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Bight of Old Robinson - Little Harbour

Location: Southern Abaco Cays
Lat / Lon: N 26° 20.955' / W 077° 01.111'

3.80

(5)

3.80 out of 5 stars

Holding:

4.80

Wind Protection:

2.80

Current Flow:

3.20

Wake Protection:

3.20

Scenic Beauty:

4.80

Ease of Shopping:

1.50

Shore Access:

3.25

Pet Friendly:

2.67

Cell Service:

2.33

WiFi:

1.00

Review for Bight of Old Robinson - Little Harbour

Reviewed by: Jason Spitz on Apr 13, 2024
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 40'
Draft: 4.0'

Overall Rating:

5

Holding:

5

Wind Protection:

2

Current Flow:

4

Wake Protection:

4

Scenic Beauty:

5

Ease of Shopping:

2

Shore Access:

3

Pet Friendly:

3

Cell Service:

3

The entire night is beautiful and offers opportunities for kayaking, snorkeling, and exploring. There are multiple blue holes, mangroves, coral throughout the area near the islands, and turtles, rays, etc.

Unless you draw less than 3 feet, you won't be able to get too close to shore. Pick the best area for expected winds. In winds less than 10 knots it will be pleasant. There can be some swell from the S and E. You likely may be the only boat in the entire bight. It's easy enough to dinghy from here to Pete's Pub/Little Harbour. Depths appeared pretty accurate to Explorer and Navionics. Proceed slowly the deeper into the bight you travel. We anchored between 1.6-1.8 meter marks just southeast of the WG anchor marker

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Review for Bight of Old Robinson - Little Harbour

Reviewed by: Cherie Thayer, One Knot at a Time, on Jan 31, 2024
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 43'
Draft: 5.0'

Overall Rating:

3

Holding:

5

Wind Protection:

3

Current Flow:

1

Wake Protection:

3

Scenic Beauty:

5

Ease of Shopping:

1

Shore Access:

4

Pet Friendly:

3

Cell Service:

1

WiFi:

1

Pretty spot but swell from the tide (?) most of the time we were there with little wind. We are in a trawler so we were rocking a lot.

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Review for Bight of Old Robinson - Little Harbour

Reviewed by: Lawrence Wolfenden, Gracefull, on Feb 20, 2023
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 38'
Draft: 4.0'

Overall Rating:

4

Holding:

5

Wind Protection:

2

Current Flow:

4

Wake Protection:

3

Scenic Beauty:

5

Shore Access:

4

Cell Service:

3

One can obtain good protection from winds from Southeast clockwise to Northeast by choosing the appropriate windward shore throughout the Bight. Only easterly winds—and more importantly, the accompanying swells—are likely to be of concern. Holding through the Bight is excellent with it's mostly sandy bottom. Be alert to the stage of the tide when setting anchor: swells blocked by the reefs across Little Harbour Cut at low tide can make for a rolly anchorage as the tide rises. This can be exacerbated by a wind that puts you beam-to persisting swells.

The Bight is a gorgeous place, especially if you take a dinghy ride to get behind the islands that ring it. Sea life abounds, and in mid-February every trip into the flats showed us at least fifty green turtles. Of particular note are several Blue Holes which are stunning, particularly on a rising tide. One very popular one can be found at 26°20.706'N 77°1.796'W. (And on the nearby shore, one can also find a memorial to three divers who died while exploring the cave system in 1994.)

Precise coordinates for seven others can be found online. They can be difficult to locate otherwise. As others have noted, there are some very shallow spots and one could easily wind up trapped (or walking) on a falling tide.

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Review for Bight of Old Robinson - Little Harbour

Reviewed by: Lucy Wilcox, Independence, on Apr 6, 2018
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 38'
Draft: 4.0'

Overall Rating:

4

Holding:

4

Wind Protection:

4

Current Flow:

2

Wake Protection:

1

Scenic Beauty:

5

Shore Access:

2

Pet Friendly:

2

Very quiet and peaceful. Pick a sandy patch depending on wind direction. Get as close to shore as your draft permits. Good holding in sand; 5 - 6 feet. There are some sandy patches on the inshore islets to explore to get off the boat, and the channels between the islets are full of marine life and several blue holes. Be careful exploring back there, it gets very shallow.

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Review for Bight of Old Robinson - Little Harbour

Reviewed by: Jennifer Nicolai, Friend Ship, on Nov 3, 2017
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 40'
Draft: 5.0'

Overall Rating:

3

Holding:

5

Wind Protection:

3

Current Flow:

5

Wake Protection:

5

Scenic Beauty:

4

Anchored south of Bridges Cay in 15-20kt N winds. Extreme tides due to full moon discouraged us from anchoring further west. Some rocking and wind did whip around the west of Bridges Cay. Excellent holding.

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