Orca
Orca anchored at a Caribbean bay
Destinations

The Chart

Eight suggested itineraries across the Caribbean, Bahamas, and South Florida. You can take them as drafts — the Captain will happily redraw any of them over a coffee the morning of.

  • 01Leewards
  • 02Windwards
  • 03Virgins
  • 04Bahamas
  • 05Florida
  • 06Greater Antilles
The Leeward Loop
Itinerary · 7 nights·Leewards

The Leeward Loop

Clear water, short hops, the best kitchens on the circuit. For first-time charterers.

  1. 01St Barths
  2. 02Anguilla
  3. 03St Martin
  4. 04Saba
  5. 05St Kitts
  6. 06Nevis
Grenadines Run
Itinerary · 7 nights·Windwards

Grenadines Run

Remoter, quieter, rawer. Snorkel the Cays at dawn, eat at Basil's by lunch.

  1. 01St Lucia
  2. 02Bequia
  3. 03Mustique
  4. 04Tobago Cays
  5. 05Union Island
  6. 06Carriacou
  7. 07Grenada
Virgins Passage
Itinerary · 7 nights·Virgins

Virgins Passage

The ur-Caribbean itinerary. Protected waters, iconic anchorages, no passports.

  1. 01Tortola
  2. 02Jost Van Dyke
  3. 03Norman Island
  4. 04Virgin Gorda
  5. 05Anegada
Exumas Cruise
Itinerary · 7 nights·Bahamas

Exumas Cruise

The signature Bahamas run — gin-clear water over white sand, iguanas on Allan's, swimming pigs on Big Major, the Thunderball Grotto off Staniel.

  1. 01Nassau
  2. 02Allan's Cay
  3. 03Warderick Wells
  4. 04Staniel Cay
  5. 05Big Major Cay (Pig Beach)
  6. 06Compass Cay
  7. 07Great Guana Cay
Abacos & Eleuthera
Itinerary · 7 nights·Bahamas

Abacos & Eleuthera

New England-white villages on pink-sand beaches. Loyalist history, Bahamian rum bars, and the best mail-boat lunches in the country.

  1. 01Nassau
  2. 02Spanish Wells
  3. 03Harbour Island (Pink Sands)
  4. 04Governor's Harbour
  5. 05Marsh Harbour
  6. 06Hope Town, Elbow Cay
  7. 07Green Turtle Cay
South Florida & the Dry Tortugas
Itinerary · 7 nights·Florida

South Florida & the Dry Tortugas

From Biscayne Bay down the Keys to the empty anchorage off Fort Jefferson — 70 miles west of Key West, where the birds outnumber the boats.

  1. 01Miami Beach
  2. 02Key Biscayne
  3. 03Fort Lauderdale
  4. 04Bimini
  5. 05Marathon
  6. 06Key West
  7. 07Dry Tortugas (Fort Jefferson)
Spanish Caribbean
Itinerary · 7 nights·Greater Antilles

Spanish Caribbean

Puerto Rico's east coast into the Dominican Republic — bioluminescent kayak nights, humpback whales off Samaná in season, and the finest fishing off Punta Cana.

  1. 01Old San Juan
  2. 02Fajardo
  3. 03Culebra (Flamenco Beach)
  4. 04Vieques (Bioluminescent Bay)
  5. 05Punta Cana
  6. 06Samaná Bay
  7. 07Casa de Campo, La Romana
Turks & Caicos Archipelago
Itinerary · 7 nights·Greater Antilles

Turks & Caicos Archipelago

Arguably the clearest water in the Atlantic. The Columbus Passage between Grand Turk and Salt Cay is humpback highway from January through March.

  1. 01Providenciales (Grace Bay)
  2. 02West Caicos
  3. 03French Cay
  4. 04Grand Turk
  5. 05Salt Cay (winter whales)
  6. 06South Caicos
  7. 07Middle Caicos (Mudjin Harbour)
Caribbean Season

Dec – Apr. Trade-wind weather, low humidity, the quintessential charter months. Peaks at Christmas, New Year's, President's Week, and Easter — book by September.

Bahamas Season

Year-round, best Nov – Jun. Exumas and Abacos sit outside the hurricane belt relative to Florida; Turks & Caicos is similar.

Custom Itineraries

Orca cruises anywhere from the Dry Tortugas to Grenada. Fuel-dense, range-capable, stable at sea — write us an idea, we'll price a week.