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Rat Cay West

Location: Southern Exumas
Lat / Lon: N 23° 44.040' / W 076° 02.823'
Depth: 10'-12'
Tide: 2.5'-3.0'
Description:
Rat Cay is an uninhabited cay that has a well protected beach on its west side. The anchorage off of the beach is one of the deeper anchorages in the area and offers excellent protection from the NE-S. The holding is very good on the north end of the beach, but the bottom becomes rocky to the south.
For strong swimmers there are some interesting spear fishing opportunities between the rocks on the north end of the cay, but be aware that the current is very strong and a rip current is a normal occurrence. Also note that the period of Slack tide is very short, and one can only count on about 30 minutes of current free diving time. Once the tide starts to run, it will increase in velocity very quickly.

Holding:

5.00

Good, Sand

Wind Protection:

4.00

NE-SSE

Current Flow:

4.00

Mild Current

Wake Protection:

3.00

Open and Exposed West

Scenic Beauty:

5.00

Ease of Shopping:

1.00

Shore Access:

5.00

Beach nearby

Review for Rat Cay West

Reviewed by: Rey Stephane on Apr 22, 2024
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 47'
Draft: 4.0'

Overall Rating:

5

Holding:

5

Wind Protection:

4

Current Flow:

4

Wake Protection:

3

Scenic Beauty:

5

Ease of Shopping:

1

Shore Access:

5

Superb anchorage on a sandy bottom of excellent hold between 2 and 4 m. Very good protection from East to South. The access channel from the south does not pose any problems
A pretty beach and towards the south of the anchorage is indicated on Navionics two wrecks of small trucks at a depth of 3 m, lots of fish live there, nice!! Another against the island to the east in front of the beach.
Be careful we had very small jellyfish called "thimbles" because they are not bigger than that!! They cling to your clothes so be careful

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