Carlisle Bay anchorage

Drop anchor in Carlisle Bay and you've got one of Barbados's most action-packed spots right at your bow — three accessible shipwrecks just below the surface make this a dream for diving, and the beach break out front is worth paddling into. The holding is solid at 5m over sand, with the Hilton shoreline as your backdrop and Brighton Beach's rum distillery a short trip up the coast. It's the kind of anchorage where you end up staying way longer than planned.