Port Elizabeth : Profile

Location

This large commercial port lies on Algoa Bay, on the eastern end of South Africa's southern coast. It is an industrial city which covers both banks of the Baakens River.

Position 33° 57.4' S, 25° 38.1' E.

Clearance

To enter the port, call Port Control on Channel 12 for permission to enter and continue monitoring on Channel 16.

The Yacht Club will provide berthing instructions.

Last updated February 2010.

Docking

Yachts usually berth at the yacht club in the SW corner of the harbour, just North of the Oil Tanks and West North West of the Iron Ore Depot.

Last updated February 2010.

Algoa Bay Yacht Club
PO Box 1034, Dom Pedro Jetty, Port Elizabeth, , 6000 South Africa
Tel:+27 (0)41 585 4058, Fax:+27 (0)41 586 0095, VHF Channel 12, 16
http://abyc.org.za, abyc@yebo.co.za
Berths, Fuel, water available.

Yacht Clubs

Algoa Bay Yacht Club [see above]

PE Beach Yacht Club
Hobie Beach, Port Elizabeth
Tel:+27 41 583 3449

PE Radio Boat Club
Tel:+27 41 585 1147

Redhouse Yacht Club
Tel:+27 41 463 1605

Related Reports

Recommendation for spare engine parts (26 Jan 2012)

Useful Information when sailing down the SA Coast (12 Jan 2012)

Knysna - Worth the Effort (02 Dec 2011)

Zululand Yacht Club, Richards Bay (08 Nov 2011)

Founder of Radio Net goes SK (Silent Key) (18 Feb 2011)

Reply to Poor Service from Quantum Sails (10 Jan 2011)

Excellent Service in Cape Town (30 May 2010)

Richards Bay, South Africa (21 Jan 2010)

Saldanha Bay as a Port of Clearance (09 Jan 2010)

Additional Information Regarding South African Visas (24 Aug 2009)

Changes to SA Maritime Net (04 Jul 2009)

Richards Bay: Tuzi Gazi & Zululand Yacht Club (22 Jan 2009)

Richards Bay: A Pleasurable Stay at ZLYC (28 Sep 2008)

Caribbean to West Africa (10 Jul 2008)

USA, Florida to Cape Town, South Africa (22 May 2008)

Winter crossing of the South Atlantic (22 May 2008)

South Africa, Cape Town to Rio de La Plata, Argentina (22 May 2008)

South Africa, Cape Town to Thailand (15 May 2008)

Malaysia - Cape Town - Uruguay (15 May 2008)

Customs Problems In Suldanha Bay? (14 Feb 2008)

Richards Bay: Not piracy but an invasion of our privacy (29 Jan 2008)

Comments on Zululand Yacht Club (08 Jan 2008)

South Atlantic Circuit (10 Feb 2006)

South African Radio Nets (26 Jan 2006)

Website for Cape of Good Hope cruising route (31 Dec 2001)

Update East London by MIZ MAE (03 Dec 2001)

The Latest on Durban Formalities (03 Dec 2001)

Durban October 2001 (03 Dec 2001)

Related News

Year later, still no release for SA hostage couple (09 Feb 2012)

New container collision incident off South Africa (10 Nov 2011)

Somalia: Abducted Durban cruising couple calls family (20 Oct 2011)

Pirate Kidnap Ordeal: South African Family Speaks of Anguish (24 Sep 2011)

British sailors missing at sea between South Africa and Australia (08 Sep 2011)

West Africa: Copycat Piracy Cause for Concern (08 Sep 2011)

Routing: Getting Back to Europe - Avoiding GOA and the Red Sea (19 Aug 2011)

Somali pirates jailed in Netherlands for Choizil hijack (15 Aug 2011)

News of the South African Couple Held Hostage (04 Feb 2011)

Somalia: South African Sailors Held Hostage - Update (12 Nov 2010)

South Africa: Yacht collision with cargo ship (12 Nov 2010)

Somalia: Hijacked Yacht Skipper Safe, Crew taken Hostage (09 Nov 2010)

Forty-ton whale lands on cruising yacht off Cape Town  (21 Jul 2010)

Mozambique: Durban Sailors Vicitims of Armed Robbery at Anchor (16 Jul 2010)

Governors' Cup 2010 - From Capetown To St. Helena  (31 Mar 2010)

World ARC Circumnavigators head into the South Atlantic (04 Jan 2009)

Fred Meyer - Radio "PiriPiri" (28 Aug 2008)

New Cruising Guide to Durban Available on the Internet (11 Dec 2004)