Welcome to the website of the Crouch Harbour Authority in Essex

Dues are charged on vessels kept or used in the harbour in accordance with the annually published Schedule of Charges.

• How to pay your Harbour Dues

The Crouch Harbour Authority is the statutory harbour and navigation authority for the Rivers Crouch and Roach in south Essex.

• Disposal of Flares
• State Award for CHA Harbour Master
• Burnham Week 2018
• Locations of Defibrillators

NtM no.38 of 2018 | 2018-12-07
Dredging Operations INFORMATION Please be advised that Burnham Yacht Harbour Marina Ltd will be undertaking their Annual Maintenance Dredging Operations in the approach to and within Burnham Yacht Harbour, Burnham on Crouch, Essex, between approximately 15th December 2018 and 31st May 2019. Read more...

NtM no.36 of 2018 | 2018-10-23
Mariners are advised, in particular windsurfers, dinghy sailors and canoeists of a potential navigational hazard from the placement of unmarked vertical posts projecting up from the seabed in the River Crouch at Long Reach & Short Reach following repairs undertaken by the Environment Agency to install rock and brushwood rolls. Read more...

NtM no.34 of 2018 | 2018-10-03
NAVIGATION Mariners are advised that the latitude and longitude promulgated in Notice to Mariners No 33 of 2018 for the Raysand Middle Unlighted Buoy was an approximate position. Please note the actual position of the Raysand Middle Unlighted Buoy: 051˚ 39.964 N 000˚ 59.474 E

NtM no.33 of 2018 | 2018-09-27
NAVIGATION Mariners are advised that the Raysand Middle Unlighted Buoy in position: 051˚ 40.000 N 000˚ 59.000 E is back on station. NOTICE TO MARINERS NO 38 of 2017 IS HEREBY CANCELLED

NtM no.41 of 2017 | 2017-12-04
Mariners are advised that the power cables crossing Paglesham Creek (to the south of Wallasea Island) centered on an approximate position of: 051˚ 36.83’N 000˚ 47.92’E are reported to be ‘sagging’. Read more...

•  No imminent movements.

We are normally informed of shipping movements around a week in advance

Ski Licences will only be granted to vessels with an overall length, not greater than 7 metres. This measurement is to be taken from the stem and to include any Bathing Platform fitted.

• Port Waste Management Plan
• Waterskiing
• Personal Water Craft (JetSkis)
• Harbour Directions
• Insurance
• Kent & Essex IFCA Byelaws

• Pilotage Directions
• Swimming on the River Crouch
• Port Marine Safety Code
• Havengore Bridge
• Published Closures
• Changes to Buoyage
• Sail Boarding & Paddle Boarding
• Use of Inflatable Canoes, Kayaks and Paddle Boards
• Navigation Lights and Day Shapes