 Corinto : Profile
Latitude: 12’ 28.56 N Longitude: 87’ 10.49 W. Corinto is approximately 14 miles south of Aserradores. Few boats are stopping into Corinto now that Marina Puesta Del Sol is open for business. The same Port Captain and Immigration Officers process papers at Corinto and at Puesta Del Sol. Therefore if coming from Puesta del Sol checking into Corinto is not needed. If Corinto is your first port of entry, the port captain’s office will send officials to give you clearance into the harbor. Sometimes this can take one or two days. It is recommended that you take the initiative to check in with the port captain’s office located near the shipyard’s front gate. Immigration office is in the same building.
Port control keep a 24 hour watch on VHF Channel 16 and should be contacted for instructions concerning clearance. But be warned, if doing so, a yacht might be ordered to use the "official" anchorage in the river by the power plant.
Corinto, on Nicaragua's Pacific coast, is the country's largest port and offers an authentic experience of the country. The harbour entrance is wide and well marked. It is advisable to approach via the main channel as any short cuts are shallow.
The inner harbour is well protected. There is a good anchorage off the beach, opposite the distinctive silver fuel tank, in about 10 metres. The holding is good in mud and sand, although this anchorage is sometimes subject to swell at low water.
An alternative, smoother anchorage, is well into the inner harbour at the industrial zone of Estero Grande, near a fleet of ageing fishing boats. Unfortunately, the nearby generating plant rather disturbs the peace and boats her are rather vunerable to theft nor is there any safe place to leave a dinghy while ashore.
Ten miles north of Corinto (via sea - about 40 km by land) is Marina Puesta Del Sol, inside the protected estuary and lagoon of Aserradores.
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