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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    Aguadilla Pueblo

    3.5

    Anchorage off the town of Aguadilla, on the north-west coast of Puerto Rico, 1.9 NM south of Crash Boat Beach.

    • Sheltered NE, E, SE
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    Puerta de San Juan

    3.5

    Anchorage under the walls of Old San Juan, off the Puerta de San Juan, the last surviving gate in the city walls, just inside the entrance to San Juan Bay.

    • Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
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    Punta Montalva

    3.4

    Anchorage off Punta Montalva, 3.8 NM east of La Parguera, on the edge of the Bahía Montalva mangrove protected by the La Parguera nature reserve.

    • Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
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    Cayo Santiago

    3.4

    Anchorage off Cayo Santiago, the monkey island 0.5 NM off Punta Santiago at Humacao, east coast of Puerto Rico, home to a rhesus macaque colony since 1938.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
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    Cayo Lobo

    3.4

    Day anchorage at Cayo Lobo, a rocky cay 2.4 NM west of Cayo Luis Peña, off Culebra, known as a boat dive site.

    • Sheltered N, NE, E
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    Bahía de Mayagüez

    3.3

    Anchorage in Mayagüez Bay, off the city of Mayagüez on the west coast of Puerto Rico, 8 NM north of Puerto Real.

    • Sheltered NE, E, SE
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    La Parguera

    3.3

    Anchorage 0.6 NM east of the village of La Parguera, on the south-west coast of Puerto Rico, inside the La Parguera nature reserve.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
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    Carolina Beach

    3.2

    Anchorage off the beach of Carolina, east of San Juan on the Atlantic coast of Puerto Rico, 3.1 NM east of Ocean Park.

    • Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
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    Icacos Beach

    3.2

    Anchorage off the western beach of Cayo Icacos, in La Cordillera Reef Natural Reserve off Fajardo, 0.4 NM from the main Icacos anchorage.

    • Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
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    Bahía Salinas, Cabo Rojo

    3.2

    Anchorage in Bahía Salinas at the south-west tip of Puerto Rico, off the Cabo Rojo salt flats and close to the Los Morrillos lighthouse.

    • Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
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    Isla Piñeros

    3.2

    Anchorage off Isla Piñeros, an island in front of Ceiba on the east coast of Puerto Rico, 2.8 NM south of Puerto del Rey.

    • Sheltered NE, E, SE
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    Bahía de Fajardo

    3.1

    Main anchorage of Fajardo, in north-east Puerto Rico, between Isleta and the mainland marinas, 0.2 NM from Isleta Marina.

    • Sheltered NE, E, SE
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    La Guancha

    3.0

    Anchorage off La Guancha, the waterfront of the Playa district of Ponce, 200 m east of the Club Náutico de Ponce on the south coast of Puerto Rico.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
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    Bahía de Ponce

    2.9

    Anchorage at the head of Ponce bay, 1.4 km north of the Club Náutico de Ponce, beside the commercial port of Ponce on the south coast of Puerto Rico.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
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    Parada Vista al Mar

    2.8

    Anchorage off a beach 4.4 NM west of the Club Náutico de Ponce, on the south coast of Puerto Rico.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
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    Esperanza

    2.7

    Anchorage off Esperanza, the village on the south coast of Vieques, where most cruising yachts visiting the island lie.

    • Paid
    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
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    Playa Córcega

    2.7

    Anchorage off Playa Córcega, south of the town of Rincón on the west coast of Puerto Rico.

    • Sheltered NE, E, SE
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    Playa El Guano, Maunabo

    2.6

    Anchorage off Playa El Guano at Maunabo, on the south-east coast of Puerto Rico, 4.8 NM south-west of Palmas del Mar.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
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    Cayo Chiva

    2.6

    Anchorage by Cayo Chiva on the south coast of Vieques, 3.2 NM east of Esperanza, off the Vieques National Wildlife Refuge.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
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    Cayo Luis Peña SE

    2.6

    Anchorage off the south-east beach of Cayo Luis Peña, across the channel from Dewey, Culebra, 1.6 NM away.

    • Sheltered NW, W, SW
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    Cayo Diablo

    2.6

    Mooring off Cayo Diablo, a small cay in the eastern part of La Cordillera Reef Natural Reserve, 6 NM north-east of Fajardo.

    • Sheltered NW, N
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    Bahía de Mulas, Isabel Segunda

    2.1

    Harbour of Isabel Segunda, the main town of Vieques, on the north coast of the island, 13.6 NM from Puerto del Rey.

    • Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
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    Mosquito Pier

    1.7

    Anchorage by Mosquito Pier, the mile-long breakwater on the north-west coast of Vieques, 4.5 NM west of Isabel Segunda.

    • Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
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    Las Mareas

    1.6

    Anchorage 1.5 NM south-east of Marina de Salinas, on the south coast of Puerto Rico.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE
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    Bahía Icacos

    1.1

    Bay on the north coast of the eastern tip of Vieques, 1.1 NM across the island from Bahía Salina del Sur, in the former US Navy range.

    • Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
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    Bahía de Jobos

    Anchorage in Jobos Bay, between Salinas and Guayama on the south coast of Puerto Rico, inside the Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SW, S, SE
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    Boca del Infierno

    Anchorage at the Boca del Infierno, the pass at the western end of the Cayos Caribe, the chain of 15 mangrove islets that closes Jobos Bay on the south coast of Puerto Rico.

    • Sheltered E, SE
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    Playa Buyé

    Anchorage off Playa Buyé, Cabo Rojo, on the west coast of Puerto Rico, 1.5 NM south of Puerto Real and 2.2 NM north of Boquerón Bay.

    • Sheltered NE, E, SE, S
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    Cayo Lobos

    Anchorage off Cayo Lobos, a private cay in the La Cordillera chain 4.2 NM north-east of Fajardo, north-east Puerto Rico.

    • Sheltered NE, E
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    Cayos de Barca

    Anchorage by the Cayos de Barca, mangrove cays 4.2 NM south-east of Salinas and 1 NM west of the Boca del Infierno, entrance to Jobos Bay.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW