Anchorage· Great Sale Cay· Bahamas — North
Tom Johnson Harbour (Great Sale Cay East)
27° 0.5′ N · 78° 11.0′ W
The bay on the east side of Great Sale Cay, the place to hide when a cold front's westerly or northerly winds are coming. It is a large sand field with excellent holding.
Practical
ActiveCaptain position. Protection from west and north; very little current; approach directly from the east or south, turning north into the bay, and anchor within about 300 yards of shore in 6 ft. Boats here stayed calm in strong westerlies while boats on the west side rolled all night (2015). After a front clocks to the north, Northwest Harbour (west side) suits again. No beach in the harbor itself. Avoid the charted 'Great Sale Cay 4' spot farther east: reviewers found hard coral rock with no holding and no protection, a mile from the island (2019). Pre-Dorian reports (2012-2019).
Best for
Shelter from pre-frontal westerlies
Nearby
- Great Sale Cay (West Side) Anchorage1.2 NM away
- Great Sale Cay North-East Anchorage (open)1.7 NM away
- Great Sale Cay Anchorage2.3 NM away
- Winter cold fronts: choosing a far-north anchorage2.3 NM away
- Little Sale Cay2.4 NM away
- Strangers Cay South Anchorage8.1 NM away
- Strangers Cay Anchorage8.2 NM away
- Carters Cays Anchorage (Old Yankee Cay)9.6 NM away
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