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Yarmouth Harbour
Courtesy Flag
Flag, Red EnsignWaypoint
Harbour Entrance 50:42'.42N 001:30'.05WCharts
Admiralty 2021, 2035, SC5600Rules & Regulations
6 Knts in the approach, 4Knts insideHazards
Ferries, Shallows either side of the run in.Tidal Data Times & Range
2 hour stand at HW Neaps, Double HW at Springs, HW Springs Approx -0050 Dover, MHWS 3.1m MHWN 2.5m MLWN 1.5m MLWS 0.8mThis site is designed for slower, roaming broadband connections, like you would get at sea, so it needs JavaScript enabled to expand the text. Click here to show the fully expanded version
General Description
Yarmouth lies in a strategic position on the edge of the Western approaches to the Solent, and is a very useful port of call not only for passage making sailors but also for those simply cruising the sheltered Solent waters. It must be remembered however that this is a very busy ferry port.
The compact town is virtually set up for sailors, and the harbour offers all weather and all tide access. There is no marina here as such, but the harbour office itself offers facilities that many marinas would be hard pushed to match. ... read more
Approach
For the visiting yachtsman or motorboater the approach to Yarmouth is straightforwards but there is a strong tidal cross set at times on the flood and the ebb, and this needs to be taken into account in your approach to avoid being swept past and having to struggle back against the considerable tide.
For a good clue as to the strength and direction of the cross set, keep a close eye on the Lymington/Yarmouth ferries as they approach. You will see that in the stronger tidal conditions they approach in a crab wise fashion, and there lies your clue. Full pilotage directions now follow:
If approaching from the West attention needs to be paid to the green conical Black Rock buoy, (Fl.G.5s), which marks a rocky patch, and needs to be left well to starboard. In summer the mooring buoys laid outside the harbour should also be left to starboard, and your run in made from the vicinity of the pier head. Do not be tempted to cut through these moorings and make direct for the end of the breakwater, as you could well come a cropper on the extensive shoal radiating out from the breakwater in a northerly direction. ... read more
Berthing, Mooring & Anchoring
Anchoring is not allowed anywhere in the harbour or the approach. There are other rules and regulations, probably the most important being the speed limits of 6 Knts in the approach and 4 Knts in the harbour, check the Yarmouth Harbour website for the full list.
Over the past few years more and more pontoon berthing has replaced berthing fore and aft to piling. Recently some of this pontooning has reached and become connected with the shore, (instead of being isolated, which required the water taxi or a dinghy mission to reach the shore). Suffice to say that outside of Bank Holidays, getting moored up is not a probem. Further information (including visitors' mooring prices) is now provided:
The latest chart displayed on this site shows the new pontoons clearly. So the berthing options available include walk ashore pontoons with electricity and water, isolated pontoons, mooring to piles, or alongside the Town Quay which can be a bit lumpy and frenetic. All of these options may well involve some rafting out in busy conditions. ... read more
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