Best anchorages and harbours in Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands
149 documented anchorages and harbours in Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.
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- 1AnchoragePuerto Rico
Bahía Fosforescente
4.9Anchorage at the southern entrance of the bioluminescent Bahía Fosforescente, 2.2 NM east of La Parguera, inside the La Parguera nature reserve.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
- 2AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Sugar Bay
4.9Anchorage inside Salt River Bay on the north coast of St. Croix, within Salt River Bay National Historical Park.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W
- 3AnchoragePuerto Rico
Ensenada Honda, Vieques
4.9Large bay on the south-east coast of Vieques, 7.3 NM east of Esperanza, inside the eastern part of the Vieques National Wildlife Refuge.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 4AnchoragePuerto Rico
La Parguera Ouest
4.9Anchorage 0.6 NM west of the village of La Parguera, among the mangrove cays of the La Parguera nature reserve on the south-west coast of Puerto Rico.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 5AnchoragePuerto Rico
Cayo Luis Peña
4.9Anchorage on the west side of Cayo Luis Peña, the cay off the west coast of Culebra, 2.1 NM from Dewey.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 6AnchoragePuerto Rico
Puerto Real
4.9Anchorage in the harbour of Puerto Real, a fishing village on the lower west coast of Puerto Rico, 250 m from Marina Puerto Real.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
- 7AnchoragePuerto Rico
Bahía Mosquito
4.9Inlet on the east side of the Ensenada Honda entrance, south coast of Culebra, 2.1 NM from Dewey by water.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
- 8AnchoragePuerto Rico
Isla Cardona
4.8Anchorage by Isla Cardona, a 2.4 ha key on the western side of the entrance to Ponce harbour, 1 NM south-west of the Club Náutico de Ponce.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 9AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Krum Bay
4.8Bay west of Crown Bay on St. Thomas, opening south onto Gregerie Channel opposite Water Island.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 10AnchoragePuerto Rico
Bahía Tortuga
4.8Bay on the north side of Culebrita, the cay off the east coast of Culebra, 4.2 NM from Dewey.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 11AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Brewers Bay
4.8Bay 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
- 12AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Magens Bay
4.8Long 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
- 13AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Princess Bay
4.8Bay 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
- 14AnchoragePuerto Rico
Cano Quebrado
4.7Anchorage on the east shore of Ensenada Honda, Culebra, 1.1 NM east of Dewey.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, S, SE
- 15AnchoragePuerto Rico
Bahía de Sardinas
4.7Bay on the west side of Dewey, Culebra, where the ferries from the main island berth, 0.2 NM from the town centre.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
- 16AnchoragePuerto Rico
Bahía Salina del Sur
4.7Bay on the south coast of the eastern tip of Vieques, 9.7 NM east of Esperanza, inside the former US Navy bombing range.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 17AnchoragePuerto Rico
Punta Boca
4.7Anchorage at Punta Boca on the south-west coast of Vieques, 5.9 NM west of Esperanza, inside the Vieques National Wildlife Refuge.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 18AnchoragePuerto Rico
Bahía Flamenco
4.7Anchorage off Flamenco beach, on the north coast of Culebra, 1.9 NM from Dewey by sea.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 19AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Great Lameshur Bay
4.7Bay 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
- 20AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Turtle Cove, Buck Island
4.6Cove 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
- 21AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Buck Island, West Beach
4.6Anchorage 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
- 22AnchoragePuerto Rico
Bahía Fosforescente
4.6Bioluminescent bay 2 NM east of La Parguera, one of the three bays of its kind in Puerto Rico, inside the La Parguera nature reserve.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 23AnchoragePuerto Rico
Mangrove islands
4.6Anchorage off the outer mangrove cays, 3.5 NM south-east of Marina de Salinas on the south coast of Puerto Rico.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 24AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Little Saba Island
4.5Anchorage off Little Saba, a small island south-west of St. Thomas, next to Saba Island.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 25AnchoragePuerto Rico
Punta Soldado
4.5Anchorage at Punta Soldado, the southern tip of Culebra, 1.6 NM south-east of Dewey.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 26AnchoragePuerto Rico
Cayo Pirata
4.5Anchorage by Cayo Pirata, an islet near the head of Ensenada Honda, the largest bay of Culebra, 0.3 NM from Dewey.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 27AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Otter Creek
4.5Mangrove 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
- 28AnchoragePuerto Rico
Bahía Tamarindo Grande
4.5Northern part of the Tamarindo bay on the west coast of Culebra, facing Cayo Luis Peña, 1.8 NM from Dewey.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
- 29AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Druif Bay
4.5Bay on the west side of Water Island, south of Charlotte Amalie, backed by Honeymoon Beach.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
- 30AnchorageU.S. Virgin Islands
Nathaniel Bay
4.5Bay on the east shore of Coral Bay, St. John, just south of Hurricane Hole.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, S, SE