Les Anses d’Arlet - Clearance
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Upon arrival, vessels should fly the French courtesy flag (not the Martinique one).
The Customs clearance computer is now based in “Cyber Base du Bourg”, located on the seafront road, turn right as you come off the dinghy dock.
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Clearance is not available in Anse D’arlet. You’ll need to go to Le Marin or Fort-de-France to check-in or out.
Andrew says:
Dec 10, 2018 02:54 PM
Be careful when approaching Anse Arlet and Grand Anse Arlet …. there are a very large number of fishing bouys out there. I only mention it for these bays in particular as the bouys are actually clear pop bottles and are virtually impossible to see in anything but very bright sunlight and small waves.
Petite Anse-
Agree with Maria that Petite Anse has a nicer beach. It is less crowded and commercial-feeling than Grande Anse. There is also a very nice reef right off the beach (marked by 6? metal can buoys) with very nice snorkelling. This is a must-see!!! Some green turtles.
The anchorage is less crowded than Grande Anse. We did not find that the holding was very good — lots of seagrasses. Our CQR required multiple anchoring attempts.
There are a lot of traps at the bottom, some strung together in series with only one buoy to mark them all. Most fishing buoys are clear plastic bottles with low visibility.
Grande Anse-
Beach is nicer, but the shops and restaurants are much closer to the beach and thus make the area seem more dense and crowded. Certainly, there were a lot more people. We liked the south end of the beach, past the dinghy dock, which felt more secluded.
Anchorage is pretty crowded. Holding is the same as in Petite Anse — a lot of seagrasses. There is also just a lot more noise from various sources (charter yacht parties, hotel, etc.)
A lot more tourism services here — small boat rentals, diving, etc.
We saw many more green turtles here than in Petite Anse!!!
We anchored in Grande Anse, on the left side of the bay in front of the hotel. Quite noisy music until about 1 am. You may need to lift your dinghy up to stop it going under the pontoon. We were told by another yacht that you can’t put your dinghy on the beach by the hotel.
We walked around to Petite Anse (25 mins) and had lunch in a restaurant on the beach. The beach here is much nicer than at Grande Anse and there were fewer yachts at anchor, but it is a smaller bay.