{"id":10526,"date":"2026-10-09T13:49:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T13:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalyachtscharterandbrokerage.com\/yacht-charter\/caribbean\/anguilla\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T07:21:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T07:21:45","slug":"anguilla","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/internationalyachtscharterandbrokerage.com\/en\/yacht-charter\/caribbean\/anguilla\/","title":{"rendered":"Anguilla"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"10526\" class=\"elementor elementor-10526 elementor-10489\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2aa4bb9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2aa4bb9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1f9cf4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e1f9cf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Yacht Charter Anguilla | Caribbean Charter<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f27a97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"9f27a97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iy-page\">\n  <p class=\"iy-page__lead\">Anguilla is reputed to have the finest beaches in the Lesser Antilles. It also has the strictest anchoring regime in the area, and the two are linked.<\/p>\n  <p>A charterer arriving here expecting to anchor wherever they please off the beach of their choice will first meet the captain\u2019s refusal, then the authorities. This page explains the framework before discussing anchorages, because here the framework determines the itinerary.<\/p>\n  <ul class=\"iy-keys\">\n    <li><span class=\"iy-keys__label\">Waters designated as a national park<\/span><span class=\"iy-keys__value\">100%<\/span><\/li>\n    <li><span class=\"iy-keys__label\">Park mooring buoys<\/span><span class=\"iy-keys__value\">6 AM \u2013 7 PM<span class=\"iy-keys__unit\">daytime use<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n    <li><span class=\"iy-keys__label\">Mandatory entry<\/span><span class=\"iy-keys__value\">Road Bay<span class=\"iy-keys__unit\">Sandy Ground<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n    <li><span class=\"iy-keys__label\">High season<\/span><span class=\"iy-keys__value\">Dec. \u2013 Apr.<\/span><\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n  <h2>All waters are designated as a national park<\/h2>\n  <p>This is the starting point, and it is unusual. Anguillan waters are protected as a whole, with several areas where <strong>anchoring is prohibited or severely restricted<\/strong>: Little Bay, Dog Island, Prickly Pear, Sandy Island, and the Shoal Bay \u2013 Island Harbour sector.<\/p>\n  <p>To allow these sites to be visited without damaging the seabed, the Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources maintains mooring fields at Little Bay, Sandy Island, and Prickly Pear.<\/p>\n  <p>Second point\u2014the one brochures omit: <strong>these mooring buoys are for daytime use only, from 6 AM to 7 PM.<\/strong> You do not spend the night on them.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"iy-note\">\n    <span class=\"iy-note__label\">You do not sleep on a mooring buoy<\/span>\n    <p>The marine park mooring fields are for daytime use, from 6 AM to 7 PM. Road Bay remains the island\u2019s only practical overnight anchorage. It is this rule\u2014not distance\u2014that makes Anguilla a day destination.<\/p>\n  <\/div> \n  <p>The consequence is structural. Anguilla is visited as a day trip, and the yacht sleeps elsewhere\u2014most often in Road Bay, the only true overnight anchorage, or across the channel in St Martin.<\/p>\n  <h2>The cruising permit<\/h2>\n  <p>Any yacht wishing to leave Road Bay and enjoy the national park must pay a <strong>cruising permit<\/strong>. Vessels that remain in Road Bay do not need one.<\/p>\n  <p>The permit is issued by Customs after entry, upon request. Its amount is based on tonnage and is calculated per foot per day, with daily, weekly, monthly, or quarterly options. The park mooring buoys are included in the permit.<\/p>\n  <p>This cost is included in the APA, the advance provision that covers charter operating expenses. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/internationalyachtscharterandbrokerage.com\/en\/blog\/yacht-charter\/apa-in-yacht-charter-complete-guide-to-understanding-everything-before-signing\/\">guide to APA in yacht charter<\/a> explains what this provision covers.<\/p>\n  <p>Two caveats to the above, presented together rather than scattered across the page.