Anchorage· Crooked Island· Bahamas — Eleuthera, Andros & the Out Islands

French Wells North Anchorage

22° 41.6′ N · 74° 17.9′ W

An open-water alternative just outside the French Wells channel, in clear water off an immense beach and the mouth of the mangrove creek, with easy dinghy access ashore.

Eleuthera

Practical

Waterway Guide position N 22°41.645' W 074°17.856', 2-5 m on very good sand; protected NE through SE only, so leave before a front. Easier to reach than the inner French Wells anchorage because it avoids the shallow bank; move inside at high tide if the wind is going round.

Best for

Easy-access trade-wind anchorage off French Wells beach

Season

E–SE trades; open N through W

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