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Best anchorages and harbours in US Virgin Islands

55 documented anchorages and harbours in US Virgin Islands, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.

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    AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands

    Sugar Bay

    4.9

    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
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    AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands

    Krum Bay

    4.8

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

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
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    AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands

    Brewers Bay

    4.8

    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
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    AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands

    Magens Bay

    4.8

    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
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    AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands

    Princess Bay

    4.8

    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
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    AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands

    Great Lameshur Bay

    4.7

    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
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    AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands

    Turtle Cove, Buck Island

    4.6

    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
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    AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands

    Buck Island, West Beach

    4.6

    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
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    AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands

    Little Saba Island

    4.5

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

    • Sheltered NE, E, SE
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    AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands

    Otter Creek

    4.5

    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
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    AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands

    Druif Bay

    4.5

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

    • Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
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    AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands

    Nathaniel Bay

    4.5

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

    • Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
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    AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands

    Caneel Bay

    4.4

    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
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    AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands

    Inner Brass

    4.4

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

    • Sheltered N, NE, E
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    AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands

    Leinster Bay

    4.4

    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
  16. 16
    AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands

    Cowpet Bay

    4.3

    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
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    AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands

    Hassel Island, north-west side

    4.2

    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
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    AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands

    Francis Bay

    4.2

    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
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    AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands

    Santa Maria Bay

    4.2

    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
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    AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands

    Frederiksted

    4.2

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

    • Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
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    AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands

    Buck Island, St. Thomas

    4.2

    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
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    AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands

    Tektite Reef

    4.2

    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
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    AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands

    Trunk Bay

    4.2

    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
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    AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands

    Frenchman Bay

    4.1

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

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
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    AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands

    Little Lameshur Bay

    4.1

    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
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    AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands

    Cinnamon Bay

    4.0

    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
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    AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands

    Maho Bay

    4.0

    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
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    AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands

    Lindbergh Bay

    3.9

    Bay on the south coast of St. Thomas beside Cyril E. King airport, named after Charles Lindbergh, who landed nearby in 1928.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
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    AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands

    Caneel Bay Beach

    3.9

    Moorings off the northern beaches of the Caneel Bay peninsula, on the north-west coast of St. John within Virgin Islands National Park.

    • Paid
    • Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
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    AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands

    Christiansted, Fort Christiansvaern

    3.9

    Anchorage in Christiansted harbour on the north coast of St. Croix, behind Protestant Cay and off the waterfront below Fort Christiansvaern.

    • Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE