Best anchorages and harbours in Puerto Rico

Bahía Sucia

Anchorage 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

Isla Caja de Muertos

Anchorage 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

Playa Melones

Anchorage 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

Playa Tamarindo

Anchorage 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

Puerto Real Sud

Anchorage 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

Aguadilla Pueblo

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

Puerta de San Juan

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

Marina Puerto Real

Marina of 70 berths in Puerto Real, a small fishing village with a well-sheltered harbour on the lower west coast of Puerto Rico, municipality of Cabo Rojo.

Punta Montalva

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

Cayo Santiago

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

Cayo Lobo

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

Bahía de Mayagüez

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

La Parguera

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

Carolina Beach

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

Icacos Beach

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

Bahía Salinas, Cabo Rojo

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

Isla Piñeros

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

Bahía de Fajardo

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

Club Náutico de Ponce

Private yacht and fishing club founded in 1941 on Isla de Gatas, joined to the mainland by a causeway at Punta Carenero, beside the port of Ponce and La Guancha.

La Guancha

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

The Yacht Club Marina at Palmas del Mar

Marina of the Palmas del Mar resort at Humacao, on the south-east coast of Puerto Rico, 5.8 NM south-west of Cayo Santiago.

Bahía de Ponce

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

Parada Vista al Mar

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

Esperanza

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

Playa Córcega

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

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Playa El Guano, Maunabo

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

Cayo Chiva

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

Cayo Luis Peña SE

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

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Cayo Diablo

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

San Juan Bay Marina

Marina on the San Antonio Channel in Miramar, San Juan, next to the Club Náutico de San Juan, with berths for yachts up to 30 m.