Great Harbour - Clearance
See the main BVI/Formalities page for full details on clearing into and out of BVI.
Dog Hole Jetty:
A new facility was built following Hurricane Irma and opened in 2020. The white wooden building with a blue roof on Dog Hole Jetty in Great Harbor is the ferry terminal housing Customs and Immigration as well as a tourism office. The dock in front of the office can be used for dinghies.
Operating Hours: See https://www.bviports.org/facilities
Note: you cannot extend your visa here – for this you would need to go to Road Town or Spanish Town. Also, extensions to the Temporary Import Permit cannot be issued here.
All official departments can be contacted on VHF channel 16.
Cruisers report that clearance here is fast and straightforward.
Immigration: Tel: +284 495 9374
Police: Tel: +284 495-9345
Last updated: December 2022
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Update January 10th, 2018
North Latitude Marina, Great Harbor
Fuel, water and ice are available. No Grocery. Foxy’s Tamarind Bar is open. There are also some other restaurants open nearby by dinghy or taxi.
Post-Irma updates from https://www.bvitraveller.com
Great Harbor Jost Van Dyke:
Fuel is available. Water and ice coming soon. No Grocery. Foxy’s Tamarind Bar, Coco Loco Beach Bar and Hendo’s Hideout are open.
Posted on Women Who Sail Facebook Page:
Had the most beautiful day at the Soggy Dollar Bar yesterday until, sadly, we woke up at 6AM to find our dinghy had been stolen while at anchor in White Bay for the evening. Taken off the transom cleat during the hours of 11pm – 6am while we were asleep. Reaching out to put you all on alert if you are cruising in the USVI/BVI to be more cautious (allegedly 12 dinghies were stolen out of the Foxy’s mooring field on NYE).