Anchorage· Ile Tintamarre· Leeward Islands
Ile Tintamarre Moorings
18° 7.0′ N · 62° 59.3′ W
Uninhabited 'Flat Island' 3 km off the northeast coast - free reserve moorings off the long white beach of Baie Blanche, with nesting tropicbirds and an old airstrip ashore.
Practical
Position is the charted anchorage mark off Baie Blanche (OpenStreetMap seamark data). Use the free reserve mooring balls; boats under 10 m are tolerated at anchor only in sand, keeping 20 m off the beach (decree 2020-142) - cruisers note anchoring is otherwise not allowed. NO overnight stay without the reserve's night-mooring authorization, requested at least three days ahead. Can be surprisingly rolly when swell wraps around the island; busy with tour boats by day. No mooring, landing or climbing in North Cove Bay or 'La Lagune' bay; no kitesurfing; no taking the clay/mud; no climbing or walking at the foot of the cliffs. No facilities and little shade.
Best for
A wild-island day stop on reserve moorings
Season
Settled trades; rolly when swell wraps around
Itineraries that stop here
Nearby
- Baie Blanche Beach (Tintamarre)0.1 NM away
- Tintamarre Airstrip & Island History0.5 NM away
- Ilet Pinel Snorkel Trail1.6 NM away
- Ilet Pinel Beach Restaurants1.7 NM away
- Ilet Pinel Anchorage1.8 NM away
- Petite Clef1.9 NM away
- Saint-Martin Nature Reserve (Reserve Naturelle)1.9 NM away
- Sargassum on the East Coast (St Martin)2 NM away