White Bay
This is a small anchorage in the SW of the island, though you need good visibility because a coral barrier closes the entrance. There are three passes through it, the centre one being the widest usually buoyed with two small buoys each side. Once inside the anchorage (3m) is tight, but the beach superb. If the wind’s SE it can be
uncomfortable.
Ashore, the terrace and bungalows of the White Bay Sandcastle Restaurant on the beach are half-hidden among the trees; there’s also another
snack bar and a small shop here.

Great Harbour
This is the island’s only village and a port of entry to the BVI. Approach on 350° leaving the ferry channel marks to port. To the S, a small marina provides a few berths in 3·5m along a T-shaped pontoon with a fuel dock.
Shoal ground extends from both E and W shores as well as the head of the bay. That means anchoring in the middle about 200m from the village dock. You’ll be in 8–10m or more and paying mooring buoys have now been laid, further reducing anchoring space, the bay usually being pretty crowded in high season.
Ashore The customs office is opposite the
dock. The village has a few houses
around a small church, two or three
shops, one of them a minimarket for
essentials, a small hotel and several bar restaurants
along the lovely beach. The best known and the oldest is Foxy’s Bar. Foxy, the owner, built his reputation as organiser of the famous Wooden Boat Regatta and orchestrator of the liveliest
parties on the island. Often in the evenings the partying at Foxy’s, liberally lubricated with punch and accompanied by music in a pulsating atmosphere, goes on late into the night.

Little Harbour (Garner Bay)
Shoal ground extends all round the bay. The fairway is in theory marked by two buoys. Inside depths are 8–10m. Part of the bay is taken up with (paying) moorings, managed by the restaurants
(VHF 16). The best sheltered anchorage is in the NE. Little Harbour is often less crowded than Great Harbour.

Ashore, on the east shore is Abe’s restaurant (VHF 16) that has a dock for tenders. Abe’s also manages some of the paying moorings and sells some groceries. On the opposite shore, in the shelter of a tiny bay, are two charming restaurants, Harry’s Place and especially Sidney’s Peace and Love, where they
serve some of the best seafood on the island. Further W a company owns a pontoon where you can fill up with water
and fuel.

Eastend Harbour
Despite being called a harbour this bay is poorly sheltered from any E swell.

Little Jost Van Dyke
There are two possible anchorages:

• At the SW of the island to the N of Long Bay: the SW point of Little Jost van Dyke gives sufficient protection for a day stop if the swell isn’t too much SE’ly. The pass between Little Jost van
Dyke and Jost van Dyke is obstructed by awash reefs and by the breaking swell, though the latter makes this a wild and lovely spot. On the Jost Van Dyke side Foxy’s daughter has opened Foxy’s Taboo Restaurant, which has a small-boat pontoon (water available).

• to the E of the island behind Green Cay and Sandy Spit: these anchorages are better sheltered than the preceding one except in a strong SE’ly swell. That more rolly from swell and more crowded. Anchor in 5–6m on sand a good way off the beach. The islet belongs to the Rockefeller Foundation and is mostly covered with scrub and trees. There are a few footpaths for a short said, you shouldn’t in general plan on overnighting. Keep clear of the islets which have coral outcrops off them.
Sandy Spit is a very picture postcard spot with its pretty sandy beach and the coconut palm topknot. If the weather’s calm enough, there’s good snorkelling to be had on all the reefs
around.


Sandy Cay
The scene is just like Sandy Spit though the anchorage under the islet’s lee is often both more rolly from swell and more
crowded. Anchor in 5–6m on sand a good way off the beach. The islet belongs to the Rockefeller Foundation and is
mostly covered with scrub and trees.
There are a few footpaths for a short stroll. In good weather there’s good snorkelling over the coral on the windward side.

Tobago Island
Two miles W of Jost Van Dyke there’s a fair, settled weather day anchorage in the bay on the leeward side of Tobago Island. Good snorkelling on the reefs in the NW. Caution Watch the current.