Anchorage · La Cordillera
Cayo Icacos
5 NM from Puerto del Rey (Sail Caribe); the closest day-trip stop.
- Charted 1 to 44 ft
- DRNA moorings
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.
Loading the swell model…
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
- Not published
- Charted depth
- 1 to 44 ft (0.3 to 13.4 m) below MLLWMost of the 279 charted soundings inside the area, surveyed 1998 to 2019. Least 1 ft (0.3 m), greatest 83 ft (25.2 m). MLLW is mean lower low water, the chart's datum: at most tides there is more water than this.
- Seabed on the chart
- Coral (2 chart notes), rock (2)Nearest charted rock area: 0.2 nautical mile W.
- Shelter
- 5 NM from Puerto del Rey (Sail Caribe); the closest day-trip stop.
- Moorings
- DRNA public mooring balls: day use only (6 h), boats to 60 ft LOA.
- Rules
- Arrecifes de La Cordillera nature reserve.
- Position
- 18.38671, -65.58756: the water within 0.3 nautical mile of Cayo Icacos (no anchoring spot is published).The Coast Pilot: "a DRNA mooring field; no anchoring spot is published".
Protected areas
- Inside Arrecifes de la Cordillera Natural Reserve: DRNA mooring buoys at Cayo Icacos, Cayo Lobo, Cayo Diablo, Isla Palomino and Isla Palominito; no anchoring on the reef.Managed by DRNA. Source: Corales del Este (DRNA-linked), background
- Inside Cabezas de San Juan Natural Reserve: Commercial fishing restricted. Anchoring restricted. Boat access restricted.Managed by Para la Naturaleza (Conservation Trust). Source: NOAA Marine Protected Areas Inventory (v2023)
Charted dangers within 0.5 nautical mile
2 rocks and 1 wreck on the chart, measured from the position above.
- Rock, covers and uncovers, 0.2 nautical mile E
- Dangerous wreck, submerged, 0.3 nautical mile W
- Rock, covers and uncovers, 0.4 nautical mile NW