Caravelas - Docking

Caravelas

The entrance to this port is dredged to 5m at low tide and is marked by several pairs of lit channel buoys as well as lit leading marks.

After passing the lighthouse on your starboard, turn sharp to port into the river of Rio Caravelas, keeping to the southern shore.

Once abeam the Pousada Iate Clube (this is not a Yacht Club but a hotel with a small dock in front!), find a suitable anchorage.

It may also be possible to anchor downstream of the Pousada Iate Clube and make use of the wooden jetty belonging to the Sanuk dive operator to land the dinghy. They may even have a mooring available.

There is also a good pier right in the town with water and fuel and in the quiet season, it may be possible to stay here or a night or two.

An alternative anchorage for deeper draft boats is inside the fringing reef (Barra Leste) off the sandy beach north of Caravelas. Here there is good protection from the swell, even in strong easterlies. The holding is good in heavy sand.

Last updated:  January 2010

Abrolhos Archipelago

• In easterly winds this archipelago is poorly protected. Some protection can be found between Ilha Siriba and Ilha Redonda at low tide.
• In southerly winds the most protected anchorage is on the north side of Santa Barbara.
• In northerly winds the south side of Santa Barbara.

Last updated:  June 2025