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Sheltered from a northeast wind

When it's blowing from the northeast (northeasterly), 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.

42 harbors
Good in a northeast

Great Salt Pond (New Harbor)

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

Cuttyhunk Pond

Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts
ExcellentAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a northeast

Hadley Harbor — Naushon Island

Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts
ExcellentAnchorageModerate
Good in a northeast

Coecles Harbor — Shelter Island

Shelter Island, New York
ExcellentAnchorageQuiet
Good in a northeast

Port Jefferson Harbor

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

Hamburg Cove — Connecticut River

Connecticut River, Connecticut
ExcellentAnchor + mooringsModerate
Good in a northeast

Newport Harbor — Brenton Cove

Newport, Rhode Island
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a northeast

Potter Cove — Conanicut Island

Jamestown, Rhode Island
GoodAnchorageModerate
Good in a northeast

Wickford Harbor

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

Bristol Harbor

Bristol, Rhode Island
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Good in a northeast

Sakonnet Harbor

Little Compton, Rhode Island
GoodMooring fieldModerate
Good in a northeast

Quissett Harbor

Falmouth, Massachusetts
GoodMooring fieldQuiet
Good in a northeast

West Falmouth Harbor

Falmouth, Massachusetts
GoodMooring fieldQuiet
Good in a northeast

Red Brook Harbor — Pocasset

Bourne, Massachusetts
GoodAnchor + mooringsQuiet
Good in a northeast

Onset Harbor

Wareham, Massachusetts
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Good in a northeast

Sippican Harbor — Marion

Marion, Massachusetts
GoodMooring fieldQuiet
Good in a northeast

Apponagansett Bay — Padanaram

South Dartmouth, Massachusetts
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Good in a northeast

Mattapoisett Harbor

Mattapoisett, Massachusetts
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Good in a northeast

New Bedford & Fairhaven Harbor

New Bedford, Massachusetts
GoodMarinaModerate
Good in a northeast

Lake Tashmoo

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

Stonington Harbor

Stonington, Connecticut
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Good in a northeast

Three Mile Harbor — East Hampton

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

Greenport — Stirling Basin

Greenport, New York
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a northeast

Orient Harbor

Orient, New York
GoodAnchor + mooringsQuiet
Good in a northeast

New London Harbor — Thames River

New London, Connecticut
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a northeast

Lake Montauk

Montauk, New York
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a northeast

Norwalk Islands — Sheffield Harbor

Norwalk Islands, Connecticut
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Good in a northeast

Captain Islands — Greenwich

Greenwich, Connecticut
GoodAnchorageQuiet
Good in a northeast

Oyster Bay Harbor

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

Essex — Connecticut River

Connecticut River, Connecticut
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Good in a northeast

Guilford Harbor

Guilford, Connecticut
GoodMarinaModerate
Good in a northeast

Clinton Harbor

Clinton, Connecticut
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a northeast

Eastchester Bay — City Island

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

Huntington Harbor

Huntington, New York
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a northeast

Northport Harbor

Northport, New York
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a northeast

Dutch Harbor

Jamestown, Rhode Island
FairMooring fieldQuiet
Good in a northeast

Point Judith Pond

Narragansett, Rhode Island
FairAnchorageBusy
Good in a northeast

Woods Hole — Great Harbor & Eel Pond

Woods Hole, Massachusetts
FairAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a northeast

Mystic River — Downtown

Mystic, Connecticut
FairMarinaModerate
Good in a northeast

Watch Hill Cove

Watch Hill, Rhode Island
FairMooring fieldBusy
Good in a northeast

Milford Harbor

Milford, Connecticut
FairMooring fieldModerate
Good in a northeast

Thimble Islands — Stony Creek

Branford, Connecticut
FairAnchorageBusy