Rendezvous Bay, Anguilla tide times

Predictions: Open-Meteo Marine (MeteoFrance SMOC, 0.08° grid) — heights relative to MSL (not chart datum / LAT). Model-derived.

Model-derived from a global ocean grid. Useful indication; expect about ±45 minutes on average vs. a local harmonic gauge, individual stations vary widely. See /methodology for per-region detail. Not for navigation.

Conditions as of 18:00 local time. Refreshes daily.

Predictions: Open-Meteo Marine (MeteoFrance SMOC, 0.08° grid) — heights relative to MSL (not chart datum / LAT). Model-derived. · Not for navigation.

The angler tradition for major/minor fishing windows: major ≈3-hour windows around moon transit and opposition; minor ≈2-hour windows around moonrise and moonset. Times are America/Anguilla local. Folk tradition, not a scientific forecast.

Rendezvous Bay occupies the southwest coast of Anguilla, a 3.5-kilometre arc of the whitest sand on the island facing due south across the Caribbean toward the French side of Saint Martin 12 kilometres away. The bay is as close to fully sheltered as any Anguillian beach gets: the northeast trade wind arrives from behind and the southwest orientation means the prevailing swell and wind-chop from the northeast has no direct fetch into the bay. The result is consistently flat, glass-clear water that holds its colour — pale aquamarine over the sand flat, deepening to turquoise and then blue — across the full width of the bay. The tidal regime is mixed semidiurnal microtidal: spring range 0.3 to 0.4 metres, on the lower end of the Anguillian coast due to the south-facing Caribbean exposure sheltered from the full Atlantic signal. Two unequal highs and two unequal lows per day. The tiny tidal range makes this the most tide-independent beach on the island; there is no meaningful change in conditions between low and high water. The afternoon offshore breeze that develops on the south coast fills in gently and adds barely perceptible chop to the flat water. The Cuisinart Golf Resort and Spa sits at the east end of the bay; the long curve of public beach runs west from the resort toward the western headland at Blowing Point. The Anguillian principle that all beaches are public to the high water mark is respected here; non-guests have full access to the beach in front of the resort. The western section of the bay, away from the resort infrastructure, is quieter and more natural. Blowing Point, at the western end of the bay, is the other primary ferry terminal for Saint Martin — passenger ferry service from Blowing Point to Marigot on the French side runs more frequently than the Sandy Ground service and is 20 to 25 minutes across the strait. The ferry dock and a small customs building sit at the extreme western end of the Rendezvous Bay arc. Paddleboarding and kayaking on Rendezvous Bay are optimal here because the south-facing orientation and the shelter from the prevailing northeast wind produce flat water through the middle of the day, unlike the north and east coast bays that develop surface chop when the trade wind reaches full strength by 10:00 or 11:00. Rental equipment is available through the resort and from independent operators who set up on the beach in high season. For photographers, the view across Rendezvous Bay toward Saint Martin at golden hour — the warm light from the west illuminating the water and the outline of Saint Martin's mountains behind — is one of the most photographed compositions in Anguilla. The flat water maximises the colour saturation. The best window is 17:00 to 18:30 in winter, 17:30 to 19:00 in summer. Tide predictions for Rendezvous Bay come from Open-Meteo Marine, a global gridded ocean model. Accuracy is typically within plus or minus 45 minutes on timing and 0.2 to 0.3 metres on height. At a spring range of 0.3 to 0.4 metres, this is among the most tide-neutral beaches in the eastern Caribbean for planning purposes. The Cuisinart Golf Resort at the east end of the bay maintains a daily-guest option for the beach restaurant and pool area; the fee is typically USD 50 to 75 per person, applied to food and beverage. For visitors who want a beach day with full facilities — loungers, beach service, food, and a pool — this is the practical option on the Rendezvous Bay stretch. The resort's beach is the same public shoreline, and non-guests using the area outside the resort's marked zone are within their legal rights under Anguillian beach access law.