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Sheltered from a east wind

When it's blowing from the east (easterly), these anchorages are the ones to head for — protected from that direction and ranked by holding. Prefer to pick the direction yourself? Use the wind shelter finder.

47 harbors
Good in a east

Great Salt Pond (New Harbor)

Block Island, Rhode Island
ExcellentAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a east

Cuttyhunk Pond

Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts
ExcellentAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a east

Hadley Harbor — Naushon Island

Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts
ExcellentAnchorageModerate
Good in a east

Coecles Harbor — Shelter Island

Shelter Island, New York
ExcellentAnchorageQuiet
Good in a east

Port Jefferson Harbor

Port Jefferson, New York
ExcellentAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a east

Hamburg Cove — Connecticut River

Connecticut River, Connecticut
ExcellentAnchor + mooringsModerate
Good in a east

Newport Harbor — Brenton Cove

Newport, Rhode Island
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a east

Potter Cove — Conanicut Island

Jamestown, Rhode Island
GoodAnchorageModerate
Good in a east

Wickford Harbor

North Kingstown, Rhode Island
GoodAnchor + mooringsQuiet
Good in a east

Bristol Harbor

Bristol, Rhode Island
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Good in a east

Greenwich Cove — East Greenwich

East Greenwich, Rhode Island
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a east

Quissett Harbor

Falmouth, Massachusetts
GoodMooring fieldQuiet
Good in a east

West Falmouth Harbor

Falmouth, Massachusetts
GoodMooring fieldQuiet
Good in a east

Red Brook Harbor — Pocasset

Bourne, Massachusetts
GoodAnchor + mooringsQuiet
Good in a east

Onset Harbor

Wareham, Massachusetts
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Good in a east

Sippican Harbor — Marion

Marion, Massachusetts
GoodMooring fieldQuiet
Good in a east

Apponagansett Bay — Padanaram

South Dartmouth, Massachusetts
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Good in a east

Mattapoisett Harbor

Mattapoisett, Massachusetts
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Good in a east

New Bedford & Fairhaven Harbor

New Bedford, Massachusetts
GoodMarinaModerate
Good in a east

Vineyard Haven Harbor

Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a east

Lake Tashmoo

Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
GoodAnchor + mooringsQuiet
Good in a east

Nantucket Harbor

Nantucket, Massachusetts
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a east

Menemsha Basin

Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
GoodMooring fieldBusy
Good in a east

West Harbor — Fishers Island

Fishers Island, New York
GoodAnchor + mooringsQuiet
Good in a east

Stonington Harbor

Stonington, Connecticut
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Good in a east

Dering Harbor — Shelter Island

Shelter Island, New York
GoodMooring fieldModerate
Good in a east

Sag Harbor

Sag Harbor, New York
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a east

Three Mile Harbor — East Hampton

East Hampton, New York
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Good in a east

Greenport — Stirling Basin

Greenport, New York
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a east

Orient Harbor

Orient, New York
GoodAnchor + mooringsQuiet
Good in a east

Lake Montauk

Montauk, New York
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a east

Oyster Bay Harbor

Oyster Bay, New York
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Good in a east

Essex — Connecticut River

Connecticut River, Connecticut
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Good in a east

Guilford Harbor

Guilford, Connecticut
GoodMarinaModerate
Good in a east

Clinton Harbor

Clinton, Connecticut
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a east

Eastchester Bay — City Island

City Island (Bronx), New York
GoodMooring fieldBusy
Good in a east

Manhasset Bay — Port Washington

Port Washington, New York
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a east

Huntington Harbor

Huntington, New York
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a east

Northport Harbor

Northport, New York
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a east

Dutch Harbor

Jamestown, Rhode Island
FairMooring fieldQuiet
Good in a east

Point Judith Pond

Narragansett, Rhode Island
FairAnchorageBusy
Good in a east

Woods Hole — Great Harbor & Eel Pond

Woods Hole, Massachusetts
FairAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a east

Edgartown Harbor

Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
FairAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a east

Mystic River — Downtown

Mystic, Connecticut
FairMarinaModerate
Good in a east

Watch Hill Cove

Watch Hill, Rhode Island
FairMooring fieldBusy
Good in a east

Milford Harbor

Milford, Connecticut
FairMooring fieldModerate
Good in a east

Oak Bluffs Harbor

Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
PoorMarinaBusy