Lance aux Épines, Grenada tide times

The reef fringe immediately off the Lance aux Épines southern beaches is moderate; the better snorkelling is at the Calivigny Island reef, roughly 800 metres offshore, where the coral coverage is denser and the visibility cleaner. The reef runs 2 to 6 metres depth on the island's northern and western faces. Hawksbill turtles forage here regularly. Visibility is typically 10 to 20 metres on a calm morning and drops in the afternoon as the trade wind builds surface chop. Access is by kayak from the beach — the crossing takes 15 to 20 minutes in calm conditions — or by water taxi from Prickly Bay marina.

Prickly Bay is the enclosed anchorage on the northern side of the Lance aux Épines peninsula and one of the principal yacht bases in the southern Caribbean. The marina complex provides haul-out, fuel, water, provisioning, and chandlery services. It is a standard stop on the charter circuit between Trinidad, Grenada, and the Grenadines. The bay anchors a significant year-round cruising community; the anchorage is well-sheltered from the trade wind and the Atlantic swell. The marina operates a fee-based mooring system in the inner bay; outer anchorage positions are available in the standard ways.

Caribbean microtidal: spring range roughly 0.3 to 0.5 metres, mixed semidiurnal. Two unequal highs and two unequal lows each day. At this scale the tide state has minimal effect on beach or reef access; the primary planning inputs are the morning glass window before the trade builds and the swell forecast from the Atlantic side of the island, which can wrap around the southern tip during large northeast swells and produce unexpected surge at the southern beaches.

Open-Meteo Marine, a free gridded global ocean model. Accuracy is typically within plus or minus 45 minutes on timing and 0.2 to 0.3 metres on height. For Grenada, the Carenage harbour in St. George's on the west coast is the reference port for which harmonic data is available from the Caribbean Meteorological Organisation regional network; Lance aux Épines on the southern tip runs on a similar tidal phase with minimal offset.

No. The approaches to Prickly Bay and the passage between Lance aux Épines and Calivigny Island require awareness of the reef positions and the depth contours in the southern Grenada approaches. For vessel navigation, use the current Eastern Caribbean charts from the Caribbean Hydrographic Institute and consult the OECS Notices to Mariners. Open-Meteo Marine gridded predictions are not authoritative navigational data.