Landmark· Sweetings Cay· Bahamas — North
Sweetings Cay
26° 37.1′ N · 77° 51.8′ W
A tiny Loyalist-era fishing settlement of about 500 people on a cay off the east end of Grand Bahama, reached only by boat and surrounded by miles of wadeable bonefish flats.
Practical
Position from Wikipedia (settlement); OpenStreetMap maps the island at 26.620 N / 77.871 W. Sweetings Cay light: Fl W 6s, 7 m, range 8 nm, at 26 36 41.4 N / 77 53 45.0 W (Wikipedia lighthouse list). Access is by local boat from McLean's Town, about 30 minutes (SailAbacos). No published anchorage or marina data for cruising yachts: the surrounding bank is shoal, so approach only with shallow draft, local knowledge and good light. No regular ferry; supplies come in by boat.
Best for
A remote settlement and flats-fishing base
Nearby
- Bonefish season on the East End flatsRight here
- Sweetings Cay Anchorage (channel north of the settlement, shoal draft)0.7 NM away
- Lightbourn's Cay Anchorage (west side, East Grand Bahama Protected Area)2.3 NM away
- Deep Water Cay3.1 NM away
- Deep Water Cay Anchorage (East End, shoal draft)3.9 NM away
- McLean's Town5 NM away
- Petro Express East fuel station (McLean's Town)5 NM away
- Cave and Cashs Cays Anchorage (Bight of Abaco)14.8 NM away