Puerto Quetzal - General Info

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This is a modern commercial port with little attraction as a cruising destination and no facilities for visiting yachts. Few cruisers visit (as clearance fees here are very high), except perhaps to visit the beautiful city of Antigua which is 1.5 hours away.

Carbon soot discharge from ships just west of the marina can be a problem here if a westerly breeze moves in. This gritty, sharp, grey sand will cover your boat. The ENRON bunker diesel power plant operates just inside the Puerto Quetzal entry channel, to the east, which adds to the commercial port environment.

This new port was built on the Pacific side to replace the old port of San José.

Position:

13° 55’N, 90° 47’W (harbour entrance)

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Puerto Quetzal was last updated 7 years ago.

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  1. June 13, 2017 at 5:06 PM
    Noonsite Team says:

    A little more information from SY Cracker re. their visit to this port:
    The marina fee for our 37ft boat for 4 days, including electricity was $170. The rates are not published anywhere that we could find.

  2. May 29, 2017 at 9:41 PM
    Noonsite Team says:

    We visited in May 2017 for a few days. The contact info has changed. http://www.marinapezvela-guatemala.com/ [email protected] +502 2270 9494

    This is a commercial port and yachts are not catered for, although all the people we met were very friendly and helpful. The surge in the marina is very bad and you should choose to tie up to an inside pontoon wih the wind blowing you away from the dock, as the rolling and surge is so bad it would be easy for the deck to get caught under the pontoon and cause damage. There is a nice restaurant but no separate showers or toilets for cruisers. There is water, electricity and wi-fi.

    The town is very basic, but there is a very good supermarket (La Torre) in San Jose town, but it is a long, dusty walk of about 2 miles each way. It cost us $280 to check in, including customs, immigration and port captain’s charges. Checking out, only four days later, cost a further $100 plus $50 charged by the marina for helping with the paperwork. Outrageous charges which probably make it pointless for most cruisers to consider coming here.

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