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Sheltered from a northwest wind

When it's blowing from the northwest (northwesterly), 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.

48 harbors
Good in a northwest

Great Salt Pond (New Harbor)

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

Cuttyhunk Pond

Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts
ExcellentAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a northwest

Hadley Harbor — Naushon Island

Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts
ExcellentAnchorageModerate
Good in a northwest

Coecles Harbor — Shelter Island

Shelter Island, New York
ExcellentAnchorageQuiet
Good in a northwest

Port Jefferson Harbor

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

Hamburg Cove — Connecticut River

Connecticut River, Connecticut
ExcellentAnchor + mooringsModerate
Good in a northwest

Newport Harbor — Brenton Cove

Newport, Rhode Island
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a northwest

Wickford Harbor

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

Bristol Harbor

Bristol, Rhode Island
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Good in a northwest

Greenwich Cove — East Greenwich

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

Quissett Harbor

Falmouth, Massachusetts
GoodMooring fieldQuiet
Good in a northwest

West Falmouth Harbor

Falmouth, Massachusetts
GoodMooring fieldQuiet
Good in a northwest

Red Brook Harbor — Pocasset

Bourne, Massachusetts
GoodAnchor + mooringsQuiet
Good in a northwest

Onset Harbor

Wareham, Massachusetts
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Good in a northwest

Sippican Harbor — Marion

Marion, Massachusetts
GoodMooring fieldQuiet
Good in a northwest

Apponagansett Bay — Padanaram

South Dartmouth, Massachusetts
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Good in a northwest

Mattapoisett Harbor

Mattapoisett, Massachusetts
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Good in a northwest

New Bedford & Fairhaven Harbor

New Bedford, Massachusetts
GoodMarinaModerate
Good in a northwest

Lake Tashmoo

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

Nantucket Harbor

Nantucket, Massachusetts
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a northwest

West Harbor — Fishers Island

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

Stonington Harbor

Stonington, Connecticut
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Good in a northwest

Dering Harbor — Shelter Island

Shelter Island, New York
GoodMooring fieldModerate
Good in a northwest

Sag Harbor

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

Three Mile Harbor — East Hampton

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

Greenport — Stirling Basin

Greenport, New York
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a northwest

Orient Harbor

Orient, New York
GoodAnchor + mooringsQuiet
Good in a northwest

New London Harbor — Thames River

New London, Connecticut
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a northwest

Niantic Bay & River

East Lyme, Connecticut
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Good in a northwest

Lake Montauk

Montauk, New York
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a northwest

Norwalk Islands — Sheffield Harbor

Norwalk Islands, Connecticut
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Good in a northwest

Captain Islands — Greenwich

Greenwich, Connecticut
GoodAnchorageQuiet
Good in a northwest

Oyster Bay Harbor

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

Duck Island Roads — Westbrook

Westbrook, Connecticut
GoodAnchorageQuiet
Good in a northwest

Essex — Connecticut River

Connecticut River, Connecticut
GoodAnchor + mooringsModerate
Good in a northwest

Guilford Harbor

Guilford, Connecticut
GoodMarinaModerate
Good in a northwest

Clinton Harbor

Clinton, Connecticut
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a northwest

Eastchester Bay — City Island

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

Huntington Harbor

Huntington, New York
GoodAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a northwest

Dutch Harbor

Jamestown, Rhode Island
FairMooring fieldQuiet
Good in a northwest

Point Judith Pond

Narragansett, Rhode Island
FairAnchorageBusy
Good in a northwest

Woods Hole — Great Harbor & Eel Pond

Woods Hole, Massachusetts
FairAnchor + mooringsBusy
Good in a northwest

Edgartown Harbor

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

Mystic River — Downtown

Mystic, Connecticut
FairMarinaModerate
Good in a northwest

Watch Hill Cove

Watch Hill, Rhode Island
FairMooring fieldBusy
Good in a northwest

Milford Harbor

Milford, Connecticut
FairMooring fieldModerate
Good in a northwest

Thimble Islands — Stony Creek

Branford, Connecticut
FairAnchorageBusy
Good in a northwest

Old Harbor

Block Island, Rhode Island
PoorMarinaBusy