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Port Intelligence Brief

Miami, United States

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71 Verified Intelligence Items

65Verified
Intelligence

43Official
Sources

90%Overall
Confidence

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CoordinatesN 25 46' 59.9988"
W 80 10' 59.9988"

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Harbor ProfileNorth Atlantic Ocean
Size: Small

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EntranceTidal Range: 2.95 ft
Depth: 41.00 ft

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Port StatusPort of Entry: Yes
Shelter: Excellent

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Last UpdateJun 28, 2026
09:30 ET

🧭 Approach & Entrance 8 items

🛟 Shelter & Refuge 7 items

⚠ Local Cautions 7 items

🛒 Crew Rest & Resupply 8 items

☎ Harbor / Authority 8 items 🔒

📡 Contacts & VHF 8 items 🔒

🛥 Marinas 5 items 🔒

⛽ Fuel & Utilities 6 items 🔒

🛂 Clearance & Formalities 7 items 🔒

🚑 Medical & Emergency 7 items 🔒

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Current Briefing

Approach & Entrance

Miami approach intelligence includes pilotage, entrance channel depths, harbor communications, traffic density, anchoring restrictions, and operational cautions for arrival planning.

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Verified Intelligence

Primary Official Charts / Charting Authority

Official Source · Verified Jun 23, 2026

NOAA nautical charts recommended for approach and entrance: Chart 11467 (West Palm Beach to Miami) for offshore approach; Chart 11468 (Miami Harbor) for Government Cut and Port of Miami entrance/harbor.

95% Confidence

Notices / Operational Update Sources To Monitor

Official Source · Verified Jun 23, 2026

Primary operational notices for approach: U.S. Coast Guard Local Notices to Mariners (7th District / Port of Miami area) and Broadcast Notices to Mariners; NOAA chart updates / ENC corrections; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredging notices for channel maintenance.

94% Confidence

Entrance Character And Controlling Depths (Post-Deepening)

Official Source · Verified Jun 23, 2026

Government Cut / Miami Harbor entrance: entrance channel deepened/widened (Miami Harbor deepening project). Reported design depths: Entrance channel to approx. -52 ft (MLLW) and inner channels/deep basins to approx. -50 ft (MLLW) as delivered by the US Army Corps of Engineers Miami Harbor deepening project.

92% Confidence

Regulated Navigation Areas / Local Restrictions

Official Source · Verified Jun 23, 2026

U.S. Coast Guard regulation establishes a Port of Miami Regulated Navigation Area (RNA) covering the Port of Miami channels (see 33 CFR §165.792) and local ordinances set exclusion zones around commercial vessels (e.g., restrictions on small craft proximity to large ships in Port of Miami channels).

90% Confidence

Aids To Navigation And Approach Lighting

Official Source · Verified Jun 23, 2026

Approach and main channels are marked by lighted buoys, beacons and ranges (Miami Main Channel and Fisherman's Channel aids are maintained and listed in USCG Light Lists / LNM). Prominent fixed aids include Fowey Rocks Light and various lighted range structures.

90% Confidence

Shoals And Local Hazards (General)

Official Source · Verified Jun 23, 2026

Biscayne Bay and approaches contain numerous charted shoals, coral ridges and reefs (e.g., Fowey Rocks, Molasses Reef, shoal patches inside bay); some inner channels are narrow and several shoal areas exist that require use of dredged channels and local knowledge.

88% Confidence

Currents And Hydrodynamic Cautions At The Entrance

Official Source · Verified Jun 23, 2026

Tidal currents at the entrance to Biscayne Bay may reach roughly 1.5–3.0 knots; approach is influenced by the Gulf Stream which can produce strong cross-currents perpendicular to the shipping channel. Real‑time current monitoring systems have been installed to help operations.

86% Confidence

Pilotage Service (Local Pilot Provider)

Official Source · Verified Jun 23, 2026

Biscayne Bay Pilot's Association (local pilot organization) is identified in Port of Miami planning documentation as providing piloting services for the harbor.

82% Confidence