Anchorage· Hoffman's Cay· Bahamas — North
Hoffman's Cay Anchorage
25° 37.3′ N · 77° 44.5′ W
The favourite anchorage of the middle Berries: a pretty bay with a beach, turtles in the shallows, and a five-minute jungle path to the Hoffman's Cay blue hole.
Practical
ActiveCaptain position ('Hoffman's Cay - 2', 19 reviews, average 4.7). Approach from the northwest: the charted route along the west side of the islands has more water than charted and is very doable at high tide; keep as close to shore as your draft allows (see the Hoffman Route passage). Shoal-draft boats can come in via White Cay cut near high tide (tides close to Nassau). A 46 ft catamaran (just under 4 ft draft) came in at mid-tide south of White Cay and anchored in great holding; it rode out 25+ kt gusts from the east for two days (November 2023). Beach landing only. Sharks seen at dusk. Noforeignland users rate it 5/5 for protection from the prevailing wind. Uncomfortable in westerlies.
Best for
The blue hole, beaches and turtles in prevailing easterlies
Season
Nov-Jun in E winds; avoid in W
Nearby
- Hoffman's Cay Beach Walks0.1 NM away
- Hoffman's Cay Blue Hole0.1 NM away
- Hoffman's Cay West Anchorage (shallow-draft)0.3 NM away
- Hoffman's Cay Mangrove Anchorage0.4 NM away
- Fowl Cay Anchorage (Berry Islands)0.5 NM away
- Little Gaulding Cay Anchorage0.6 NM away
- White Cay Anchorage (Berry Islands)0.6 NM away
- White Cay Reef and Sunken Ketch0.8 NM away