Mossel Bay - Docking
Anchoring and Berthing at Mossel Bay:
With no yacht club or marina, berths are available inside the port depending on availability. Alternatively there is an anchorage just outside the harbour.
Anchorages:
If no berths are available, vessels are welcome to anchor in the bay just outside the harbour mouth.
The anchorage in front of the yacht club is good in all but north easterlies.
Berthing:
When you call Port Control on VHF Channel 12, they will most likely direct you to the raft up to a fishing vessel at the end of the Vincent jetty or directly on the Western side of the jetty, which has big black tires as fenders. Use long lines because of the tidal range. There is no charge to berth here. Toilets are available in the port control building.
For berthing contact the Harbour Master Capt. Vania Cloete, who can be reached at Vania.Cloete@Transnet.net, or by telephone at +27 44 604 6304.
You can also contact the Mossel Bay Moorings Association – Email: info@mbmoorings.co.za
Daytime Arrival:
- Contact Port Control on VHF Channel 12 to inform them of your arrival.
Night time arrival:
- Port Control radio watch is now 24/7.
- Contact Port Control and inform them of your arrival.
- (All manoeuvers within the channel or harbor must use the appropriate sound signals).
- You will be told to anchor in the bay.
Note: On entering the port area when going ashore, you will need to take a breathalizer test, so you can’t have alcohol when you eat out.
Last updated: June 2024
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The town is safe and everything is within walking distance, including a Checkers supermarket. Nice hike along the coast, great pizza at Matt & Collin’s, between the port’s entrance gate 2 and Checkers.
The yacht club is closed and the marina is full of local boats. Visiting boats need to call the port control on VHF 12 to ask permission to enter the port. Port control will likely direct you to the raft up to a fishing vessel at the end of the Vintcent jetty or directly on the Western side of the jetty, which has big black tires as fenders. Use long lines because of the tidal range. Free. Water is available on the jetty (although not the usual connection – check with port control). Toilets in the port control building. Note that upon entering the port area, you will need to take a breathalizer test, so you can’t have alcohol when you eat out.
Fuel can be arranged through Kepu Marine (Mr Rooi: +27824943783). They have a pump at the eastern end of the port. Arrange and pay first (which can be done at the ABSA bank in town). Call port control for permission before moving the boat to get fuel.
We arrived July 26, 2022 to await a weather window around Agulhas. The small marina is there but we can’t find anyone to talk to about temp moorage. The email for the Mossel Bay Moorings replied with this,
“ The Mossel Bay Yacht and Boat Club was evicted by Transnet National Port Authorities in January 2019, and thus doesn’t manage the moorings, the previous club grounds and the slipway anymore, very sorry!
Please contact Harbor Master Capt. Vania Cloete for further assistance:
Capt. Vania Cloete, Harbour Master
Transnet National Ports Authority (Port of Mossel Bay)
Admin Building, 55 Bland Street
Mossel Bay 6506
Tel: 044- 604 6304
Mobile: 083- 980 2079
Email: Vania.Cloete@transnet.net”
We are going to speak to him but for now we are rafted up to a fishing boat on the cement quay.
The yacht club is managed as a pub and restaurant. They are very friendly and anchoring off the yacht club – behind the harbour wall, although not too close due to the Nor’Easter which can spring up in the mornings giving a short chop bouncing off the wall – will give good shelter from the SW wind which can be very strong. DO NOT pick up any of the mooring buoys – they aren’t inspected regularly.
There are about 40 walk-on marina’s in the harbour. If you do enter the be sure to call Mossel Bay Port Control on Ch 12. Its a fairly busy harbour with support vessels for the gas platforms about 60km away.
The club is run by Albie +27 72 075 4334. A very friendly and helpful guy.
Mossel Bay is a clean and neat town with lots of history. The first Portuguese explorers arrived here about 1480 and they’re very proud of this heritage, with monuments and museums.
The town is a 5 minute walk from the harbour, and you can get pretty much anything you want. At the point around the corner is the longest over-water zipline in the world. Even for South Africa, the prices are very cheap.
We loved Mossel Bay – the people, the place and overall friendliness.