North River Anchorages
Statute Mile: 651
Lat/Lon:
31 23.516 North/081 20.124 West (anchorage a short hop west of flashing daybeacon #182)
31 24.132 North/081 21.481 West (upstream anchorage)
Location: North River runs generally west from the ICW’s flashing daybeacon #182
Minimum Depth: 8 feet, but a GPS chartplotter wold be helpful in avoiding several shoals flanking the river’s banks
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 50 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Fair on anchorage west of #182; open to eastern and northeastern winds; Excellent on upstream anchorage

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Back River Anchorage
Statute Mile: 651
Lat/Lon: near 31 23.736 North/081 19.629 West
Location: found on the easterly portion of Back River, east of unlighted daybeacon #181
Minimum Depth: 6-feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 38 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Fair to poor; fair weather anchorage only, unless winds are blowing fofmr the north or northeast; good protection from these two quarters

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South River Anchorage
Statute Mile: 653.5
Lat/Lon: near 31 21.902 North/081 19.903 West
Location: southeast of flashing daybeacon #190
Minimum Depth: 14-feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 45 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Fair

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South Altamaha River Anchorages
Statute Mile: 660
Lat/Lon:
31 19.239 North/081 26.166 West (anchorage northeast of intersection with New Hope Creek)
31 19.960 North/081 26.288 West (anchorage east of intersection with Wood Cut)
31 19.704 North/081 27.393 West (anchorage west and northwest of Two Way Fish Camp)
Location: South Altamaha River cuts into the ICW’s northwesterly banks hard by unlighted daybeacon #216A
Minimum Depth: 6 feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 40 to 45 feet depending on the particular anchorages chosen
Foul Weather Shelter:
Good (anchorage northeast of intersection with New Hope Creek)
Very Good (anchorage east of intersection with Wood Cut)
Excellent (anchorage west and northwest of Two Way Fish Camp)

Rating: (on two downstream anchorages)
(anchorage west and northwest of Two Way Fish Camp)

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Waterway Anchorage
Statute Mile: 665
Lat/Lon: near 31 16.313 North/081 23.346 West
Location: located on the charted bubble of deep water west and northwest of unlighted daybeacon #227
Minimum Depth: 6-feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 45 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Poor; open to northeastern, southwestern and strong western winds

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Wallys Leg Anchorage
Statute Mile: 666
Lat/Lon: near 31 15.456 North/081 23.868 WestLocation: on the waters of Wallys Leg, west of flashing daybeacon #231
Minimum Depth: 10-feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 40 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Fair

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Frederica River Anchorages
Statute Mile: 666—northern entrance
Lat/Lon:
31 13.068 North/081 23.756 West (anchorage abeam of Fort Frederica National Monument)
31 12.298 North/081 23.785 West (anchorage south of intersection with Dunbar Creek)
Location: Frederica River flows east and south from the ICW’s unlighted daybeacon #229
Minimum Depth: 3 feet – NOTE THAT RECENT SHOALING HAS BEEN REPORTED AT BOTH THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN INTERSECTIONS OF FREDERICA RIVER AND THE AICW – USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN ACCESSING THIS ANCHORAGE, OR BYPASS IT ENTIRELY!
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 48 feet in anchorage abeam of Fort Frederica National Monument and 36 feet in anchorage south of intersection with Dunbar Creek
Foul Weather Shelter: Good, but anchorage south of intersection with Dunbar Creek is somewhat open to strong southwesterly winds

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ICW Alternate Route Anchorages
Statute Mile: 686
Lat/Lon:
31 01.396 North/081 29.401 West (anchorage on Umbrella Creek, west, northwest of unlighted daybeacon #A4)
31 01.002 North/081 28.569 West (anchorage on Umbrella creek, east and south of unlighted daybeacon #A2
30 59.932 North/081 29.421 West (anchorage on Dover Creek, south of unlighted daybeacon #A10)
Location: Northern entrance to the Alternate ICW/Umbrella Creek route cuts south from the Little Satilla River, at flashing daybeacon #1A; Southern entrnace to the Alternate ICW/Umbrella Creek route strikes west, northwest at the ICW’s flashing daybeacon #40
Minimum Depth: 4 ½ feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 36 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Fair to Poor

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Floyd Creek Anchorage
Statute Mile: 695.5
Lat/Lon: 30 55.464 North/081 28.195 West
Location: just inside the southeasterly mouth of Floyd Creek, west, northwest of the ICW’s unlighted daybeacon #40
Minimum Depth: 11 feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 38 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Good, but open to strong southeastern and northwestern winds

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Waterway Anchorage
Statute Mile: 693
Lat/Lon: near 30 56.424 North/081 25.960 West
Location: on the charted patch of deep water north and east of flashing daybeacon #37
Minimum Depth: 7-feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 50 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Poor; fair weather anchorage ONLY

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Brickhill River Northern Anchorage
Statute Mile: 696 (northern entrance from the ICW)
Lat/Lon: 30 53.191 North/081 27.726 West
Location: Brickhill River runs southeast between the Waterway’s unlighted daybeacon #40 and flashing daybeacon #41
Minimum Depth: sufficient room for vessels as large as 36 feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels up to 50 feet on anchorage between the creek’s southeasterly mouth, and the charted split moving upstream, and up to 42 feet on southwestern fork anchorage
Foul Weather Shelter: Good, except open to western, and southwestern winds

