Marinas:
The Port Louis Marina, run by Camper & Nicholson, is a pleasant marina with very good facilities. Sunsail and Moorings have their charter boats here and the dock staff are very helpful. Berthing is on finger pontoons.
There is a dinghy dock at Port Louis marina with a fee of $10 a day to leave your dinghy there if not berthing in the marina.
See Related Businesses at bottom of page for marina listing and further details.
Anchorages:
The Carenage or north basin is available as an anchorage for commercial vessels with depths from 9.1 to 20.1 metres. The Lagoon or south basin has depths from 4.9 to 8.2 metres and contains a yacht marina on its west side. The entrance channel from the Carenage to the Lagoon has a depth of 3.4 metres.
There are two areas for anchoring in the St George's area: outside along the cliffs at Martins Bay and inside the Lagoon. The northern bay, the Carenage, is not available for non-commercial vessels.
The anchoring space inside the Lagoon is shrinking and the remaining "free anchoring" space in the northeast sector is crammed with local derelicts and other boats. There is room for a very few boats to anchor along - what would be considered - the entrance channel, between Port Louis and the Grenada Yacht Club, but space is very restricted.
When entering the Port Louis area of the Lagoon, watch out for the large yellow buoys paralleling the long floating pier for use by large "Med-Moor" yachts. Navigating around and in between these buoys is difficult.
There is a dinghy dock at Port Louis marina with a fee of $10 a day to leave your dinghy there if not berthing in the marina.
Prohibited Anchoring:
Anchoring is prohibited within 200 metres of any beach without written permission.
It is prohibited to anchor in the Grand Anse Bay south of 12' 02.05' north latitude. Anchoring north of St. George's harbour entrance leading lights is also prohibited. Vessels anchoring off the Ross point area must display the appropriate lights after sunset.
Moorings:
The mooring field at Pandy Beach, within the Grande Anse Marine Protected Area (GAMPA), is now operational. Cost is US$10 per night, payable to
Gren-Moor Ltd. who operate the mooring field. No anchoring is permitted within GAMPA except for mega-yachts within a dedicated anchoring zone. Failure to comply with anchoring regulations may result in a fine or imprisonment.
Security:
Dinghy and outboard thefts continue to be reported.
Outside the lagoon, a number of thefts have been reported from yachts at anchor (both locked and unlocked) in the past. It is recommended if anchoring here to leave someone on board when leaving the boat.
Even cable locked dinghies are no match for thieves who are coming prepared with cable cutters. See
Related Security Reports for the latest incident reports from CSSN.
Last updated: November 2023
