Dr. A. C. Wathey Cruise Facility Marina

Dr. A. C. Wathey Cruise Facility is Sint Maarten's major cruise and cargo hub, sitting on the southern tip of the island at Pointe Blanche with views across the channel toward Saba on a clear day. Opened in 2009, it's built to handle serious maritime traffic — up to six vessels at a time — so the scale here is impressive. If you're arriving by sea on the Dutch side of the island, this is the gateway that puts you within reach of Philipsburg and everything the island has to offer.