Best anchorages and harbours in Puerto Rico
94 documented anchorages and harbours in Puerto Rico, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.
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- 31AnchoragePuerto Rico
Bahía de San Juan
4.2Anchorage in San Juan Bay, 0.8 NM south of the walls of Old San Juan, on the north coast of Puerto Rico.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 32AnchoragePuerto Rico
Mangroves
4.2Anchorage among the mangrove cays 3.2 NM south-east of Salinas, west of the entrance to Jobos Bay on the south coast of Puerto Rico.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S
- 33AnchoragePuerto Rico
Bahía de Boquerón
4.2Anchorage in Boquerón Bay, Cabo Rojo, on the west coast of Puerto Rico, often described by cruisers as the most popular anchorage on the island.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, S, SE
- 34AnchoragePuerto Rico
Puerto de Arecibo
4.1Anchorage in the harbour of Arecibo on the north coast of Puerto Rico, close under Punta Morrillos and its 1898 lighthouse.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 35AnchoragePuerto Rico
Punta Cucharas
4.1Anchorage off Punta Cucharas, 3.2 NM west of the Club Náutico de Ponce, inside the Punta Cucharas nature reserve on the south coast of Puerto Rico.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, S
- 36AnchoragePuerto Rico
Cayo Norte
4.1Anchorage off the south beaches of Cayo Norte, a private cay 0.6 NM north-east of Culebra, 2.9 NM from Dewey.
- Sheltered N, NE
- 37AnchoragePuerto Rico
Canal San Antonio
4.1Designated anchorage in the San Antonio Channel, San Juan, just west of San Juan Bay Marina and the Club Náutico de San Juan.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 38AnchoragePuerto Rico
Bahía de la Punta Conejo
4.1Bay by Punta Conejo on the south coast of Vieques, 5.3 NM east of Esperanza, on the edge of the former US Navy range.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 39AnchoragePuerto Rico
Luis Pena Beach
4.1Anchorage off a beach on the north side of Cayo Luis Peña, off the west coast of Culebra, 1.9 NM from Dewey.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 40AnchoragePuerto Rico
Arrecife Margarita
4.0Anchorage on sand by the Margarita reef, 4.7 NM south-west of La Parguera, off the south-west coast of Puerto Rico.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 41AnchoragePuerto Rico
Isla Palominos
4.0Mooring field off Isla Palominos, a private island in La Cordillera chain 3.5 NM east of Fajardo, leased to the El Conquistador resort.
- Free
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 42AnchoragePuerto Rico
Carrucho
4.0Anchorage 0.7 NM south of Marina de Salinas, in the outer part of Bahía de Salinas on the south coast of Puerto Rico.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 43AnchoragePuerto Rico
Copamarina Beach
4.0Anchorage off the beach of the Copamarina resort at Caña Gorda, Guánica, on the south-west coast of Puerto Rico, 0.5 NM from Cayo Aurora.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
- 44AnchoragePuerto Rico
Ensenada Honda
4.0Deep inlet at Ceiba on the east coast of Puerto Rico, the former harbour of the Roosevelt Roads naval station, 3.6 NM south of Puerto del Rey.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW
- 45AnchoragePuerto Rico
Punta Cruz
4.0Anchorage at Punta Cruz on the south side of Cayo Luis Peña, off the west coast of Culebra, 1.9 NM from Dewey.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
- 46AnchoragePuerto Rico
Puerto Ferro
3.9Enclosed bay on the south coast of Vieques, 2.6 NM east of Esperanza, inside the Vieques National Wildlife Refuge.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S
- 47AnchoragePuerto Rico
Ensenada Dakity
3.9Mooring field just inside the reef at the entrance to Ensenada Honda, on the south coast of Culebra, 1.5 NM from Dewey.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S
- 48AnchoragePuerto Rico
Sun Bay
3.9Anchorage off Sun Bay, the public beach park 0.6 NM east of Esperanza on the south coast of Vieques.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 49AnchoragePuerto Rico
Punta Arenas
3.9Anchorage off Punta Arenas, known as Green Beach, at the western tip of Vieques, 6.2 NM west of Esperanza, inside the Vieques National Wildlife Refuge.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 50AnchoragePuerto Rico
Dátiles Beach
3.8Anchorage off Dátiles beach on the west coast of Culebra, 0.4 NM south of Dewey.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
- 51AnchoragePuerto Rico
Bahía de Salinas
3.7Anchorage in the inner bay of Salinas, 200 m off Marina de Salinas, one of the main cruising stops on the south coast of Puerto Rico.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 52AnchoragePuerto Rico
Snorkel Beach
3.7Anchorage off a small beach on the south-west side of Culebrita, off the east coast of Culebra, 0.4 NM from Bahía Tortuga.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 53AnchoragePuerto Rico
Crash Boat Beach
3.7Anchorage off Crash Boat Beach, Aguadilla, on the north-west corner of Puerto Rico, 1.9 NM north of Aguadilla town.
- Sheltered NE
- 54AnchoragePuerto Rico
Playa Cayo Piñeiro
3.6Anchorage off the north beach of Isla Piñeros, in front of Ceiba on the east coast of Puerto Rico, 0.4 NM from the Isla Piñeros anchorage.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
- 55AnchoragePuerto Rico
Playa Doña Lala
3.6Anchorage off Playa Doña Lala at Rincón, on the west coast of Puerto Rico, 0.6 NM north of Playa Córcega.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 56AnchoragePuerto Rico
Bahía Sucia
3.6Anchorage in Bahía Sucia, the bay beside the Los Morrillos lighthouse at the south-west tip of Puerto Rico, 0.9 NM east of Bahía Salinas.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 57AnchoragePuerto Rico
Isla Caja de Muertos
3.6Anchorage off Caja de Muertos, an uninhabited island 8.4 km off the coast and 6.7 NM south of Ponce, protected as a nature reserve since 1980.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
- 58AnchoragePuerto Rico
Playa Melones
3.6Anchorage off Playa Melones, the closest beach to Dewey on the west coast of Culebra, 0.6 NM from town.
- Free
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 59AnchoragePuerto Rico
Playa Tamarindo
3.5Anchorage off Playa Tamarindo on the west coast of Culebra, facing Cayo Luis Peña, 1.4 NM north-west of Dewey.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
- 60AnchoragePuerto Rico
Puerto Real Sud
3.5Anchorage in the southern part of Puerto Real harbour, 500 m south of Marina Puerto Real on the west coast of Puerto Rico.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SW, S, SE