Anchorage · Vieques
Puerto Mosquito (bio bay)
Small craft only; a bioluminescent bay nature reserve.
- Charted 1 to 11 ft
- Avoid
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
- Entrance 2 to 3 ft
- Charted depth
- 1 to 11 ft (0.3 to 3.3 m) below MLLWThe 3 charted soundings inside the area, within 0.1 nautical mile of its middle, surveyed 2019. 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
- Small craft only; a bioluminescent bay nature reserve.
- Coast Pilot hazards
- Bioluminescent bay: swimming is prohibited.
- Position
- 18.10213, -65.44455: the charted water area Puerto Mosquito.The Coast Pilot: "the bioluminescent bay; 2 to 3 feet in the entrance".
Protected areas
- Inside Bahías Bioluminiscentes de Vieques Natural Reserve: Anchoring restricted. Boat access restricted.Managed by DRNA. Source: NOAA Marine Protected Areas Inventory (v2023)
Charted dangers within 0.5 nautical mile
No wreck, rock or obstruction is charted within 0.5 nautical mile of the position.
Charted areas
- Inside a restricted area (entry restricted)Unexploded ordnance, 33 CFR 334.1480