Best anchorages and harbours in US Virgin Islands

Sugar Bay

Anchorage inside Salt River Bay on the north coast of St. Croix, within Salt River Bay National Historical Park.

• Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W

Krum Bay

Bay west of Crown Bay on St. Thomas, opening south onto Gregerie Channel opposite Water Island.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE

Brewers Bay

Bay with a beach on the south-west coast of St. Thomas, west of the airport runway, below the St. Thomas campus of the University of the Virgin Islands.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

Magens Bay

Long bay on the north coast of St. Thomas with a public beach park of about 56 acres behind it, run by the Magens Bay Authority.

• Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Princess Bay

Bay in Hurricane Hole, on the east side of St. John, within the Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, S, SE

Great Lameshur Bay

Bay on the south coast of St. John within Virgin Islands National Park, home of the Virgin Islands Environmental Resource Station, VIERS.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE

Turtle Cove, Buck Island

Cove with mooring buoys on Buck Island, a National Wildlife Refuge off the south-east coast of St. Thomas, where snorkellers come to see green and hawksbill turtles feeding on the seagrass.

• Free
• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

Buck Island, West Beach

Anchorage off West Beach on Buck Island, about 1.5 miles off the north-east coast of St. Croix, within Buck Island Reef National Monument.

• Sheltered NE, E

Little Saba Island

Anchorage off Little Saba, a small island south-west of St. Thomas, next to Saba Island.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Otter Creek

Mangrove creek in Hurricane Hole, the northern arm of Coral Bay on the east side of St. John, within the Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, S, SE

Druif Bay

Bay on the west side of Water Island, south of Charlotte Amalie, backed by Honeymoon Beach.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

Nathaniel Bay

Bay on the east shore of Coral Bay, St. John, just south of Hurricane Hole.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, S, SE

Caneel Bay

Bay on the north-west coast of St. John within Virgin Islands National Park, off the former Caneel Bay resort, about 2 km north-east of Cruz Bay.

• Paid
• Sheltered NE, E, S, SE

Inner Brass

Anchorage off Inner Brass, the nearer of the two Brass islands off the north coast of St. Thomas.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Leinster Bay

Mooring field in Leinster Bay on the north shore of St. John, within Virgin Islands National Park, off Waterlemon Cay and below the ruins of the Annaberg sugar plantation.

• Paid
• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

IGY American Yacht Harbor

Marina of 123 berths, four of them for superyachts, at Red Hook on the east end of St. Thomas, beside the ferry terminal for St. John.

Crown Bay Marina

Marina of 99 berths in Crown Bay, west of Charlotte Amalie on St. Thomas, taking yachts up to 200 feet, about 61 metres, close to Cyril E. King airport.

Cowpet Bay

Bay on the east end of St. Thomas, home of the St. Thomas Yacht Club, facing Great St. James to the south-east.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Hassel Island, north-west side

Anchorage off the north-west side of Hassel Island in Charlotte Amalie harbour on St. Thomas, opposite Frenchtown and close to Haulover Cut. Most of the island belongs to Virgin Islands National Park.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE

Francis Bay

Bay on the north shore of St. John within Virgin Islands National Park, with 29 moorings and one of the park's two designated anchorages offshore.

• Paid
• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

Santa Maria Bay

Bay with a beach on the north coast of St. Thomas, west of Hull Bay towards the West End.

• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE

Green Cay Marina at Tamarind Reef Resort

Marina of 154 berths at Tamarind Reef Resort on the north-east coast of St. Croix, about 4 km east of Christiansted and under 3 miles from Buck Island.

Frederiksted

Open roadstead off Frederiksted, on the west coast of St. Croix, beside the town's cruise ship pier.

• Sheltered NE, E, S, SE

Buck Island, St. Thomas

Moorings on the west side of Buck Island, the small island and National Wildlife Refuge off the south-east coast of St. Thomas.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Tektite Reef

Dive mooring off Cabritte Horn, on the east side of Great Lameshur Bay on St. John, over the reef where the Tektite underwater habitat sat in 1969 and 1970.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, S, SE

Trunk Bay

Bay on the north shore of St. John within Virgin Islands National Park, with the park's underwater snorkelling trail around Trunk Cay.

• Sheltered E, SW, S, SE

Frenchman Bay

Bay with a beach on the south coast of St. Thomas, east of the entrance to Charlotte Amalie harbour.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Little Lameshur Bay

Bay with a beach on the south coast of St. John within Virgin Islands National Park, just west of Great Lameshur Bay.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE

Cinnamon Bay

Bay on the north shore of St. John within Virgin Islands National Park, with a long sand beach and the park's Cinnamon Bay campground behind it.

• Paid
• Sheltered E, SW, S, SE

Maho Bay

Bay on the north shore of St. John within Virgin Islands National Park, next to Francis Bay, with its beach along the North Shore Road.

• Paid
• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE