Port Cruising Briefs

Explore these captain-focused cruising resources covering entry and clearance, cruising considerations, port operations, anchorages, safety and practical information for planning and operating a cruising vessel.

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The Bahamas

Port Briefs

• Clifton Pier
• Cockburn Town
• Freeport
• Matthew Town
• Nassau
• South Riding Point

Bermuda

Port Briefs

• Ireland Island
• St George

British Virgin Islands

Port Briefs

• Road Harbor

Canada

Port Briefs

• Argentia
• Bamberton
• Canaport (St. John)
• Duncan Bay
• Halifax
• North Sydney
• Prince Rupert
• Sidney
• St John
• Sydney
• Vancouver
• Victoria Harbor
• Westview

Costa Rica

Port Briefs

• Golfito

Cuba

Port Briefs

• Bahai De La Habana

Dominica

Port Briefs

• Portsmouth

Dominican Republic

Port Briefs

• Las Calderas
• Puerto Botado
• Puerto Plata
• Santa Barbara De Samana
• Santa Cruz De Barahona

Guadeloupe

Port Briefs

• Pointe A Pitre

Jamaica

Port Briefs

• Kingston

Mexico

Port Briefs

• Acapulco
• Ensenada
• Guaymas
• Isla San Marcos
• La Paz
• Manzanillo
• Puerto Morro Redondo
• Salina Cruz
• Santa Rosalia
• Topolobampo
• Veracruz

Nicaragua

Port Briefs

• Bluefields
• Puerto Cabezas
• Puerto Sandino

Panama

Port Briefs

• Balboa
• Bocas Del Toro
• Chiriqui Grande
• Puerto Colon
• Puerto Cristobal

United States

Port Briefs

• Alpena
• Anacortes
• Astoria
• Atlantic City
• Avalon
• Baltimore
• Bandon
• Beaufort
• Beaufort
• Blaine
• Bodega Bay
• Boston
• Bremerton
• Bridgeport
• Brooklyn
• Brownsville
• Canaveral Harbor
• Chester
• Coos Bay
• Corpus Christi
• Coupeville
• Crescent City
• East Bremerton
• Empire
• Fort Bragg
• Fort Pierce
• Friday Harbor
• Funter
• Galveston
• Hilo
• Honolulu
• Honuapo
• Houston
• Kahului
• Kawaihae
• Key West
• Long Beach
• Los Angeles
• Machiasport
• Miami
• Mobile
• Morro Bay
• Nawiliwili Bay
• Neah Bay
• New Bern
• New Orleans
• New York City
• Newark
• Newport
• Newport
• Newport Beach
• Newport News
• Norfolk
• North Bend
• North Haven
• Oakland
• Philadelphia
• Pismo Beach
• Port Allen
• Port Angeles
• Port Arthur
• Port Everglades
• Port Manatee
• Port Orford
• Portland
• Portland
• Prudhoe Bay
• San Diego
• San Francisco
• Sausalito
• Seattle
• Slidell
• Solomons Island
• St Augustine
• St Petersburg
• Stapleton SI
• Tacoma
• Tampa
• Tompkinsville SI
• Tongue Point
• Ventura
• Vinalhaven
• Waldport