Resources
Useful information for life at anchor, with links to the official sources. If in doubt, the official sources prevail.
Information checked on 4 November 2026.
Gustavia harbour office
- Opening hours
- Every day, all year round, 7 am to 6 pm
- VHF
- Channel 12
- Phone
- +590 590 27 66 97
- General enquiries
- portdeplaisance@portdegustavia.fr
- Administration
- secretariat@portdegustavia.fr
- Accounts
- compta@portdegustavia.fr
- Capitainerie du Port de Gustavia, BP 695, Gustavia, 97099 Saint-Barthélemy Cedex
Boaters can receive mail at this address. Port contacts page
Arrival and departure formalities
- Mandatory to use the pleasure port.
- At the harbour office, or online up to 24 hours ahead. The online form must then be printed, signed and presented at the harbour office.
- No ship’s agent is required.
- Speed limit of 3 knots in the channel.
- Immigration questions: national gendarmerie.
Port regulations
- Gustavia port police regulations (PDF, Collectivité, in French)
- Collectivité page on the marina and commercial port (in French)
Port services
- Water: individual meter on every quay — €0.012/litre (subscribers), €0.019/litre (transit).
- Toilets and showers for port users only, every day 7:30 am to 6 pm.
- Shower card: ask at the port office; issued against a €100 deposit, maximum 2 cards per boat.
- Wi-Fi: ask the harbour office for the code.
- Waste sorting is mandatory on the island.
Anchorage areas and Nature Reserve
Much of the island’s waters are a Nature Reserve. The official brochure contains the zone map and shows where anchoring is allowed.
Main rules
- Simple protection zone (Colombier and Fourchue bays, Gros Îlets, Pain de Sucre, Toc Vers, Frégate islets): anchoring only in the areas shown in the brochure.
- Colombier and Fourchue: vessels over 25 m not allowed; insurance with a “removal and destruction” clause required.
- Ecological buoys: 20 t and 25 m maximum, 96 hours at most; you must then leave the Reserve for at least 96 hours before returning.
- Enhanced protection zone and dive sites: anchoring prohibited.
- Speed limit 5 knots; jet skis, seabobs, electric boards, towed sports and underwater lighting prohibited.
- Grand Cul-de-Sac lagoon: specific rules — see the official sign.
Regulatory zones — Territorial Environment Agency
Indicative fees
Unofficial, undated source: confirm with the harbour office before relying on it.
- Outer anchorage: about €7.70 per day.
- Nature Reserve fee: about €1.60 extra per day.
- Fees depend on boat length and length of stay, and are paid on departure.