<\/p>\n   <div class=\"iy-note iy-note--reserve\">\n    <span class=\"iy-note__label\">Administrative fees<\/span>\n    <p>The per-foot permit scale and the per-person departure tax are set by the Anguillan administration and may be revised. We do not publish them and confirm them as of the charter date.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"iy-note iy-note--reserve\">\n    <span class=\"iy-note__label\">Mooring-buoy time window<\/span>\n    <p>The 6 AM \u2013 7 PM window comes from leading cruising guides, with no primary government source consulted. Please confirm with a local port agent before building an itinerary around it.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <h2>Entry formalities<\/h2>\n  <p>Entry is made <strong>at Road Bay<\/strong>, with the Customs and Immigration office in Sandy Ground. Both services are in the same building, near the beach tender dock, which makes the process quick.<\/p>\n  <p>Published hours are 8:30 AM \u2013 12 PM and 1 PM \u2013 4 PM. A per-person departure tax is also collected on departure.<\/p>\n  <p>Two operational notes. A yacht must not clear in anywhere other than Road Bay: a direct arrival on a northern beach is an offence, not a shortcut. And a day built around a 4:30 PM arrival is a wasted day.<\/p>\n  <h2>Anchorages<\/h2>\n  <p><strong>Road Bay.<\/strong> North-west coast, main harbour, clearance point, mooring buoys and the option to anchor. Access to shops and restaurants. This is the island\u2019s base, and the only overnight anchorage.<\/p>\n  <p><strong>Sandy Island.<\/strong> Small cay offshore, accessible by tender from Road Bay. Maintained mooring buoys; anchoring restricted. Snorkelling and beach.<\/p>\n  <p><strong>Prickly Pear Cays.<\/strong> Marine park, two uninhabited cays, mooring buoys. One of the most unspoilt sites in the area.<\/p>\n  <p><strong>Shoal Bay East.<\/strong> Very fine sand and excellent snorkelling. Restricted-anchoring area.<\/p>\n  <p><strong>Rendezvous Bay.<\/strong> Long bay in the south-west, facing St Martin, with a wide roadstead. It is the anchorage closest to the channel, and therefore the most logical at the end of the day for those returning to sleep on the French side.<\/p>\n  <p><strong>Little Bay.<\/strong> Mooring buoys; anchoring prohibited.<\/p>\n  <h2>What the constraint protects<\/h2>\n  <p>This regime can look like a collection of red tape. It is the opposite\u2014and a charterer used to the Mediterranean understands it quickly.<\/p>\n  <p>The Mediterranean regulated after the damage. Maritime prefectural order no. 123\/2019 of 3 June 2019 prohibits anchoring on Posidonia seagrass beds for vessels over 24 metres\u2014sometimes 20 depending on the areas; in the Balearics, decree 25\/2018 mandates buoy fields. The penalty is not theoretical: in November 2024, the Marseille Maritime Court sentenced two captains to \u20ac86,537 and \u20ac22,423 for ecological damage.<\/p>\n  <p>Anguilla addressed the problem the other way around\u2014upstream. The result is what the client comes for: uninhabited cays with no neighbours a hundred metres away, intact shallow seabeds, beaches not lined with twenty tenders. Prickly Pear and Sandy Island deliver on that promise because the framework exists.<\/p>\n  <p>A broker who sells Anguilla without explaining this framework is selling a misunderstanding.<\/p>\n  <h2>The season\u2014December to April<\/h2>\n  <p>The Caribbean season is shaped by weather. The North Atlantic hurricane season officially runs from 1 June to 30 November, the window used by the US National Hurricane Center because it accounts for around 97% of the basin\u2019s tropical storms and hurricanes.<\/p>\n  <p>Vessels therefore arrive from the Mediterranean in late autumn and leave in spring. The last weeks of December and February are the tightest in the area, and they are also when day slots in Anguilla are most contested.<\/p>\n  <p>When you submit a request matters as much as budget. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/internationalyachtscharterandbrokerage.com\/en\/blog\/yacht-guides\/booking-a-yacht-charter-in-2027-the-month-by-month-calendar\/\">2027 season booking calendar<\/a> explains, month by month, how availability is allocated.<\/p>\n  <h2>The fleet departing from Anguilla<\/h2>\n  <p>Only one yacht in our fleet is explicitly positioned to depart from Anguilla, and we say so rather than inflating the list.