Anchorage· Pelican Cays· Bahamas — North
Channel Cay Bight Anchorage (Pelican Cays)
26° 25.0′ N · 76° 59.9′ W
A small deep-water bight behind Channel Cay, at the north end of the Pelican Cays, that blocks the prevailing seas better than the open banks nearby.
Practical
About 10 ft (one report 9 ft) over sand and weed - take time to get through the weed. Enter and leave on a 180/000 deg True track from the Pelican Cay-Pelican Harbour route for clear water. Holding worsening: a March 2019 report found only flat rock (sand likely scoured by storms). Tide floods N and ebbs S here. Channel Cay is private but the beach is used for dinghy landing. Nearby navigation aids on the reef edge have been missing (2015-2018 reports) - navigate visually and with the Explorer route. ActiveCaptain community reports date from 2011-2019, before Hurricane Dorian (Category 5, Sept 1, 2019) hit Abaco; re-check bottom, markers and businesses locally.
Best for
Protected lunch stop in E-SE wind when the Sandy Cay anchorage rolls
Nearby
- Pelican Cays Anchorage (behind Sandy Cay)0.9 NM away
- Pelican Cays Land and Sea Park1.1 NM away
- Sandy Cay Reef (Pelican Cays Land and Sea Park)1.1 NM away
- Tilloo Bank1.3 NM away
- Ocean Swell in the Cuts (Rage Season)1.5 NM away
- Black Point Anchorage (Pelican Harbour)1.8 NM away
- Tilloo Cay Anchorage (Tilloo Pond)1.8 NM away
- Tilloo Cay Atlantic Beach1.8 NM away