Oyster Pond – St Martin - General Info
Description:
A very protected harbour, Oyster Pond is located on the eastern coast of the island and is a town that is split between the French side of St. Martin and the Dutch side of Sint Maarten.
With the settling of a long-running border disagreement between France and the Netherlands in May 2023, the Sint Maarten/St. Martin border now runs through the middle of Oyster Pond, thereby giving an equal share of the water to both sides.
The southern part of Oyster Pond will be retained by Sint Maarten (Kingdom of the Netherlands) and the northern part to St. Martin (French Republic).
See this News item for details on the border settlement.
Oyster Pond has been greatly affected by several Hurricanes over the years, especially Hurricanes Irma and Maria in September 2017. Many yachts, homes, resorts, restaurants and cars were completely destroyed. Although there has been some progress in restoring the town of Oyster Pond, the destruction caused by these two hurricanes can still be seen.
Cruiser Highlights:
Cruising guides, apps and happy-hour chitchat can all be good sources of information for sailors in the Caribbean. Tune into the St. Martin Cruiser Net at 07:30 on VHF Channel 10, Monday to Saturday.
Position:
18° 03’13″N, 63° 00’47″W. (entrance to the bay)
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Due to a new treaty signed between France and the Kingdom of the Netherlands in May 2023 the shared border has been moved from the French shoreline and now runs down the exact center of Oyster Pond including the entrance. With the borderline dispute resolved, Captain Oliver’s Marina and Resort now fully resides within the French territory. Prior, everything over water was Dutch and the resort on land was French. Expect the marina to be fully re-developed as it has sat untouched since Hurricane Irma in 2017, possibly opening in 2025. Since the small lagoon will be bisected by the border it is unclear how vessels will decide which country to check into if arriving from other islands, or if this will be a port-of-entry for either.
This marina no longer exists. Hurricane Irma has completely destroyed everything and in May 2019 we saw no signs of any rebuilding.
The entrance channel is not buoyed and does not appear to agree with the Navionics chart. On the north side we had only two meters where ten were shown. On the way back out we stayed well south of the shown channel and had six meters.