Anchorage· Ambergris Cays (TCI)· Other Caribbean
Ambergris Cays Anchorage (TCI)
21° 18.0′ N · 71° 39.7′ W · approximate
Shallow bank anchorage in the lee between Big Ambergris Cay — a private island resort with its own airstrip — and the uninhabited wetland nature reserve of Little Ambergris Cay, 14 miles south of South Caicos.
Practical
Coordinate approximate: between the two cays; plot your own spot on a chart. Noonsite's 2015 position (21°18.56'N 071°38.16'W, itself marked 'anchorage?') falls near the island's airstrip, so it isn't used here. Very shallow sandbanks surround Little Ambergris — daylight and good light only. Big Ambergris is private (Ambergris Cay Resort); Noonsite says transient sailors may not land. Little Ambergris and Fish Cays Nature Reserve: no take. BoatTEST warns that the sector south of the Ambergris Cays around the Seal Cays is shoal-draft only. Not a port of entry. Noonsite lists some repairs at Windward Marina on Ambergris.
Best for
Remote bank stop between South Caicos and the southern banks
Season
Settled weather
Nearby
- Little Ambergris Cay nature reserve1.5 NM away
- Fish Cays (Caicos Bank)4.8 NM away
- Six Hill Cays Anchorage9.9 NM away
- Seal Cays Wildlife Sanctuary (White Cay)10.3 NM away
- Long Cay beaches & iguanas (South Caicos)11.9 NM away
- Middleton Cay conch middens11.9 NM away
- Long Cay Anchorage (South Caicos)12 NM away
- The Arch (South Caicos)12.2 NM away