12°03'N 61°45'W · Caribbean
Grenada Yacht Guide
Grenada is where the Caribbean fleet goes to be sensible: south of the traditional 12°40'N insurance line, ringed with deep protected bays on its south coast, and equipped with more haul-out capacity than anywhere between Trinidad and St. Maarten. Port Louis gives you a proper marina in the lagoon at St. George's, the south coast bays hold hundreds of boats through storm season, and the yards at Clarkes Court, Spice Island, and Grenada Marine do real work at fair rates. Carriacou, 33 miles north, adds an out-island anchoring circuit. Hurricane Beryl's 2024 strike on Carriacou rewrote the 'below the box' marketing, but the math still favors Grenada over almost anywhere else in the chain.
Season & Arrival
December through May is dry season with trades at 15 to 25 knots; June through November is green season, when the island fills with boats sitting out their insurance clauses. Beryl proved July storms can reach 12 degrees north, so 'safe' now means 'statistically favored with a haul-out plan,' not immune. Carnival, Spicemas, peaks the second week of August.
The Guide
Marinas
Port Louis Marina in the St. George's lagoon, a Camper and Nicholsons build, runs about 170 berths with superyacht moorings to 90 meters, 4.5-meter dredged depth, and walking distance to town and the Grand Anse taxi run. Le Phare Bleu on the south coast is the boutique option, around 60 berths behind a reef in Petite Calivigny Bay, with the converted Swedish lightship as its bar, calm, quirky, and well run. Clarkes Court Boatyard and Marina in Woburn Bay pairs a working dock with the big yard. Secret Harbour in Mount Hartman Bay and Whisper Cove round out the south coast small-boat options. The lagoon at Port Louis is gelcoat-flat in anything; the south coast marinas trade a little reef chop for hurricane-season geography. High-season berthing is rarely the squeeze it is up north, one of Grenada's quiet advantages.
Operating Data
- Port Louis
- ~170 berths, to 90 m, 4.5 m depth
- Le Phare Bleu
- ~60 berths, Petite Calivigny Bay
- Clarkes Court
- Marina plus the island's biggest yard
Operating data is updated each season. Confirm critical figures with the operator before arrival.
Captain Notes
- Insurance season drives everything: storage contracts, marina berths, and yard slots all peak-book for July through October. Get your haul date in writing by March.
- Beryl changed the brief. Grenada is still the best risk-adjusted base in the chain, but your storm plan now needs an actual haul-and-tie-down or run-to-Trinidad trigger, not just latitude.
- Kick 'em Jenny exclusion zone sits on the rhumb line to Carriacou; check the current alert level with NaDMA before the run north.
- The 242-ton lift at Clarkes Court queues up; for anything over 100 tons, book the lift slot before you book the flights.
- Customs hours at the outstation offices are theoretical on Fridays; clear at Port Louis if your schedule is rigid.
Local Red Flags
- Carriacou's infrastructure post-Beryl is still rebuilding; confirm fuel, water, and haul-out at Tyrrel Bay before depending on them.
- Southerly swell events make Prickly Bay miserable and the south-coast reef cuts unreadable in poor light; time first-time entries for morning sun.
- Green-season squalls gust 35-plus with little warning; dragging boats in crowded Hog Island anchorages are an annual event.
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