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To get useful information regarding the approach to Niue, moorings availablability, procedures for lifting out your tender and Customs,Quarantine and Health information, email as you approach Niue.
The address is query@saildocs.com
Leave the subject line empty and in the body of the essage just type:-
send niuedotmoorings
See full details on the main Niue Clearance page.
Last updated August 2011.
Niue Customs Department
P.O. Box 36, Commercial Centre, Alofi, Niue Island
Tel:(683) 4122 , Fax:(683) 4150
customs.treasury@mail.gov.nu
Approach
Although there are navigation lights marked on most charts, these have not been
repaired after cyclone Heta damage. There are no navigation lights on any towers as you approach Niue. Two bright white lights illuminate the wharf area and can be seen for a distance seaward.
It is advisable to approach in daylight and, if possible, to use radar to establish distance off. Provisions have been made for a night approach - see below. Depth soundings will offer no help due to the steep-to nature of the coast.
Anchorages
Anchoring is discouraged because of the seabed topography where anchors can get
into crevices etc.
Moorings
Twenty safe moorings have been put down by the Niue Yacht Club for visiting yachts, available at $15NZ per night (prices 2011). These moorings are approx 4.8 tonne concrete blocks with new polyester lines and pink pick up floats. Pass your rope through the stainless steel eye, tie off onboard and put the float back in the water. The moorings are checked regularly. Note that the far north mooring is a privately owned mooring for a local fisherman and is not available for yacht use.
All mooring buoys have reflectorized tape on the pick up float to ensure easier
mooring in the dark.
All mooring lines and buoys are removed in early November prior to the cyclone season.
There is also a large Niue Fisheries mooring available all year round that is
designed for very large yachts. A $25 per night fee is payable to the Niue
Fisheries Department
Contact Niue Yacht Club on Channel 16 (monitored throughout the day) for mooring allocation. You will be asked to go to CH 10 by their operator. Niue Radio also monitor these calls.
See the NYC's mooring status page for information on available moorings at Niue and their GPS positions.
You can now get the Niue Mooring info by sending an e-mail to query@saildocs.com with the message "send niue.mooring".
Niue is the base for a Sailmail station.
Getting Ashore
Landing with your dinghy can be an interesting experience as there is no beach, just a concrete jetty. Your tender must be lifted out by the dock crane onto the wharf, where there is a trolley for moving it clear of the landing zone. You will need a 3 point bridle for your dinghy.
Last updated April 2011.
Niue Yacht Club
P.O. Box 50, Alofi, Niue Island
VHF Channel 16 ZKN Niue Radio (24 hrs)
www.niueyachtclub.com, zkn2sm345@niueyachtclub.com
The Niue Yacht Club has new premises at the Niue Backpackers buildings 300 metres south of the wharf. Please register your yacht there. Bring you laptops ashore and
"chill out" with free wifi in the lounge.
Mooring fee $15 per night (2011), includes safe moorings, free access to a building on the wharf with toilet, hot water shower & hand washing clothes facilities. The NYC makes a payment to the Government for the services they provide on the wharf; an electric winch for lifting tenders out while ashore (a 3 point bridle needed), safe
drinking water available at the base of the electric winch. There is a one off $10NZ quarantine fee for trash removal.
There are two washroom units, with solar heated showers, a large Stainless steel
basin and "head", situated 100 metres up from the wharf landing, just
above the bright blue "Welcome to Niue" sign.
Keys for the shower and toilet block on the wharf are available at Niue Yacht Club HQ who maintain these facilities.
Last updated April 2011.
Niue Yacht Club [see above]
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