We spent five days in Barbuda in April 2019.

Cocoa Bay is a stunning beach. It is worth sailing to Barbuda just to see so much beautiful empty beach. The holding was very good in sand. Others reported being hassled by security when they walked along the beach in front of the hotel. We just got a friendly wave. Seaplanes land directly in front of the hotel. The only way to get to Codrington is a taxi which costs US$80 return.

Low Bay is in front of the bar at Codrington Lagoon. The holding was very good in sand. Trying to land a dinghy on the bar was an adventure in the swell. Hurricane Irma blasted a breach in the bar which is slowly silting back up. Others took their dinghys through but the swell from outside hits the wind here and it was a bit “iffy!”. We took the dinghy to the bar and had a water taxi pick us up there. Water taxis listen on VHF16 and/or 68. We used George Jeffrey (phone 788-7067) and highly recommend him. He has lived on the island all his life and is a great source of information about island life, wildlife and politics. He also took us to see the frigate birds and the lagoon.

Boat harbour is coral. The coral reefs shown on Navionics are there but there are also lots more coral heads. The buoys are no longer there but just east of where they are marked appears to be relatively free. That was where the locals recommended but also told us a catamaran was wrecked this year. We only stayed an hour or so as it was very swelly. If there is a party on the beach then that is the place to eat lobster as they were delicious and not expensive.

The island is not recovering from Hurricane Irma. Codrington is still largely in ruins and the bank, post office and most other things remain closed. It is very depressing to see the town dieing.