Peter Island
Peter Island Cruising Guide
Just across the Sir Francis Drake Channel from Tortola, Peter Island is one of the largest privately held islands in the BVI — a quiet, green retreat ringed by some of the finest beaches in the chain.
Deadman’s Bay is the showstopper: a long crescent of powder-soft sand and turquoise water, regularly named among the Caribbean’s best beaches. Around the coast, Great Harbour and Little Harbour offer calm, scenic anchorages, and the reef off Key Point rewards an afternoon with mask and fins.
It’s an island for slowing down — a beach day, a long swim, a walk up to a breezy overlook — before the sail back into the busier anchorages.
Explore Peter Island
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In the water
Snorkel & Dive
Peter mixes an easy wreck snorkel with a couple of the channel’s better dives.
Wreck of the Willy T
The original floating bar, sunk in Key Bay after Hurricane Irma — now an easy, shallow wreck to snorkel or dive.
Dive-site details →Carrot Shoal
A rocky ridge south of Peter — sea fans, big fish and current make for an exciting drift dive.
Dive-site details →Deadman’s Bay Reef
Reef off the point at the end of Deadman’s beach — an easy swim from the anchorage.
Dive-site details →Ashore
Eat, Drink & Do
Peter Island Resort
The reborn resort at Deadman’s Bay — beach bar and restaurants for a scenic lunch or dinner ashore (reservations recommended).
More →Keep exploring
Nearby Anchorages
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