Best anchorages and harbours in Cape Cod and the Islands
17 documented anchorages and harbours in Cape Cod and the Islands, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.
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1MouillageUnited StatesGreat Harbor
5.0Mooring field in Great Harbor at Woods Hole, the village at the south-western tip of Cape Cod, in Falmouth, Massachusetts.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S
- 2MouillageUnited States
Hoppy's Landing
5.0Anchorage off Hoppys Landing, by the causeway linking West Island to the mainland at Fairhaven, Massachusetts.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
- 3MouillageUnited States
Menemsha Bight
5.0Anchorage in Menemsha Bight on the north-west shore of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, about 2.5 miles east of Gay Head, with a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
4MouillageUnited StatesSandy Neck Lighthouse
5.0Anchorage off Beach Point at the tip of Sandy Neck, the barrier beach at the entrance to Barnstable Harbour, Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 5MouillageUnited States
Spragues Cove
5.0Anchorage in Sippican Harbour off Marion, Massachusetts, at the head of Buzzards Bay, with a mud and weed bottom and shelter from NW through SW winds.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
- 6MouillageUnited States
Warren XOVE
5.0Temporary anchorage in the southern reach of Plymouth Bay, Massachusetts, off Warren Avenue between Plymouth Beach and Rocky Point.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
- 7MouillageUnited States
Onset Bay
4.9Anchorage in Onset Bay on Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, just west of the Cape Cod Canal and the village of Onset.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
8MouillageUnited StatesCuttyhunk Pond
4.8Enclosed pond at the western end of Cuttyhunk Island, the outermost of the Elizabeth Islands between Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 9MouillageUnited States
Bull Island
4.6Anchorage at Bull Island in Hadley Harbour, at the eastern end of Naushon Island in the Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts, on a mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, E, SW, S, SE
10MouillageUnited StatesEdgartown Mooring field
4.5Town mooring field in Edgartown harbour on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, on a sand bottom with good holding.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE
11MouillageUnited StatesPease Ledge
4.5Anchorage off Pease Ledge in the north-western approach to Cuttyhunk, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. The ledge itself uncovers at low water.
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W
12MouillageUnited StatesEdgartown Harbour
4.2Harbour on the east side of Martha's Vineyard, with anchoring permitted in the outer harbour over a sand bottom.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
13MouillageUnited StatesOwen parc beach
4.0Mooring buoy field off Owen Park, a public park and beach on Vineyard Haven Harbour, Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S, SE
- 14MouillageUnited States
Town of Wareham Moorings
4.0Transient mooring buoys managed by the Wareham harbour master on the Wareham River, a tributary of Buzzards Bay in Massachusetts.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
15MouillageUnited StatesCanal cape cod
3.0Waiting anchorage off the eastern entrance of the Cape Cod Canal in Massachusetts, on a sand bottom in Cape Cod Bay.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S, SE
- 16MouillageUnited States
Cotuit Bay
3.0Bay anchorage on the south coast of Cape Cod, sheltered behind Osterville Grand Island off Nantucket Sound, in the village of Cotuit, Massachusetts.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, W, E, SW
17MouillageUnited StatesVineyard Haven Harbour
3.0Harbour between East Chop and West Chop on Martha's Vineyard, in the town of Tisbury, with a sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE