Sag Harbor, New York · Fishers Island Sound & the East End · 41°00.0′N 72°17.6′W · VHF Ch 09
Sag Harbor is the Hamptons' harbor town — a former whaling port turned buzzing summer scene, with a long main wharf, good restaurants, and a harbor right at the foot of a walkable Main Street.
Take a harbormaster or marina mooring (Ch 09), or anchor outside the breakwater and the field in 10–14 ft of mud. It's well sheltered from the prevailing southwesterly, but open to the north and northeast, so a northeaster reaches in and makes the anchorage lumpy. The town wharf, provisions and restaurants are steps from the dinghy dock.
It's lively, it's not quiet, and it's a lot of fun ashore — pick settled or southwesterly weather for the flattest night, and enjoy one of the best town-front harbors on the East End.
Hazards & cautions. The harbor is protected by a breakwater but open to the north and northeast — a hard northeaster puts a real chop into the anchorage. The mooring field and marina docks are dense; anchoring is pushed outside. Watch for heavy summer traffic.
Coast Pilot notes Sag Harbor is protected by a breakwater but exposed to the north and northeast; holding in the anchorage is good in mud.
No cruiser reports yet. If you've anchored here, be the first — your note helps the next boat in.
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