Emergency
St Mary's Hospital, Newport IOW; mainland for major trauma
Medevac accepted (REPORTED)
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Cowes Yacht Haven
Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom · 50.763°N 1.297°W
RACINGCOORDINATEDOPERATIONAL
The racing harbour. Cowes Week turns a competent marina into a closed city. Tides in the Medina, ferry wash and a short season of extreme berth pressure.
Live channels · not a chart · not a reservation
EstimateCloudy at 2026-10-13T03:00:00Z Europe/London. Wind 18 kn from SW. Model significant wave 0.4 m from WSW — coastal model, not a harbour sounding. SST 18.0 °C. Nearest IOC gauge Portsmouth (13.8 km) last observed 4.311 m — observational only, not a tide table or controlling depth.
- Wind
- 18 kn SW
- Gusts
- —
- Waves
- 0.4 m
- Twilight
- Day
Max LOA
45 m
ReportedMax draft
3 m
ReportedVHF
80
VerifiedOctober band
MODERATE
EstimateBusy-time intelligence
October: no dedicated climatology window — using harbour baseline. EXTREME during Cowes Week If the date is Cowes Week, ordinary visitor inventory does not exist. This is an estimate derived from declared inventory and seasonal demand, not a live sensor count or a passenger-style headcount.
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Explainable reliability
No harbour score. Each metric says why.
- Seasonal berth pressureVERY_HIGHEstimate
- Cowes Week
- Solent racing calendar
Climatology derived from declared inventory and seasonal demand — labelled estimate
Observation foundation
- OCCUPANCY_RATIOCLIMATOLOGY · ratio · estimate label required
- ARRIVALS_PER_HOURHISTORICAL · calls/h · estimate label required
- WINDCLIMATOLOGY · kn
- TIDE_HEIGHTCLIMATOLOGY · m
Sustainability
Pump-out yes · shore power preferred yes
Hours
08:00–20:00 in season
Night watch yes