<\/p>\n  <p><a href=\"https:\/\/internationalyachtscharterandbrokerage.com\/en\/locations-yachts\/manatea\/\">MANATEA<\/a> is a 95-foot Peri Yacht\u201429 metres\u2014based in the Caribbean year-round. Eight guests, four cabins, four crew, built in 2008 and fully refitted in 2023. Her listing offers departures from St Martin, Anguilla, and St Barth\u00e9lemy, for day charters as well as weekly charters. This is exactly the format local regulations call for: a mobile yacht able to use daytime mooring buoys and then return elsewhere to sleep.<\/p>\n  <p>For a broader programme including Anguilla in a Northern Leeward Islands itinerary,  <a href=\"https:\/\/internationalyachtscharterandbrokerage.com\/en\/locations-yachts\/rilassata\/\">RILASSATA<\/a>, a 49-metre Tankoa, indicates Caribbean availability from December to February. Three large yachts also list the Caribbean and St Martin in their winter cruising area\u2014  <a href=\"https:\/\/internationalyachtscharterandbrokerage.com\/en\/locations-yachts\/anna-i\/\">ANNA I<\/a>  67 meters,  <a href=\"https:\/\/internationalyachtscharterandbrokerage.com\/en\/locations-yachts\/bleu-de-nimes\/\">BLEU DE N\u00ceMES<\/a>  72 metres and  <a href=\"https:\/\/internationalyachtscharterandbrokerage.com\/en\/locations-yachts\/st-david\/\">ST. DAVID<\/a>  60 metres: from their base, Anguilla is within day range, subject to the anchoring conditions described above. Two very large yachts also list the Leeward Islands in their cruising area\u2014  <a href=\"https:\/\/internationalyachtscharterandbrokerage.com\/en\/locations-yachts\/chakra\/\">CHAKRA<\/a>  86 meters and  <a href=\"https:\/\/internationalyachtscharterandbrokerage.com\/en\/locations-yachts\/christina-o\/\">CHRISTINA O<\/a>  99 metres\u2014without a fixed base on the island: their positioning is confirmed case by case.<\/p>\n  <p>All yachts are listed under <a href=\"https:\/\/internationalyachtscharterandbrokerage.com\/en\/yachts-for-charter\/\">our yachts available for charter<\/a>.<\/p>\n  <h2>Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n  <div class=\"iy-faq\">\n    <div class=\"iy-faq__item\">\n      <h3>Can you spend the night at anchor in Anguilla?<\/h3>\n    <p>Marine park mooring buoys are for daytime use only, from 6 AM to 7 PM. Road Bay remains the practical overnight anchorage. In practice, Anguilla is visited as a day trip and the yacht spends the night in Road Bay or returns to St Martin.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"iy-faq__item\">\n      <h3>Do you need a permit to cruise in Anguilla\u2019s waters?<\/h3>\n    <p>Yes, as soon as you leave Road Bay or use the national park. The cruising permit is issued by Customs after entry; its amount is based on tonnage and is calculated per foot per day. Vessels that remain in Road Bay are exempt.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n     <div class=\"iy-faq__item\">\n      <h3>Where are entry formalities completed?<\/h3>\n    <p>In Road Bay, with Customs and Immigration in Sandy Ground, in the same building near the tender dock. Published hours are 8:30 AM \u2013 12 PM and 1 PM \u2013 4 PM. No other arrival is permitted on the island.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"iy-faq__item\">\n      <h3>When is the best time for a charter in Anguilla?<\/h3>\n    <p>From December to April. The North Atlantic hurricane season runs from 1 June to 30 November, which closes the area to leisure charter in summer. Late December and February are the most in-demand periods.<\/p>\n    <\/div> \n  <\/div>\n  <h2>Plan your day in Anguilla<\/h2>\n  <p>Anguilla rewards preparation and punishes improvisation. The permit, the choice of mooring buoys, the time of entry into Road Bay, and the overnight anchorage are decided before embarkation\u2014not on the morning itself.<\/p>\n  <p>Send us your dates and number of guests: we will come back with the yachts that are genuinely available, the applicable regulatory framework, and a detailed breakdown of fees. <a href=\"https:\/\/internationalyachtscharterandbrokerage.com\/en\/contact\/\">Let\u2019s discuss your project<\/a>, or consult <a href=\"https:\/\/internationalyachtscharterandbrokerage.com\/en\/yacht-charter\/caribbean\/\">our Caribbean hub<\/a> and the neighbouring page <a href=\"https:\/\/internationalyachtscharterandbrokerage.com\/en\/yacht-charter\/caribbean\/saint-barthelemy\/\">St Barth\u00e9lemy<\/a>.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"iy-cta\">\n    <p class=\"iy-cta__title\">Plan a day in Anguilla<\/p>\n    <p>The cruising permit, the choice of mooring buoys, and the overnight anchorage are decided before embarkation. 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