Navigating the Harbour
Visitors should contact the Harbourmaster when planning their passage to confirm depth available. We can accommodate vessels of up to 10m with depth of up to 2m.
Radio: VHF channel 16, working channel 11.
Visiting fishing boats and commercial vessels can berth by the East Pier.
Visiting leisure craft can berth against the pontoon that has been provided, which runs up through the middle of the harbour.
Quayside car parking is available, there is a large area at the top of the slipway for people launching on the slipway to store their trailer. The slipway area will store approximately 100 trailers.
At Bridport, the permanent navigation marks are the two lights on perches marking the seaward end of the groins from the pier ends. Both are isophase 2 second lights, a red to port and a green to starboard. There is also a Flashing green 8 seconds light on the East pier end. A fixed sector light shows a white light marking the entrance channel, with red to port and green to starboard over the piers. The inner harbour entrance has a flashing red 8 seconds light on the inner pier end, and a flashing green 8 seconds opposite. These lights mark the sill protecting the inner harbour erected as part of the outer basin development. Other unlit perches have baskets on top as day marks. All permanent navigation lights at Bridport are powered by mains electricity without emergency back-up.
Please see Reeds Nautical Almanac pg180 for full details.
Speed
The speed limit of bare steerage way is in force within the harbour. Outside the harbour entrance, an 8 knot limit is in force.
RNLI
There is an RNLI station at Lyme Regis with an Atlantic 85 lifeboat. To obtain lifeboat assistance, contact Solent Coastguard in the first instance.