Narragansett, Rhode Island · Narragansett Bay · 41°24.0′N 71°30.6′W
Holding at Point Judith Pond is rated fair, over a grass/eelgrass bottom. Set well and check your swing before you trust it.
Point Judith Pond is well sheltered from north, northeast, east, southwest, west, northwest winds. Check the wind-protection rose above for every direction.
Yes — anchoring at Point Judith Pond is free.
There's no monitored VHF channel at the anchorage itself — Snug Harbor Marina Ch 66A.
First-come — Marina slips (Snug Harbor Ch 66A / Galilee marinas via Dockwa); town moorings not transient. It fills on summer weekends.
Point Judith Pond is Rhode Island's great fishing gateway — the twin ports of Galilee and Jerusalem at its mouth, the Block Island ferry running out through the breachway, and a four-mile salt pond winding inland behind it.
This is more a marina-and-fishing stop than an anchorage: the town mooring fields aren't transient, holding is only fair over kelp and eelgrass, and the entrance runs hard on the ebb. Take a slip at Snug Harbor or one of the Galilee marinas (Snug Harbor works Ch 66A), or anchor near the entrance or up the quieter north end. It's a working port with real seafood and an easy hop to Block Island.
Hazards & cautions. The pond is entered through The Breachway between rock jetties from Point Judith Harbor of Refuge, where the ebb current exceeds 3 kn — time it and hold the marked dredged channel. Beyond the entrance the pond shoals to about 6 ft up-channel, with a fixed bridge and cables limiting the upper pond; kelp and eelgrass foul the bottom.
NOAA Coast Pilot notes Point Judith Pond is entered through the breachway between rock jetties, with an ebb current exceeding 3 knots and a federal channel thinning from about 15 feet at the entrance to 6 feet up-pond.
No cruiser reports yet. If you've anchored here, be the first — your note helps the next boat in.
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