🧭 Chart Coverage Official Source · Verified Jul 02, 2026 NGA nautical chart 21542 (Puerto Sandino and Approaches) covers the harbour and approaches. 95% Confidence ✓ Confirm 💬 Comment
🧭 Entrance Hazards Official Source · Verified Jul 02, 2026 Entrance obstructed by a bar of drying sand banks and submerged rocks; several detached shoal patches <10 m within 0.5 M of entrance alignment. 95% Confidence ✓ Confirm 💬 Comment
🧭 Tides And Currents Official Source · Verified Jul 02, 2026 Tide: springs 2.2 m, neaps 1.7 m. Flood current ~2 kt upriver; after rains ebb 5–6 kt in river and ~4 kt over entrance banks; slight N set at anchorage. 95% Confidence ✓ Confirm 💬 Comment
🧭 Pilotage Compulsory Official Source · Verified Jul 02, 2026 Pilotage compulsory for vessels >500 GRT or draft >2.1 m; pilots board about 2–2.5 nm W of Moro Cardon Light. 90% Confidence ✓ Confirm 💬 Comment
🧭 Depths Limitations Port Type Official Source · Verified Jul 02, 2026 Puerto Sandino is a lighterage port with no alongside berths for ocean-going vessels; offshore pipeline (CBM) oil berth SW of river entrance. 90% Confidence ✓ Confirm 💬 Comment
🧭 Arrival Notifications And Vhf Official Source · Verified Jul 02, 2026 Vessels should send ETA 72, 48 and 24 hours in advance; establish VHF contact with pilot 2 hours before arrival; VHF channels 11 and 16 noted. 90% Confidence ✓ Confirm 💬 Comment