Day charter · Cooper Island · BVI

Cooper Island, Manchioneel Bay by private boat

Manchioneel Bay, a low-key beach club and rum bar, and some of the best snorkeling in the BVI at Cistern Point. A private boat and captain for the day: you pick the stops, local captains bid.

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Cooper Island from the air, its green hills and sandy shore ringed by reef, with Salt Island and Peter Island beyond
Photo: giggel, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Beaches, bars, food & snorkeling at Cooper IslandFull guide on VIslandGuide →Everything ashore is in VIslandGuide's Cooper Island guide. This page is the boat day: getting there, mooring, price.

The day by boat

Where the boat leaves from

Spanish Town, Virgin Gorda6 nm
Road Town, Tortola6 nm
Great Harbour, Jost Van Dyke14 nm
Cruz Bay, St. Johninto the BVI17 nm
Red Hook, St. Thomasinto the BVI20 nm

Straight-line distance from the dock; the course a boat takes is longer.

The run

  • Our planner puts a water taxi from Red Hook to Manchioneel Bay at about 55 minutes on the water.

Mooring and anchoring

  • Manchioneel Bay — 36 BoatyBall balls: orange reservables ($55) and first-come balls ($25–40, pay in the BoatyBall app or to the attendant). No anchoring in the field.
  • Cooper Island, Manchioneel Bay: 36 balls

BVI mooring balls and BoatyBall reservations: VIslandGuide's mooring guide →

BVI customs and passports

Every guest, children included, needs a valid passport. Your captain clears BVI customs at a port of entry (most often Great Harbour on Jost Van Dyke or West End on Tortola), and BVI entry fees of roughly $75–$85 per person are paid on the day.

Before you book the day

Open this season?

  • Cooper Island Beach Club: Closed for the season until Nov 1. Reopening moved to November 1. Cooper Island is reachable only by boat, so nothing is open ashore during the closure.

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See it live

Live cameras on VIslandGuide: check the water and the crowd before the boat leaves.

What a private boat day to Cooper Island costs

Too few Cooper Island trips on CharterBid yet for figures of their own. See what captains bid across the Virgin Islands by trip length and group size, then add BVI entry fees of roughly $75–$85 per person — or post this trip and get its own bids.

Best day on the water this week

Our call for Cooper Island: Wednesday, October 28 Go (calm, no cruise crowd). Our inference from the marine forecast and the cruise schedule, not a captain's word.See the week →

Cooper Island boat day questions

How do I get to Cooper Island by private boat?

Cooper Island is in the British Virgin Islands. The closest docks private charters leave from are Spanish Town on Virgin Gorda (about 6 nautical miles in a straight line) and Road Town on Tortola (about 6 nautical miles in a straight line). Our planner puts a water taxi from Red Hook to Manchioneel Bay at about 55 minutes on the water.

How much is a private boat day to Cooper Island?

There are too few Cooper Island trips on CharterBid yet for figures of their own. The CharterBid price index (boatcharterbid.com/prices) shows what captains bid across the Virgin Islands by trip length and group size; post your trip to get bids for this one.

Do I need a passport for a boat day to Cooper Island?

Yes. Cooper Island is in the British Virgin Islands: every guest, children included, needs a valid passport, and BVI entry fees of roughly $75–$85 per person are paid on the day. Your captain clears customs at a BVI port of entry, most often Great Harbour on Jost Van Dyke or West End on Tortola.

Where does the boat moor at Cooper Island?

Manchioneel Bay — 36 BoatyBall balls: orange reservables ($55) and first-come balls ($25–40, pay in the BoatyBall app or to the attendant). No anchoring in the field. Mooring fields here: Cooper Island, Manchioneel Bay (36 balls).

What can I add to a Cooper Island boat day?

The nearest other stops with a page on CharterBid are Salt Island & the RMS Rhone (about 1 nm), Deadman's Bay (about 3 nm) and Trellis Bay (about 4 nm). Name every stop you want in your request and captains bid on the whole day.

Plan your boat day to Cooper Island

Post your trip on CharterBid and let local captains bid. Free to post, bids usually arrive within hours.

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Place details from the CharterBid / VIslandGuide place register, checked 2026-10-15. VIslandGuide's Cooper Island guide →