchartrain.

Ocean Springs Yacht Club

Sailing club on the Mississippi Sound at Ocean Springs, at the foot of the Ocean Springs to Biloxi bridge.

Packery Channel

Anchorage in Packery Channel on North Padre Island near Corpus Christi, Texas, on a sand bottom.

Padre Island Yacht Club

Members' yacht club marina on Whitecap Boulevard, North Padre Island, Corpus Christi, with access to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.

Palm Harbor Marina

Marina at Rockport on Aransas Bay, on the Texas Coastal Bend off the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.

Palm Harbor Marina

Marina at Rockport on Aransas Bay, on the Texas Coastal Bend off the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.

Pass Christian Harbor

Municipal harbour at the foot of Market Street in Pass Christian, Mississippi, on the Gulf Coast.

Pelican Bay

Sheltered anchorage behind Pelican Island at the western end of Dauphin Island, Alabama, near the mouth of Mobile Bay.

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

Point Cadet Marina

City-owned marina on Point Cadet at the eastern end of Biloxi, Mississippi, on the Biloxi Bay channel just inside the Mississippi Sound.

Point Yacht Club

Small members' yacht club on Arnica Bay near Orange Beach, Alabama, next to the Pirates Cove bar.

Pointe Aux Chene Marina

Marsh marina at 4266 Highway 665 in Montegut, Louisiana, at the edge of the Pointe-aux-Chenes wildlife area in Terrebonne Parish.

Pontchartrain Boatyard & Marina

Working boatyard and small marina on Bayou Liberty in Slidell, on the north-east shore of Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana.

Dennis Dreyer Municipal Harbor

City-run harbour, the Dennis Dreyer Municipal Harbor, on a peninsula off the Corpus Christi Ship Channel at Port Aransas, Texas.

Port Arthur Yacht Club

Yacht club on Pleasure Island, on the west shore of Sabine Lake at Port Arthur, Texas.

Port Fourchon Marina

Marina at the mouth of Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana's southernmost port, where the bayou meets the Gulf of Mexico.

Port Mansfield Marina

Marina in the small fishing community of Port Mansfield, on the Laguna Madre about midway along the Texas coast, behind Padre Island.

Portofino Harbour Marina

Dockominium marina at 1 Portofino Plaza, Clear Lake Shores, Texas, on Clear Lake about half a nautical mile from Galveston Bay.

Prieto Marina

Family-run marina of 153 berths on Bayou Castine at Mandeville, on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana, in operation since 1963.

Redfish Bay Boat House

Full-service marina at Aransas Pass on Redfish Bay, about 15 minutes from the Gulf of Mexico through Aransas Pass.

Roberts Bayou

Anchorage on Arnica Bay near Josephine, in Baldwin County on the Alabama Gulf coast, on a sand bottom.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, W, NW

Romar Marina

Family-run marina on Cotton Bayou at Orange Beach, Alabama, with around 25 wet slips and access to Perdido Pass and the Gulf of Mexico.