Peniche : Profile

Clearance

Visiting yachts should secure to the long outer pontoon and report to the marina office . If arriving outside normal hours best to wait until marina official visits (who will issue card to work electronic gate)or go to the Instituto Portuario do Centro Office at the main port gate (tel +351 2627811153) but unlikely any English will be spoken.

Port Authority
Tel:+351 262 784109, Fax:+351 262 784225, VHF Channel 11, 16 (call Capimarpeniche 0900/1200 & 1400/1700 weekdays)
japcpen@mail.telepac.pt

Docking

This harbour has all-weather access but often has an uncomfortable swell inside. Visitors berth on the outer pontoon of the small marina. Boats here are rather subjected to the wash from the ferries. The marina is inside the port on the south side of the peninsula where the town of Peniche is situated.

It is possible to moor to a buoy or to anchor in the SE part of the harbour. The holding here is good but the ground is possibly foul. There are also anchorages on the north side of the peninsular and on the SE side of Ilha Berlenga, below the lighthouse.

Marina da Riberia
Tel:+351 682 781153, Fax:+351 682 784225, VHF Channel 11, 16
Berthing. Some repairs possible. Chandlery and gaz available.

Yacht Clubs

The Clube Naval de Peniche has headquarters in the small fort near the root of the west breakwater, beyond the red-doored lifeboat house.

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