There are not many good harbors on the west coast of Grenada. The main port, St. Georges, is great, but busy and still fairly exposed to swells unless you are in the inner-harbor where it is way to busy for anchoring.

So, on our trip from Carriacou to the marina in St. Georges, we decided to stay the night in Halifax harbor on the west coast of Grenada. It is about 2/3 of the way down the island from the top, so just a short ride for us the next day to pull into the marina.

Unfortunately, Halifax is not a great harbor. Still not very protected from any swells, it has overhead electrical lines crossing that you have to watch out for, the bottom is fairly steep from the shore leaving little room to anchor, and the area of anchoring has huge coral heads that you have to watch out for so your anchor doesn’t ruin the coral and so that the chain doesn’t get tangled. In addition, when we pulled in, some local “boat people” came out and tried to “persuade” us into giving them some beer in a rather threatening way. I ignored them, but still.

This picture is of a small, tall island in Halifax harbor that we were anchored close to which has a dwelling propped at the top, a rope bridge from the shore to the island, and windy walks down to the water. I haven’t looked how they advertise this, if at all, but this is one of those places that they could make sound wonderful and adventurous, where in reality, I bet it would be buggy, dangerous, and unbearably isolated (also, one of the island refuse dumps is further in the harbor, so probably smelly also).