Anchorage· Cayo Icacos· Virgin Islands (BVI, USVI and Spanish Virgins)
Cayo Icacos Anchorage
18° 23.0′ N · 65° 35.6′ W · approximate
A daytime and settled-weather anchorage in the lee of Cayo Icacos, the first stop out of Fajardo for many charter boats.
Practical
Position is approximate: off the southwest side of the cay near the old quarry wharf, using OpenStreetMap's Playa Icacos outline and Coast Pilot 5's description; no published depths for this spot were found, so sound in and anchor on sand. Keep at least 300 yards off the west end of the reef that runs about 0.4 mile west from the northwest end of the cay (Coast Pilot). The cay is low, so northerly swell wraps around in winter; it is a lunch stop in those conditions. Busy with local power boats on weekends. No-anchor on coral or seagrass (La Cordillera reserve).
Best for
A lunch-stop snorkel close to Puerto del Rey
Season
Settled trades; untenable in northerly swell