Anchorage · Guayanilla
Bahía de Guayanilla
The largest hurricane harbor and one of the best; some dragging can be expected.
- Charted 31 to 37 ft
- Hurricane harbor
- NOAA: the largest hurricane harbor
Swell, the next three days
A planning aid, not for navigation. Height, period and direction from CariCOOS's 120 m nearshore wave model at this anchorage's position; a model, not a measurement.
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Rolly: 2 ft or more of swell at 8 s or longer, or 3 ft at any period. Some roll: 1 ft at 8 s or longer.
The anchorage
- Coast Pilot depth
- 35 to 50 ft, 0.5 to 1 mile northeast of Punta VerracoHolding: Thick mud, good holding
- Charted depth
- 31 to 37 ft (9.4 to 11.2 m) below MLLWThe 5 charted soundings within 0.1 nautical mile, surveyed 2018. MLLW is mean lower low water, the chart's datum: at most tides there is more water than this.
- Seabed on the chart
- Silt (3 chart notes), fine mud and sand (1)
- Shelter
- The largest hurricane harbor and one of the best; some dragging can be expected.Sheltered from north, northeast, east, southeast, south and west winds (NOAA hurricane harbor).
- Position
- 17.99444, -66.77441: 0.75 nautical mile northeast of Punta Verraco on the chart, the middle of the Coast Pilot's 0.5 to 1 mile.The Coast Pilot: "0.5 to 1 mile northeast of Punta Verraco in depths of 35 to 50 feet".
Charted dangers within 0.5 nautical mile
9 obstructions on the chart; the nearest 8, measured from the position above.
- Obstruction, 33 ft (10 m) over it, 0.1 nautical mile SE
- Obstruction, 10 ft (3 m) over it, 0.2 nautical mile NNE
- Foul area, submerged, 0.3 nautical mile NNE
- Obstruction, 22 ft (6.7 m) over it, 0.3 nautical mile NE
- Obstruction, covers and uncovers, 0.4 nautical mile NNW
- Obstruction, 11 ft (3.4 m) over it, 0.4 nautical mile NNE
- Obstruction, submerged, 0.4 nautical mile N
- Obstruction, submerged, 0.5 nautical mile NW