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Shellbine Creek Anchorages
Statute Mile: 698
Lat/Lon:
30 54.673 North/081 29.550 West (anchorage between the creek’s southeasterly mouth, and the charted split moving upstream)
30 54.679 North/081 29.830 West (anchorage on southwestern fork of Shellbine Creek)
Location: Shellbine Creek cuts into the Waterway’s mainland (northwesterly) shoreline north of flashing daybeacon #43
Minimum Depth: 7-feet, but a GPS chartplotter would be ever so useful in bypassing a large, unmarked shoal flanking the entrance’s western entrance point
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels up to 50 feet on anchorage between the creek’s southeasterly mouth, and the charted split moving upstream, and up to 42 feet on southwestern fork anchorage
Foul Weather Shelter: Fair on anchorage between the creek’s southeasterly mouth, and the charted split moving upstream, and Very Good on southwestern fork anchorage

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Delaroche Creek Anchorage
Statute Mile: 702
Lat/Lon: near 30 51.588 North/081 30.208 West
Location: northwest of the Waterway’s flashing daybeacon #58), just east of the charted split in Delaroche Creek
Minimum Depth: 11-feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 38 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Good

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Northern Crooked River Anchorage
Statute Mile: 704
Lat/Lon: 30 50.641 North/081 29.593 West
Location: Northern branch of Crooked River lies west of flashing daybeacon #63A
Minimum Depth: 7-feet, but use of a GPS chartplotter is STRONGLY recommended to avoid unmarked shoals along the river’s path
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 40 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Fair to poor; open to eastern and western winds

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Southern Crooked River Anchorage
Statute Mile: 706
Lat/Lon: 30 49.511 North/081 30.094 West
Location: southern section of Crooked River intersects the ICW south of unlighted daybeacon #70
Minimum Depth: 12 feet, but use of a GPS chartplotter is strongly recommended to avoid unmarked shoals flanking the rivers’ southeasterly entrance
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 55 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Fair’ open to southeastern and northwestern winds

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Dungeness Greyfield Channel Anchorage
Statute Mile: 711.5
Lat/Lon: 30 46.235 North/081 28.240 West
Location: on the wide channel running west of Cumberland Island, northeast of the ICW’s flashing buoy #34
Minimum Depth: 8-feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 55 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Fair; open to northern southern and southwestern winds

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North River Anchorages
Statute Mile: 712.5
Lat/Lon:
30 43.937 North/081 31.353 West (anchorage in body of hairpin turn to the west)
30 44.323 North/081 32.369 West (anchorage north of pulp mill)
Location: North River divides the northern shores of the St. Marys River, north of flashing daybeacon #3
Minimum Depth: 8-feet, but use of a GPS chartplotter is recommended to help avoid uncharted shoals shelving out from North River’s shoreline
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 34 feet in the anchorage in body of hairpin turn to the west and enough room for vessels up to 36 feet in the anchorage north of pulp mill
Foul Weather Shelter: Good, particularly for the more upstream anchorage

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St. Marys River Anchorages
Statute Mile: 712.5
Lat/Lon:
30 42.427 North/081 32.273 West (anchorage southwest of flashing daybeacon #10)
30 43.172 North/081 32.881 West (anchorage abeam of St. Marys (village) waterfront
Location: located along the length of St. Marys River between flashing daybeacon #10 and the St. Marys village waterfront
Minimum Depth: 11-feet
Special Comment: Those making use of the anchorage southwest of flashing daybeacon #10 should be sure to anchor south of the channel’s centerline, AND show a bright anchor light!
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 50 to 55 feet depending on the particular anchorage chosen
Foul Weather Shelter: Poor for anchorage southwest of flashing daybeacon #10, and Fair for anchorage abeam of St. Marys (village) waterfront

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(anchorage abeam of St. Marys village waterfront)

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Please note that channel conditions, depths, references to navigational aids and almost all on-the-water navigational and anchorage data is subject to change at any time. While we have been careful and attempted to verify all anchorage information, on-the-water conditions may be QUITE different by the time of your arrival. Failure to follow current on-the-water reality, even when it differs from the data contained in this anchorage directory, can result in expensive and dangerous accidents. There are potential hazards in any cruising situation, for which captains, navigators and crew are solely responsible.

Neither I, nor any member of the Salty Southeast Cruisers’ Net make any guarantee as to the accuracy or reliability of the information contained within this Anchorage Directory, and will not accept any liability for injuries or damages caused to the reader by following this data!”

A word about anchorage Lat/Lon co-ordinates given in the Anchorage Directory:

We have included APPROXIMATE latitude and longitude positions of the recommended anchorages within this Anchorage Directory. All of these lat/lon positions are presented strictly for informational purposes; they must NOT be used as GPS or Loran way points!

There are several reasons why. Loran C and GPS readings give mariners a straight-line distance or bearing to the intended way-point destination. Straight-line tracks do NOT take into account such vagaries as shoals you will need to avoid, peninsulas you will be unable to cross, or islands that just seem to get in the way.

Please also note that anchorage Lat/Lon positions are given to help generally locate an overnight anchorage. With few exceptions, mariners need not drop the hook at the exact location given. Within most creeks, bays, and other sheltered bodies of water appropriate for anchorage, there will likely be many places where you can rest comfortably and safely for the evening, swinging tranquilly on the hook.