Ferry to Cooper Island

Want to nip over to Cooper Island for the day but don’t want to commit to a charter for an entire day just to go there and back?

We have the answer – our Polar 195 is available for quick runs from Hodges Creek Marina to Cooper Island for just $50/person round trip. It’s only a 15 minute from our base in Hodge’s Creek, Tortola.

Stay for the day, call us when you’re ready to come back!

Cooper Island is one of the more distinctive stops in the British Virgin Islands. It’s a small, family-owned eco-resort on its own island, sitting on the sandy northwest shore of the island with Tortola visible in the distance. It’s off-grid and self-sufficient in power and water, and the owners have built sustainability into daily operations without giving up comfort.

What we love about Cooper Island

The food and drink side is a real draw on its own. There’s a restaurant and bar serving international and local flavours just steps from the shallow swimming beach, a beachfront spot called the Coffee Box for locally roasted coffee, pastries, and an afternoon ice cream fix, and — the standout — Cooper Island’s own microbrewery, visible right through the Coffee Box window. It turns out a lager, a pilsner, and an IPA on tap alongside a rotating lineup of other craft beers. The Turtle IPA is worth a mention specifically: it’s been on tap since 2017, and $1 from every one sold goes to BVI sea turtle conservation. Can’t decide what to try? Order the Beer Flight and taste your way through the lineup.

For an afternoon tipple, the Rum Bar, with a huge selection of international rums, is another popular draw to the island. And that too offers a rum flight.

So plenty to occupy you for a whole day – snorkelling, swimming, lounging and bobbing, interspersed with morning coffee, pre-lunch cocktails or a Cooper Island beer, lunch, ice cream or coffee after lunch, and then rum sundowners before your return to Tortola

Want a longer day trip? For a longer day built around Cooper Island specifically, it’s also reachable by private charter on Mami Chula, a 30-foot Triton 295 that carries 6–10 passengers.