Best anchorages and harbours in Cape Cod and the Islands
37 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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1PortOak Bluffs, United StatesOak Bluffs
4.9Town marina on the north shore of Martha's Vineyard, with 81 berths and 50 moorings.
2PortNew Bedford, United StatesPope's Island Marina
4.6Marina on the south side of Pope's Island in New Bedford harbour, Massachusetts, inside the hurricane barrier on the Acushnet River.
- 3PortFalmouth, United States
Falmouth Town Marina
4.2Town-run marina inside Falmouth Inner Harbor on the south coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. 108 berths on seven floating finger pontoons.
4PortMattapoisett, United StatesMattapoisett Boatyard
3.8Full-service boatyard on the north side of Mattapoisett Harbour, a sheltered inlet on the north shore of Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts.
5PortNantucket, United StatesNantucket
3.8240-berth marina inside Nantucket Harbour, on the north shore of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts.
- 6PortFairhaven, United States
Marina at Slocum Cove
3.8Full-service marina on the east bank of the Acushnet River in Fairhaven, opposite New Bedford, operated by the Northeast Maritime Institute.
- 7PortFairhaven, United States
Acushnet River Safe Boating
3.3Members' marina of the Acushnet River Safe Boating Club at 80 Middle Street, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, on the east bank of the Acushnet River opposite New Bedford.
8PortMarion, United StatesBarden's Boat Yard
Full-service boatyard on Sippican Harbour at Marion, Massachusetts, off Buzzards Bay.
- 9PortMattapoisett, United States
Brandt Cove Marina
Marina in the well-sheltered Brandt Island Cove at Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, on the north shore of Buzzards Bay.
- 10PortFairhaven, United States
Breakwater Marinas
Full-service marina at 2 River Avenue, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, on the east side of New Bedford harbour inside the hurricane barrier.
11PortMarion, United StatesBurr Brothers
Family-run boatyard and marina at 309 Front Street, at the head of Sippican Harbor in Marion, Massachusetts, on Buzzards Bay.
- 12PortBourne, United States
Buzzards Bay Marina
Private marina at the head of Buzzards Bay in Bourne, Massachusetts, by the western end of the Cape Cod Canal.
13PortChatham, United StatesChatham Yacht Basin
Year-round full-service marina on the Oyster River in West Chatham, Cape Cod, a short run from Nantucket Sound.
- 14PortFairhaven, United States
Fairhaven Shipyard Companies
The largest boatyard in Massachusetts, at 32 Water Street in Fairhaven, inside the working harbour of New Bedford on Buzzards Bay.
15PortNew Bedford, United StatesFleet Marina
Mixed commercial and pleasure marina on Pope's Island, New Bedford, between New Bedford and Fairhaven on the Acushnet River.
16PortMarion, United StatesIsland Wharf
Town-owned wharf and park on inner Sippican Harbour at Marion, Massachusetts, on the north shore of Buzzards Bay.
- 17PortFalmouth, United States
Megansett Yacht Club
Members' yacht club in Megansett Harbour at North Falmouth, on the Buzzards Bay side of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
- 18PortBourne, United States
Monument Beach Marina
Town-run marina in Phinney's Harbor, Bourne, Massachusetts, in upper Buzzards Bay on the west side of Mashnee Dike.
19PortDartmouth, United StatesNew Bedford Yacht Club
Private yacht club founded in 1877, on Apponagansett Bay at Padanaram in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts, west of New Bedford.
- 20PortBourne, United States
Pocasset River Marina
Municipal marina of 17 berths on the Pocasset River, in Bourne on the west side of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
- 21PortBourne, United States
Pocasset River Marina
Small town-owned marina on the Pocasset River, off the west side of Buzzards Bay in Bourne, Massachusetts.
- 22PortFalmouth, United States
Safe Harbor Fiddler's Cove
Marina in a sheltered cove off Megansett Harbour, on the Buzzards Bay side of North Falmouth, Massachusetts.
- 23PortMarshfield, United States
Safe Harbor Green Harbor
Marina inside Green Harbor at Marshfield, on the Massachusetts coast between Boston and the Cape Cod Canal.
- 24PortWareham, United States
Safe Harbor Onset Bay
Year-round full-service marina on Onset Bay, just off the western end of the Cape Cod Canal, in Wareham, Massachusetts.
25PortPlymouth, United StatesSafe Harbor Plymouth
Full-service marina at Plymouth, Massachusetts, on the south-west shore of Cape Cod Bay.
26PortSandwich, United StatesSandwich Marina
Town marina just inside the east entrance of the Cape Cod Canal at Sandwich, Massachusetts, a former harbour of refuge on Cape Cod Bay.
- 27PortBourne, United States
Scallop Bay Marina
Full-service marina at the mouth of the Pocasset River, Pocasset village in Bourne, at the head of Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts.
- 28PortBourne, United States
Squeteague Harbor Marine
Small boatyard at Squeteague Harbor in Cataumet village, Bourne, on the eastern shore of Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts.
- 29PortWareham, United States
Stonebridge Marina
Full-service marina on the east side of Onset Bay, part of Buzzards Bay, in the village of Onset, Wareham, Massachusetts.
- 30PortWareham, United States
Stonebridge Marina
Marina on the East River in Onset village, Wareham, at the north end of Buzzards Bay close to the Cape Cod Canal.