Anchorage· Providenciales· Other Caribbean
Grace Bay & Bight Anchorage (large-vessel moorings)
21° 48.1′ N · 72° 10.7′ W · approximate
Open roadstead inside the Grace Bay barrier reef where superyachts lie to permanent moorings and smaller boats anchor off the resorts.
Practical
Coordinate approximate: about 0.3 nm off the Grace Bay Beach access marker, inside the reef — check charts. Visit TCI notes that boats drawing over 8 ft are limited to the permanent moorings off Grace Bay/the Bight, Parrot Cay and Malcolm's Road, and that Grace Bay is a Large Vessel Anchoring Zone; boats over 60 ft need a DEMA anchoring permit. Anchor only on clean sand — reef and seagrass damage brings heavy fines in the national park. A 2019 cruiser entered via Stubbs Cut, anchored off the Seven Stars resort and warned of mooring balls near the cut. Rolly or untenable in northerly swell.
Best for
Larger yachts visiting Grace Bay
Season
Settled weather; exposed to N swell
Nearby
- Grace Bay Beach0.3 NM away
- Princess Alexandra National Park reef (Grace Bay)0.3 NM away
- Caicos Bakery (Grace Bay)0.4 NM away
- Dive Provo (Grace Bay)0.5 NM away
- Graceway Gourmet (Grace Bay)0.5 NM away
- Island Fish Fry (Bight Park, Thursday)1 NM away
- Juba Sound & Juba Point Creek (Providenciales)1.4 NM away
- Grace Bay dive sites (Grouper Hole, Aquarium, Graceland, Cathedral)1.5 NM away