Anchorage · Culebra
Ensenada Honda: Dewey, Cayo Pirata, Dakity
"The most secure anchorage in the area"; one of NOAA's best hurricane harbors.
- Charted 33 to 40 ft
- Hurricane harbor
- About 200 boats sheltered here in Hugo (1989)
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
- Controlling depth 26 ft through the buoyed entrance channels
- Charted depth
- 33 to 40 ft (10 to 12.1 m) below MLLWMost of the 10 charted soundings inside the area, within 0.1 nautical mile of its middle, surveyed 2000 to 2018. Least 30 ft (9.1 m), greatest 41 ft (12.4 m). MLLW is mean lower low water, the chart's datum: at most tides there is more water than this.
- Seabed on the chart
- No bottom note is charted here.
- Shelter
- "The most secure anchorage in the area"; one of NOAA's best hurricane harbors.Sheltered from north, northeast, east, southeast, south and west winds (NOAA hurricane harbor).
- Coast Pilot hazards
- Hurricane Hugo (1989): about 200 boats sheltered here and more than 130 were destroyed or badly damaged.
- Position
- 18.30268, -65.28588: the charted water area Ensenada Honda.The Coast Pilot: "the most secure anchorage in the Puerto Rico area".
Charted dangers within 0.5 nautical mile
4 obstructions, 1 rock and 1 wreck on the chart, measured from the position above.
- Rock, covers and uncovers, 0.2 nautical mile SW
- Foul area, submerged, 0.3 nautical mile NW
- Wreck showing hull, awash, 0.3 nautical mile NE
- Foul area, submerged, 0.3 nautical mile NW
- Foul area, submerged, 0.4 nautical mile NW
- Foul area, submerged, 0.4 nautical mile NW
Charted areas
- Inside a restricted area: Sea Turtles Critical Habitat, ecological reserveProtected area: 50 CFR 226.208